Episode
Combat!: More Than a Soldier
Overview
Saunders and a young soldier, Private Carey, are in a fight for their lives against the Germans. But Carey has never killed anyone or any thing, and will not defend himself.
Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1965-01-26
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
More Than a Soldier is Episode 19 in Season 3 of Combat!. It aired on 1965-01-26. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 18: Losers Cry Deal
Saunders assigns Caje as acting squad leader for 3rd squad till the replacement Sergeant arrives.
Episode 20: Brother, Brother
Eddie Cane, a cocky replacement, is anxious to join platoon with his old friend "Wild Man" Kirby. Cane's older brother was Kirby's best pal back home.
More episodes from this season
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
Episode 21: The Steeple
Saunders, Caje, and Kirby try to rescue a paratrooper captain before he is spotted by the Germans.
Episode 16: The Enemy
Hanley reluctantly accepts a captured German lieutenant's offer to disarm the mines his men have hidden. (60 mins)
Episode 22: The Convict
A German Bombardment strikes a prison releasing convicted criminals into the countryside. One unscrupulous convict assumes the identity of a French resistance fighter.
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 23: Dateline
After losing a superior office in the field, Saunders and squad allow themselves to be captured by the enemy to liberate a famous American correspondent being held by the Germans.
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 24: A Walk With an Eagle
Hanley takes three men into enemy territory to rescue a U>S> flying ace who has parachuted to safety.
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 25: The Long Wait
A German machine gun pins down Saunders and company, along with four seriously wounded GIs, a truck full of munitions, and a truck driver.