Combat! 1963 episode "THE BRIDGE AT CHALONS" guest star Lee Marvin!

[@garymckee63]

Lee Marvin always made the episode worth watching.

[@Mutlap]

Lee Marvin served during WWII as a Marine Semper Fi jar head

[@WhiteCamry]

It's called "star power."

[@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku]

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[@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku]

Iworkd ith dynamite. Before blewtop off a mountain one must be csrefull

[@donhimmelman1736]

@@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku lol... don't take this as too mean, but did you suffer from being to close to the dynamite or maybe you didn't proofread your spelling.

[@robertalanfine]

Lee Marvin sure takes over the screen, doesn't he? What a great actor.

[@scvandy3129]

"robertalanfine," Absolutely, but fortunately for "Combat!" fans, series' lead Vic Morrow is up to the task of holding his own against this thespian heavyweight -- one with plenty of WW II battle experience, to boot.

[@edt8535]

Very well put, friend.

[@oldmcdonald3376]

cat ballew

[@arthursteven5601]

100percent ​@@scvandy3129

[@leonardmcguyver]

Hes like jack in a few good men... and his voice is even more commanding than that other guy with the raspy deep voice

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Lee-Marvin was a Marine in W.W.2--he was wounded in the "Battle of Saipan"-He was no "Holly-wood cream-puff"

[@johnutterback1174]

A long time ago I heard of how Lee Marvin got wounded. He was shot in the butt by a Japanese MG. Too damn close for comfort!

[@randymcdaniel1244]

I saw him on the tonight show.... He said he was wounded and half his ass flashed before his eyes 😅

[@Tesserae]

He’s buried in Arlington.

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

I find that="extremely Funny"!!@@randymcdaniel1244

[@mosesgutierrez-qk3ze]

He was in the 80s the big red one

[@JohnRoberts-wk6rf]

Gosh, I loved this show when I was kid back in the early 1960s.

[@DaniloBarcenas-n1q]

Me too

[@heyjoe113]

I sure would have loved to watch it then, too. But I wasn’t around then, and they haven’t aired it again later.

[@DelvingEye]

So did my brother, born in 1954. He also liked "The Gallant Men" probably because they used a lot of bazookas, but "Combat!" was his favorite. Excellent music, and real German spoken. A TV series before its time.

[@DavidU-te5jo]

1952 here ❤ 😂

[@fireburnzwhithin]

I would watch an episode then get my (toy) army rifle and crawl around the bushes and trees in the yard. I took out several imaginary machine gun nests.

[@lancerevell5979]

It's great seeing these old Combat! episodes again. Last I saw it was as a kid in the late 1960s. 😎👍

[@lennyhendricks4628]

They're all out there, I go thru them all ever 5 years or so, also the Fugitive and 12 O' Clock High, plus some sitcoms too. These black and whites are not only free, they have very little advertising as well.

[@dissectthis9640]

same here..

[@akoito1992]

Same, year famous tv series.

[@dotell3359]

Where can I watch them?

[@brittonballenger3214]

Me , too !! 45:54

[@jerrodg7768]

Thank you so much for showing “Combat!” I used to watch this as a little boy. ❤ I never knew my dad because he was killed in a car accident when I was a year old, but knowing that he served in combat World War II just it’s just great thank you for doing this. Many years later, I remember my son and I watching tour of duty about the Vietnam War and how much we both enjoyed the show. I retired from the Marine Corps and he retired from the army.

[@joelouis7486]

my dad was a top sergeant in WW2 in Europe and earned a Purple Heart. He was a communications/ message encrypt/ decrypt specialist because he spoke 5 languages (we are Jewish and he grew-up in Eastern Europe). He served with all the top brass including Patton. God bless you daddy!

[@johntydee6367]

One of the 550,000 in the US Armed Forces.

[@walterreeves3679]

I don't see how Morrow could be a WWII vet, unless he lied about his age. he was born in 1929 which would have made him 10 when the war started and 16 when it ended.

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

A big Salute for your Dad !!--very important Service !

[@MM22966]

@@walterreeves3679 He wasn't, he just served in the Navy post-war. From Wiki: "Morrow dropped out of high school when he was 17 and enlisted in the United States Navy.[5]"

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

You dad was a badass and a member of the Greatest Generation... may God Bless him. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@LarsDcCase]

I used to watch this series all the time.

