Episode
Combat!: A Gift of Hope
Overview
Saunders learns that his hero and role-model has feet of clay.Sergeant Avery, thought killed in action shows up alive and well. and must clear himself of suspicion of desertion.
Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1964-12-01
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
A Gift of Hope is Episode 11 in Season 3 of Combat!. It aired on 1964-12-01. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 10: The Impostor
Hanley must take the place of a G-2 officer on a mission to spy on a German HQ. One of the three men he must meet has killed an American that Kirby recognized and took his unifom.
Episode 12: A Rare Vintage
Caje needs the help of a French civilian to try and rescue an injured and captured Hanley. Other regulars: Saunders & Doc (2).
More episodes from this season
Episode 9: Fly Away Home
Sgt. Keeley has lost faith in humanity and invests all his devotion to his carrier pigeons, which he has trained for military use.
Episode 13: The Long Walk
The squad picks up a wounded GI, who is really the leader of a specially trained group of German infiltrators.
Episode 8: The Little Carousel
In a newly liberated French town Saunders is reluctant to accept the ministrations of a courageous thirteen year old girl whose one ambition is to serve the troops as a nurse.
Episode 14: The Town That Went Away
Hanley and men are sent to evacuate the town of Bonnaire which is targeted for German attack. But the mayor, his three beautiful daughters, and the township people thwart Hanley's every effort.
Episode 7: Operation Fly Trap
Bringing a wounded doe to safety, Saunders, Caje, and communication Sergent Meider stumble upon a Germen patrol setting up a radio center.
Episode 15: Birthday Cake
Littlejohn receives a birthday cake from his mother, with the explicit instructions not to open it until the 21st. He carries it on a dangerous patro; into enemy territory.
Episode 6: The Hard Way Back
During a barrage, Saunders is trapped under a beam and the only man who can rescue him is Pvt. Kogan. The scared Kogan abandons Saunders as the enemy moves into town.
Episode 16: The Enemy
Hanley reluctantly accepts a captured German lieutenant's offer to disarm the mines his men have hidden. (60 mins)
Episode 5: Silver Service
Sent to the rear to recover from injuries, Kirby and Caje encounter Harry White, a dice cheating schemer who has been fighting the war from a bar stool.
Episode 17: The Cassock
A German captain is ordered to blow up a bridge that the Americans will use to enter a French town, but Saunders' squad moves in before he can complete his mission