Episode
Combat!: A Distant Drum
Overview
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Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1963-11-19
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
A Distant Drum is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Combat!. It aired on 1963-11-19. The runtime is 60 min.
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