[@fredmullison4246]

Me, too. 🙂

[@arthursteven5601]

Me too

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

What's pretty unknown about WW2 Vets is that only 1 in 12 was ever in any combat whatsoever. Lee Marvin was one of those combat Marines. My father was in the same 4th Marine Div as Lee Marvin and was also on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Lee was wounded on Saipan and missed the last two landings.

[@jeffreyoldham55]

Never missed an episode when I was a kid. Even my dad, a WWII veteran liked it. And he never watched anything but the news. He bought me a pair of real combat boots, that I loved. Never did get an M1 Garand, tho.

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

CMP may still have some for sale.

[@jgstargazer]

My dad was a Korean war veteran. His favorite show on TV was MASH and another things that got his attention was documentaries on WWII and the Korean war. Dad owned a M1 Garand but sold it about five years after buying it. Grrrr...he should have kept it and passed it down to me.

[@larrymoore5228]

Not too late for M1

[@fourhills9144]

@@JamesSmith-gn9ou My dad and I got ours from DCM in 1994. $250 bucks. I got a Springfield and he got a Winchester.

[@RDHschmidt]

At the Marksmanship academy we trained on M-1A2s for long shots . Wonderful rifle!

[@mht525]

I was raised on this Series. Vic Morrow RIP 🙏 ✌️💙🇦🇺

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Vic Morrow was a U.S. Navy,-vet.--joined in 1946-at 17yrs.-

[@timlies3627]

I am guessing you are about 67. My favorite show as a kid.

[@bobdrago6965]

@@timlies3627used to watch religiously with my Dad. You’re spot on. 68 years old. Boomers.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Sgt. Saunders was about the toughest shoe salesman in the ETO.

[@DalePotter-v7c]

Vic Morrow was my hero when I was a kid also my dad and I watched Combat every chance we got 👍🇺🇸

[@dbrinkm1]

Thank you for showing Lee Marvin's WW2 documentation. I was a big pharma rep [ Up John ] in 1974 and headquartered out of the reginal office in LA. We had some training exercises in infectious disease to attend to and stayed at the Universal Studios Hotel at Universal City. Lee used to hang out there and spent some time in their bar for sandwiches and libation. A few of our sales reps were there one evening talking to him and I will never forget what he told them., He said "regardless of what I ever achieve in Hollywood, I want to be remembered for my service to my country in WW2 as a US Marine. Everything else is secondary and non important in comparison." Being a disabled Vn Era Combat Medic and Surgical Technician. I was most impressed and proud to have Lee as a fellow veteran who served his country with honor in time of war....Dana First Army MEDDAC Dept, Surgery and CMS Veteran Representative retired,, ex big pharma rep. and Science Teacher.. Thank you all veterans for your service to our country !

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

That is so "informative"-& very interesting!!--I wish fellows like you could "write a book"-Thank you for your Service-to your country-Here in Australia,-we honour our soldiers & the U.S.-Forces on Anzac-day (like your-Memorial day--also in Sydney-their is a Memorial-to the "U.S.-Marines-1942"-that Saved our ass at Guadal-Canal-& battle of Coral-Sea"-(u.s.forces "DRINK-Free)-

[@ObservaDome]

💊"@dbrinkm1" Do You Have PTSD From Being A Bad Pharma Rep?💊

[@drummy2112]

Thank you brother

[@charlesvanacore7459]

Marvin in this and Big Red One showed his comfort level in uniform ..Nobody carries a M1 like Marvin..

[@scvandy3129]

"charlesvanacore7459," "Nobody carries an M1 like Marvin." + 1

[@Curt-dc6cd]

Big Red One is still one of my favorite movies

[@EdwardEmmick]

​@@Curt-dc6cdthats why God gave you two. Loved that line.

[@fredmullison4246]

Nice touch that he raised the muzzle of his rifle in the fire fight in the cemetery when a squad member moved in front of his field of fire. One doesn't see little things like that all the time in Hollywood war pictures.

[@marksasahara1115]

I remember the way he held his M1 in the scene where the Italian partisan tries to blow him up. Something about it stood out to me. I had no idea he was a Marine, but his demeanor throughout the movie, should've made it obvious to methat he had served in the military.

