Episode
Combat!: Dateline
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1965-02-23
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Dateline is Episode 23 in Season 3 of Combat!. It aired on 1965-02-23. The runtime is 60 min.
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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 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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 21: The Steeple
Saunders, Caje, and Kirby try to rescue a paratrooper captain before he is spotted by the Germans.
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.
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.
Episode 26: The Tree of Moray
Hanley's efforts to bring to London a Frenchman with information valuable to the Allies is hampered by a lynching party that wants him for themselves.
Episode 19: More Than a Soldier
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.
Episode 27: Cry in the Ruins
A desperate woman searches for her missing baby as American and German soldiers watch helplessly from opposite ends of the street.
Episode 18: Losers Cry Deal
Saunders assigns Caje as acting squad leader for 3rd squad till the replacement Sergeant arrives.
Episode 28: The Hell Machine
When their jeep hits a land mine, Saunders, a tank captain, and private Gavin attempt to maneuver an abandoned German tank through enemy territory.
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 29: Billy the Kid
Lieutenant William Benton, the son of celebrated General Bull Benton, leads a mission to locate a big artillery piece that is cutting up the American lines.