COMBAT! s.1 ep.24: "No Hallelujahs for Glory" (1963)

[@markadams7597]

Now, this episode is/was worthy of an Emmy or two. Stellar performances, critical dialogue, plausible location, and poignant moral. Thanks for posting.

[@matt75hooper]

Really well done series. How lucky to have watched it when it first aired & then decades later with my own sons. It hasnt lost a step.

[@billhinton9787]

A REALLY GREAT EPISODE !!!! ALL BRAVE PEOPLE.

[@karencupples1339]

We appreciate you so much for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons relative for today, all with great dramatic patriotic music to inspire us onward and to not give up.

[@radiootoo]

A desire to honor the nations of The Greatest Generation brings me back to this stirring episode time after time.

[@franhull6945]

The best TV series ever!! Second to none, I sure miss these actors, so HANDSOME so talented, and most are gone forever, but we still have them, in our heart's and our BEAUTIFUL memories forever in DVDS and great people who do this show's for us I thank you, I really loved these guys may the rest in peace forever in peace and with our LORD in heaven. THANK YOU COMBAT STARS THANK FOR OUR FOREVER BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.!!❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤

[@lynnesaginaw8061]

We still have Doc (now age 88) and Kirby (93). The others, sadly, are all gone.

[@JulioLandeomiranda-gx9hu]

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[@richardnogan4579]

Another lesson learned hopefully not forgotten. Great episode.

[@oldnick9232]

A truly great TV series that needs to be rescreened again. Outstanding.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

Definitely one of the best episodes of Combat! To all those who died in war who has served our country, men, women and to the civilians who fought alongside with them, let's not forget them and to those who have fought bravely and died in combat in our present day this Memorial Day, 2019.

[@johnrogan9420]

So much useless sacrifice by all nations...betrayed by their leaders and Generals!

[@mdmmysocialmedia254]

Yes this story is exceptionally gut wrenching reality of the impersonal nature of war. We told in dialogue and symbolism.

[@edwardbuard6758]

Combat McHale navy and garrisons guerrillas r my best films from that era.

[@edwardbuard6758]

Rick Jason, and McHale navy quarter Master on the show.they both committed suicide .I wish I could have met these ok guys They both good talented iconic men of the industries. I think of so many things to do bettrtcarrollburnett and Lucille all these two would have helped these too men submarines semper fi

[@budiasa2398]

Lllll

[@nobleroman5601]

I'm so very happy that these episodes are here and thanks so very much for sharing them with us all , especially because now that I'm so very much older I can truly appreciate the very feeling of each episode, when I was just a kid watching these with my dad I just wasn't able to grasp the feeling behind the story , what great writers and even greater actors .

[@majcorbin]

This TV series was my main motivation to take three years of German language training in high school (1967-1970) a skill set that served me well during my Cold war tour of Germany in Nuremberg (1976-1979)

[@nicholascollora6709]

Love

[@marthahuls8385]

​@@majcorbin I took several years of german in high school. As a history student I wanted to see castles. After high school I got a job at the mpls intl airport and my best friend worked for an airline. Right after the Munich Olympics my friend came running over saying Lufthansa was selling tickets to Germany cheap because people were afraid to fly with them because of the Munich terrorists. I got a ticket Mpls to Frankfort for $150. When I told my dad he was furious. He had been a waist gunner in a B17 during WW II. He told me be careful, they will hate you because you're American

[@jerrylachica727]

I love this series when I'm young boy that's why up to now I'm watching series LOVE IT

[@pickleball456]

I was born in 1963. Never knew this show existed till a month ago. Love it

[@SaundersE5]

It’s the best

[@LinLin-uw8fq]

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[@armandodelacruz8843]

Where do u live? In a cave?

[@kathymcmahon6582]

I'm glad you are enjoying it.😊

[@reynaldoflores4522]

I was born in 1960. I grew up watching reruns of this show year after year.😊

[@craig4867]

Combat is realistic because most of the actors, directors and producers we're veterans!

[@kidgreenhorn]

Watched this show with my brother and Dad many great actors worked with Vic Morrow.