[@garythomas4431]

This is a great find. I watched Combat as a kid in the 60s. My grandfather had been in WWII, and my father in the Korean War. I watched these episodes on our old black and white TV and then my next door neighbor and i would act out the episodes. We didnt have fancy toys. We used sticks for rifles and pine cones for grenades.

[@alienwarrior]

same here

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Been there,done that !!

[@stevebarrett9357]

Same, and I took about a 6 foot length of a 4 inch diameter cardboard tube from a roll of carpet that I made into a bazooka. : )

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

@@stevebarrett9357 I love it !!-I also used ''PUDDING-TINS''for helmets,-untill my gran-ma,--took em back !!

[@brucelamberton8819]

I used to watch this and 'The Rat Patrol' religiously when I was a young boy.

[@primafacie9721]

Yeah, the poor stunt men who did the opening scene in Rat Patrol getting whiplashed standing up in the jeeps while they flew over the ridge are still in traction.😀

[@sapulpaorganics5402]

Me too, along with all of the other great 60's shows, too many to mention. TV will NEVER be the same.

[@docJamesE1318]

Loved the rat patrol!!!

[@ColdWarVet607]

I was born in '55 in a prior WWII factory town still with the empty factories and hulks of fighter planes, deuce and a half trucks and jeeps in various disarray behind chain link fences that could not stop the determined 5-10 yr old sons of Omaha Beach Vets. Loved this show, would never miss it. Thats all we did, every boy in the neighborhood, was play Combat on the street or in the factory yard.

[@chrisleehey8079]

we called it "war"

[@humbertolucianohernandezda8590]

Lee Marvin really an American Hero, a greatest actor a tough guy a man out series. Thank you for you job and talent a legacy for next generations.

[@patches6309]

I watched this show as a boy and never realized how much it would actually help me when I entered the Army and fought in combat in Iraq. Whoever wrote these stories definitely was areal combat soldier or marine. What they touch upon within squad and platoons is exactly dead on point! There's alot of drama and backstories within every unit and group of men who put it all on the line to accomplish missions. This show did an excellent job portraying Sgts and their men under incredible stress from combat. This combat Vet salutes all who produced this fine show.

[@philwhitt6462]

Thank you for your service Patches6309. I served in the Vietnam era, 71-74 stationed in Freidberg, FRG. I watched Combat the series a lot too. We had little plastic molded soldiers and vehicles all OD of course. Hours of fun.

[@patches6309]

@@philwhitt6462 I was a Cav scout/Sniper in the Army Nat Guard here in Pa. Thank you for all you & your guys taught us. We received a "closed door" briefing in Camp Shelby by Vietnam Combat vets. What they shared with us was invaluable and saved alot of lives. You men are the Giants who's backs we were carried upon. I salute you my brother and hope you have peace and happiness for the rest of your days.

[@drummy2112]

Thank you for your service, brother. I'm a desert storm Navy vet.

[@GeraldBooneBSWMPH]

My parents turned this off on me...... Now that I'm 62 I can finally see the rest of the show.

[@islesanctum833]

Those bastards Waiting all those decades

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

You were at most 1 year old in 1963.

[@les3449]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 reruns, reruns. That's how I saw them and I am 66.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

@@les3449 Ok. From your picture, you look 266.

[@les3449]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 Hahahahaha! you are so astute!

[@davidcoleman2796]

My dad was a Royal canadian engineer in korea . He blew up a bridge under enemy fire . He came home with a few medals . Kept them in a box . A few times a year he would put on his only suit . My mom would pin on his medals and he would proudly walk in a parade. . Then go to the Legion for a few beers . 😂

[@davidcoleman2796]

Always showing the germans drinking . 😂

[@coolhand1964]

Sounds like Anzac Day in Australia, more important to most adùlt Australians than Christmas and Easter. 👍🇦🇺

[@btu64]

God bless your dad and all the guys with him. We need people like him in this world now.

[@aussiedad2587]

Bloody oath mate ​@@coolhand1964

[@richardgibbins5612]

​@@davidcoleman2796Ya vole herr Loitman!!! I know nusssing nusssing!!!!

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

I use to watch this every week with my Dad... He was a WWII Vet Army S - 2 Tec. Sargeant... Had PTSD , abused Alcohol

[@scottg5588]

Sounds really familiar. Mine was in the Pacific in WWII, enlisted Marine, and Army officer in Korea. We watched this and McHales Navy religiously. Ditto on the PTSD and alcohol.

[@TheParadoxDestroyer]

Same here. My father was at Normandy, Lieutanant. PTSD, lots of flashbacks and nightmares when I was a kid. He got over it eventually. Would never really talk much about the war. But this show captured him, helped him to process his pain and bad memories. You could see it in him when watching the show, the tension in his body. I think this show helped a lot of vets move on with their lives.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

It also brings home the sobering fact that the objective in this episode was not a grand historical bridge but a random hastily-built temporary pontoon bridge without a name and there is not a trace of it today.....and its location is lost to history. .... or marked on an obscure map mouldering in a random military archive or library that nobody will ever read again. Most soldiers probably died or got wounded near a small town back alley, square, farmhouse, stone wall, dirt back road, tilled field, jungle, cliff, mud trail, ditch, orchard, treeline, or creek..... most with out names. Many not too scenic or now bulldozed over with ugly buildings. It was the last view for hundreds of thousands before all went dark.

[@scottg5588]

@@RighteousReverendDynamite It was 1963 Hollywood. Get over yourself. You might change your handle to Selfrighteous yada yada.

[@peteranthony51]

My favorite Lee Marvin in a military role was in The Dirty Dozen. Priceless! Best actor material.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

"I owe you an apology.....I always thought that you were a cold, unimaginative, tight-lipped officer.....but you're really, quite emotional.... aren't you..?." Col. Reisman to Col. Breed.

[@ewenwindham8407]

I recommend The Professionals. Peak military Lee Marvin.

[@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5]

Amazing how in 1963 the whole world looks like Southern California.

[@johnharris8191]

Because it is, lol

[@davidhull1481]

Ha! I made the same comment a little while ago.

[@johnard611]

These days at least some parts of the world look like Vancouver or Greater Atlanta :)

[@dalebender7726]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@rtqii]

@@davidhull1481 This was shot on the MGM backlot and in the Hollywood Hills. Considering their budget and shooting schedule they could not do any better.

[@arthursteven5601]

Lee marvin and Vic morrow both fantastic actors

[@randallhatcher6028]

Didn't he Victor get killed in filming a scene were he died in a helicopter crash??? Long time .

[@arthursteven5601]

@randallhatcher6028 yes it was a film called the twilight zone... according to media reports at the time Mr morrow tried desperately to save the children... but died with them

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

You know you gotta be concerned when Sergeant Saunders says we are going on a hike.

[@robertlibengood]

My Childhood HERO , Wanted to be just like him when I grew Up . Great Actor !

[@PhilipDarragh]

Note: Vic Morrow was a Navy vet.😊

[@SK-qc6fb]

He wears a Marine, camo helmet cover.

[@PhilipDarragh]

Sk, tks 4 tt observation. I am an Air Force Vet, so I did not know tt. I am a fan of Combat TV series. Tks 4 ur reply. Hv a great day. God bless U and yours.😊

[@Inverted.surfer]

I didn't know they had horses in the navy!!!🥴😵‍💫😁😆

[@PhilipDarragh]

To Broderick Wallis, what RU talking abt? Your comment makes no sense. At least not 2 me. Tks 4 ur reply. Hv a great day. God bless.😊

[@edt8535]

He was in the navy, played a soldier in the army and lost his head from a helicopter-now that’s combined arms!

[@elisolomon8741]

This wasca favourite series of mine in the late 60's when it finally made it to Australia. I was was about 8 or 9 years old. Every episode a gem. Thanks for the memories.

[@jerrycoleman882]

Back in the day, I never missed an eposide of Combat. Plus, Lee Marvin NEVER disappoints in any screen appearance! Thanks for the video !! Kudos 🎉.

[@douglasturner6153]

Lee Marvin killed it as usual. The guy always brought a realism and tough guy perona to the game. 😂😊👍

[@HeavyDragoon]

The real man shows through...brilliant...and at this time 1964 it probably went right under the radar...superb acting..and the producer was ahead of his time

[@jct3inNV]

I watched this show regularly in my senior year of high school and for the next few years. Shortly after that I served as a sergeant and squad leader in an infantry unit in Vietnam. Sure, "Combat" got many details wrong, but as a study of how a sergeant should lead, set an example for his men, and do his job, it was wonderful. On some level I tried to model myself on Sergeant Saunders as I led my squad in Vietnam and Cambodia. He was a good role model.

[@robertlucyksr667]

Boy put today’s shows to shame. The good old days.

[@tigtrager6923]

I haven't seen an episode of Combat! since the early 2000's, and even back then when I stumbled upon it, that was the first time seeing it since the early 80's. This is still a better show than most of what is on these days. Thanks for putting it up on here, TooleManTV!

[@t.j.payeur5331]

My father was a glider pilot. 5 invasions..Sicily, Normandy, Southern France, and two flights during Market-Garden..we watched this every week religiously...he also spoke French fluently so I always knew what the pretty farm girl or old villagers were talking about...

[@blueliesmatter2]

How does a glider pilot make two flights in one operation?

[@TooleManTV]

It's great reading everyone's memories of watching Combat! with our veteran fathers. My dad was a vet, too, and we watched Combat! every week. He served in Okinawa. Also, the decision by the producers to not provide subtitles when German or French was spoken is a bit of genius. Viewers who spoke those languages knew what the characters said, and those who did not were in the same situation as the drafted GI's who did not understand the native tongues. But we had our dads to translate. 😊

[@philsosshep4834]

​@@blueliesmatter2helicoptered out 😂

[@kacejonez2448]

i watched this show from 6 years old. my younger brothers and cousins would replay these episodes on the farm we lived on. i remember we loved the show but i didn’t remember just how real they were or how well they hold up. i plan to rewatch them all again.

[@CinemaMusic55]

Great episode from this classic series. Vic Morrow and Lee Marvin...two actors who never seemed as though they were acting. Brilliant!

[@荒田邦裕]

I was a highschool boy and watching Combat every week on TV. It was so popular in Japan. Time flyes and I am 79 now. Happened reach the program and enjoyed very much, thsn you！

[@petedelavega6094]

I was 13yrs old watching COMBAT LOVE IT STILL WATCH IT.

[@colinfitzgerald4332]

I watched Combat when I was 7 to 9 yo. Really liked it then for the battle scenes. Now I admire the series for how good the writing and production was done. Much respect for the producers of this series.

[@gorflunk]

Ted Post directed this episode, his credits list is amazing. He directed or co-directed many of the iconic movies and TV shows from the 50's to the 80's.

[@stephenrivera4382]

What a great show! I loved watching it EVERY week when I was a kid. Great storyline, great acting, great background score - and the Germans actually spoke German! 👍 Lee Marvin - tough as nails. Vic Morrow was the best! Thanks, and “keep ‘em coming!”

[@donaldfeger91]

I used to watch with my Dad back in the day he was a WW2 Korean war vet he loved this show Lee Marvin was the Real Deal !

[@bradleyiamme9732]

Great show, loved this as a kid. Still watchable sixty years later.

[@michaelburke5907]

One of the greatest show openings and theme song ever.

[@johnrogan9420]

This is Marvin 18 years after WW2 ended...my father in law Sgt Al Carvill had the same vibe at 50 years old...when i meet him in 1973.. Totally fearless warriors!

[@berlinkozyreva]

I was 47 in 1973. I has just finished rebuilding my house after a fire

[@daved7024]

I always enjoyed all of the Combat episodes. Wish the main networks would bring them back to prime time. Vic Morrow and crew were great actors with fantastic stories.😊

[@3beltwesty]

5:49 maybe Agoura or South of Thousand Oaks? 7:20 conejo valley?

[@olddave4833]

always liked Vic Morrow, he was cool, sad the way he died

[@asullivan4047]

Definitely "died" with his boots on-!!!😇

[@troubledsole9104]

Yeah, I never stop thinking about those poor kids and their parents.

[@toddleroux4745]

always liked Vic Morrow, he was sad, cool the way he died

[@timhansen3376]

😢 I was eight years old in 1963. I probably watched this episode.

[@oldmcdonald3376]

i was 9. i know i watched it. every episode

[@jmurphy5059]

I was 10 (1953) . We all watched and lived it as kids . Most of us joined the Armed Forces !

[@nobeoddy1664]

shame on you for not remembering

[@Oblitus1]

I was five when the show first aired, but I can't say I recall entire episodes. There are probably 30 or 40 scenes in the whole series that flash me back in time though.

[@berlinkozyreva]

Oh my God your still a kid. I hate being older than almost everyone.

[@tablesizeproductions4360]

Got the whole DVD set of this show. Love to see more people are now getting to see this forgotten gem of a show.

[@MrPeterhemm]

The Air Force was grounded, yet it looked quite sunny where they were! 😂 Loved this show!

[@ars5029]

my favorite show growing up in the 70's and 80's vic morrow is always great .just about every episode is gripping adding lee marvine to the mix was perfect ,i cant think of a better guest star

[@ramonpunsalang3397]

Watching Combat in Black and White gives it a gritty feel.

[@Splodge542]

Great episode. Lee's experience shows. Especially when he's fighting off the effect of the morphine and giving instructions. Lots of other ways too. Brilliant.

[@Steve9357]

Used to watch this as a kid. great show

[@BMF6889]

I saw these series as kid. And then many years later, I found myself as a Marine platoon commander in the Vietnam War in 1969. I'm an amature military historian but in my opinion Combat had very little to do with the historical reality of WWII I served 21 years in the Marine Corps with an additional 2 years in combat. In Vietnam my Marines didn't follow the rules with regard to uniforms and neither did I. Resupply was unreliable due to terrain, weather, and enemy situation not to mention that all I had to navigate was an out of date French map and a standard military compass. I was lucky to know where I was with in a mile. I only had a VHF radio and in those days the pilots only had a UHF radio. So I had to relay my request for close air support to my company commander who then relayed it to the Forward Air Controller, who then tried to contact the pilot. By then the target had changed and I had to go through the same process. It was frustrating and I was running low on ammunition. Times have changed. Squad leaders now have GPS, laser ranger finders, direct communication with pilots, long range artillery support, helicopter gunship support, and speedo sunglasses. God bless them. I would have given my right arm to half of the technical capabilities they have today. I'm proud of my service in the Marines. I'm 78 now and I still feel like a Marine.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Once a Marine always a Marine. From an old Dope on a rope.

[@rgtouch]

Old soldiers never die they just fade away😢

[@SnoDawg]

Thank you for all of your years of service.

[@nicholas9014]

Eternallygratefulxxxxxxx❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@NormanPeterson]

Thank You for your service Sir..

[@thomasjones3538]

Watched Combat every week with my dad. Tuesday night if I remember correctly.

[@Tribblepuppy]

My dad, my brother and I used to watch this every week, I think it was on Friday or Saturday nights. Hard to believe thar was about 60 years ago.

[@Zeke-eb3fi]

He served our country proudly and was a great movie star also.

[@stevenewman1393]

😎👍Truly totally very cool and I remember watching all of these back in the 60's when I was a kid with my Step-Dad, and today I have the complete sets of season 1 and and the first half of season 2 on DVD!👌.

[@davidkucharz7864]

Combat was one of the best, I watched it every week like going to church, lee Marvin walked it and talked it,

[@elsemorris906]

I watched this show every week when I was a kid. Lee Marvin is perfect in this role.

[@joelbeaver1093]

Growing up in the 70s this show came on every Saturday afternoon after cartoons were over. Never missed a episode, then I would go outside and play Army.

[@terrybible1545]

I also looked forward to this weekly show when I was a kid.

[@donaldlayher3180]

Wish everyone watching this was aware that WW11 was still VERY FRESH in the time this was broadcast. Pls keep this in mind.

[@hertzair1186]

Less than 20 years….so many of the GI veteran viewers were only in their forties….

[@howing13]

Oh man us preteens couldn't get enough , never missed a show, great action.

[@DanHORVATH-yi6cu]

This show got me to enlist in the US Army during the Vietnam war. I didn't run to Canada to avaoid the draft. I enlisted and when I told recruiters what combat MOS I wanted, they tried to get me into electronics because of my high scores. I did get my combat MOS.

[@howing13]

@@DanHORVATH-yi6cu Well since my bro was Army and my cousin bro Navy I was supposed to join the Air Force, but when I tried the Navy got me first , lol, 1974.

[@oliversmith9200]

Case in point: 1963. I'm sitting watching "Combat" with my Dad. He was a tanker in Patton's Third Army. He didn't talk much about it.

[@clintwilde1048]

Yep, how many boys watched these shows, played soldier with their friends, carrying a Mattel Thompson, and grenades that fired a cap, and a few years later were doing it for real? I know a bunch, but some of us went with the Navy instead, but in my case, was tradition.

[@user-wj7mc2nj6n]

The show was the best couldn't wait foŕ new episode every week. They dont make great TV series like this anymore. Oh i lived in San Fernando vally when i was a kid. The studio was just a few minutes from where we lived. Miss those days...

[@mgunny05]

Used to watch “Combat” with my Pop….seeing this than watching it brought some great memories- Thanks!👏👏🍺🍺🍺!

[@Aussie3225]

As a kid I loved this show.

[@davidnelsen5922]

Loved this show as a 12 year old. Marvin was perfect in this!

[@pvb876287]

I used to watch it in 65 66. Morrow and Marvin were WWII vets and made the show that much more real. Right after this episode Marvin made Donavans Reefe with the Duke, Then Paint Your Wagon with Eastwood.

[@clevlandblock]

May this TV series live forever.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Lee Marvin: _"Hey Vic! Where did you get that Marine Corps Helmet Cover?"_ .

[@JusticeAlways]

"eBay" 🤣

[@mattfulmer4243]

It's not Marine Corps. It's part of a camo parachute that's been cut to use as a cover.

[@danielroberto9183-w8j]

Great episode! I used to watch episodes of Combat while growing up and never missed one episode. Great memories, great cast.

[@emiliomariopile2400]

TV program of my childhood Friday evening

[@scvandy3129]

"emilliomariopile," In contrast to those from a different country or later generation, the old school crowd experienced it, enthusiastically devoured it, Tuesday evenings, 7:30 - 8:30, five years running, 1962 - 67 on the ABC Network. What a treat for all that KZbin's presenters like 'TooleManTV' and 'GR160289' plus for the truly faithful, DVD distributor Image Entertainment, maintain its existence.

[@Torchriver67]

Perry Mason, paladin half gun will travel, twilight Zone Saturday nights… mom and dad would go dancing … pop and popcorn!

[@steveg5576]

and 12 O'clock High....!

[@THE-HammerMan]

When the network started showing Combat later at night past our bedtime, we would put a towel under our bedroom door to block the TV light and watch anyway. Loved the show!

[@MA_808]

When this show was on, boys of those years, including me would ask their parents for helmets and toy machine guns for just play, Christmas and birthdays which we would get. Then we would get together after school and weekends and play war until we knew it was time to go home for dinner. There was a housing development being built near our house which had dirt trenches and empty buildings. It was a boys paradise and we fought one another for hours even though we all wore US Army gear. So funny and yet so fun.

[@TooleManTV]

So true! I was one of those boys with my plastic tommy gun and helmet.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

If you watch the surfing film from 2004 "Riding Giants" , there is a segment on the Windansea, La Jolla, CA surfers in the late 50s-early 60s who dressed up in SS panzer uniforms (with MP44 machine guns strapped on) brought back from the war by their Vet fathers who then rode flexy flyer skateboards while sitting down through an underground storm drainpipe 1/2 mile up the hill from the beach and came out of the tunnel right on the beach rocks at the beach. It looked rad. Kids back then had more fun.

[@GeraldBooneBSWMPH]

Combat was on the air in 1967 I viewed the show in the evening in 1967 May not have been this particular episode I remembered seeing a soldier pick up a slice of bread with a knife Loved that show until my parents put an end to my fun and I couldn’t watch it anymore Yes 1967 it was on in the evening We lived in Grand Rapids Michigan I take it you enjoyed the show

[@cdshull]

Loved this show when I was 11 years old in 1965. Never saw it since, but I have the theme music permanently (and accurately) burned into my brain.

[@haroldhahn7044]

Thirty years ago, while working in the crawl space under a house in the Woodstock New York area, I found some old rusty beer cans. The property owner, a retired machinist who had made parts for the first atomic bomb, told me, "Those are Lee Marvin's beer cans. Back when our house was being built, he worked for Bence, the plumber, and he used to get drunk, while working on the pipes." What followed was a whole bunch of Lee Marvin stories, including one on how he got into acting. He was fixing something at the old Woodstock Playhouse, and somebody who needed an actor for a part in a play, called out to him, Hey, you! You want to make twenty bucks?" Lee shot back with "Who do I have to kill?"

[@Ralphie_Boy]

Thanks for presenting this excellent 1960s T.V. series, I'm hoping to return whenever you post new shows! 👍

[@docvega5465]

My dad served two tours of duty in Korea as a gunnery sergeant. Didn't say anything about the war for years. Then once he said his artillery unit would occasionally catch thousands of North Koreans and Chinese out in the open and nihilate them with anti- personnel ordnance or shells with fuses that would detonate at tree top level. It would be nothing to take out 1200 men in minutes. He said once a Chinese artillery unit found his outfit and after the shelling the Marines returned fire and wiped them out in minutes. His unit was defending at Pork Chop Hill when the ROK troops assigned to them deserted. The Marines brought them back at gun point and told them if they abandoned the artillery unit again they wouldn't have to worry about the Communists they would be taken out of by the US troops! 50 years after the war he felt guilty for just doing his job. No thanks to all those men who did this for their country.

[@cs7034]

Marines defending Pork Chop Hill??? I think not sir

[@docvega5465]

My father was stationed right next to Pork Chop Hill Jethro!

[@Hopalong..75]

We would watch Combat on AFTV in Vietnam back in 66-67

[@thxanne]

Very odd, didn''t have combat enough.🤔

[@AussieTVMusic]

One of the best War TV shows ever.

[@PeterOkeefe54]

watch Marvin handle his weapon...always the pro

[@arturotolentino1954]

My first known war movie & war heroes of my kid days late '50s & early '60s , very entertaining , never fail to watch !

[@Carl-ht7cg]

One actor that I'm glad that doesn't harmed making movies 😎

[@jojoestranger4989]

In the 70's this is our favorite show in my country 🇵🇭

[@nplus1watches35]

Hey, in the mid-60’s I watched it as a kid w/ my dad every week, too. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it’s pretty special now with the passage of time.

[@betweentwomillennium5057]

One of my greatest joys in life was for twenty years knowing the last surviving chief scout of the first special service force, Ralph Brouillard.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

Very Lee Marvin, thank you.

[@Great_Sandwich]

Lee Marvin..! That's quite a guest star!

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

I forgot how intense these old "Combat!" episodes were ..... Adding Lee Marvin to the show, a legit combat vet, and shining example of great genes & testosterone, just makes it that much better . They used to play these re-runs in syndication in the mid 70s, and i, as a young impressionable young red blooded yank, was very attentive on every episode (Although i don't recall this one) 🤔 Thanks for posting this, subbed + liked 👍🏻...... Brought back many 50 year old memories!

[@TheMeritCoba]

I think Marvin also played in the big red one, the movie about the First Infantry Division.

[@robertnelson3018]

Yes, that was the actual WWII unit he served in as a marine sniper. He was wounded [shot in the ass] by a Japanese. He joked about it on The Johnny Carson Show.

[@arturotolentino1954]

Never to eat dinner not until I watch combat during early '60s , those where the golden yrs of my childhood !

[@WilliamJohnson-g6z]

When I was growing up I really liked Lee Marvin. Then when I found out about all the things he did while he was in world war II I knew why I liked him.He was not a pretender. He was a great actor and a good role model for a young boy in Cleveland Ohio. I always thought he was cool.

[@bernardrichards6891]

Dear Sir , did you ever see L . M . in his BEST role , the movie , " The Killers " . Best , Bernard .

[@WilliamJohnson-g6z]

@@bernardrichards6891 I think I did. Is that a Western?

[@patkinder6632]

Watching this show and movies started my fascination with the M1 Garand and ww2 small arms , down to the M1 I own now

[@jeremybear573]

Tooleman, by now carrying VTTBOS & Combat your channel has made the YT Top Tier echelon!! Great Job!!!

[@GINGERGARY1]

I always liked this series

[@michaelthomas366]

I Loved this show when I was a kid. Lee Marvin was the real deal.

[@susanthompson2278]

I watched this when I was stationed in Germany for 3 years and loved watching I did 2 tour and love that ttoo😅😊

[@earlleeruhf3130]

I remember watching a few episodes of this series. I liked the fact that the German soldiers were not always played as bad guys. I did see the last episode with Vic Morrows suffering burns and following after his squad when they thought he had died. It was a heartbreaking story. Anyone else remember it?

[@JohnLargo-k8g]

We did not get "Combat" in re-runs in San Bernardino, Cal, but I get to enjoy it on KZbin. Parting shot: My dad served in the Navy during WW2. Was on the USS Fall River. I miss you dad.