[@peterbartolomeo956]

Greatest show on tv in the early to mid 60s. We kids ALL made sure to watch Combat

[@flintrichards945]

I love watching the shows they have good message in a callous story of the greatest generation I grew up watching the shows on TV. And I know a lot of the men that fought that war one of them was my dad.

[@Edgy01]

I watched this with my father in 1963. I’m sure it was particularly poignant for him, having escaped as an evading B26 pilot with the aid of the Underground throughout France. He was on the run from August 1943 through February 1944.sadly, I was too young then to have a real conversation with him about such reality. And he was dead of cancer 6 years later. Thank you Jacques and Magdeleine Mourlet. And Henri and Honor. Selfless partisans of France.

[@johndeeter4030]

I remember watching this series as a kid..NOW in my 60's I re-watch it and I see it in a whole different way..Maybe because I'm older or a retired military person but it means more now then it even did back then..I do get a kick though out of it..No matter what village they go to the scenery and the building look pretty much the same..Only the names are changed..lol

[@michelletolentino4940]

This tv series can give us lesson that war is very hard to live especially to the young ones

[@keithrieder9516]

According to Nat'l Geographic there were 127 female war correspondents in WW II. White was the best known. Like many others, I watched this in the 60s with my dad. It is even better than I remembered.

[@jasriltanjung9610]

saya sangat terhibur dengan ada nya flm 2 dan juga tayangan untuk orang dewasa .

[@jasriltanjung9610]

semua nya cukup meng hibur yang merasa kan adalah tanya ajaati kita masing 2 oke

[@dougsammons2228]

Note the uniform of the Americans and the Germans, especially the helmets,,, I wore the same American uniform in the 60s,,,,, my son was issued his uniform in the 80,s,,,,,it looks exactly like the Germans uniforms of WW2,,,,,,, Hitler was quoted as saying that, you may have defeated us in war, but we will beat you mentally and Japan said that they would defeat us economic ally,,,,,, how do you see history now,,,, I'm still a good old American born and bread in a blood line that goes back to pre colonial days.

[@Tesserae]

I would have guessed Lee Miller.

[@rickrick5041]

Tribute of tears

[@avenegas0691]

This is for sure one of the best episodes of the whole Series. And after all these years, I still like Combat! very much... Even more than my other WWII favorites, 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific.'

[@brianwills8689]

This episode is a good one . Well put together .

[@garymiller5807]

Cage looks like Hugh Grant. hehe R.I.P. to Vic, Rick and the rest of the cast who are gone. May they never be forgotten.

[@ahsansyafiq7216]

Mo

[@mohdsaiful8616]

63

[@robertnegron9706]

They are immortalized. That’s what the production people tell the actors.

[@juliavasquez1127]

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[@steveravely6708]

I loved the shot of the guy heading into the woods with a bunch of newspapers

[@hermanator74301]

You bet,..nature assigns the task and paperwork to verify that said task was carried out !!!

[@douglasvonfreund8945]

I grew up with Combat .It was on T.V. when I came home from school 1968 -69 Reruns I believe on channel 6 .We only had 4 Channels plus PBS sometimes .No Cable back then .Man I sound like my Grandfather where I had to walk 50 miles to school and take a cold shower every morning .Anyway great memories !

[@49niners100]

This is a great script!!!!!!

[@garyloger9416]

They're really getting some use out of that town. And that road with the line of trees was in the opening shot of episode 1. I like those little deja vu moments. Gives the show character. One would be hard pressed to find a better made TV program.....then or now. But that's just my opinion :)

[@gallantrycrossx1915]

@38:03 the best line in the whole series: "I wonder if he knows something now the rest of us don't."

[@carolecarr5210]

Phenominal ending.

[@b.terenceharwick3222]

"Maybe....just maybe." A fitting end to a story about the damage inflicted upon others by people for whom pride takes first place....

[@tomrogers5862]

She doesn't know, as she did not assume responsibility for getting the three Resistance members hanged.

[@FBlackRules]

She thought she knew. Death.....

[@edwinjones-z5x]

Vic Morrow made the show for me. His life ended so tragically.

[@jjahsepuyeshd]

Aired in 1963................... Vietnam was only months away. I see this, then the movie "The Sand Pebbles" and it makes you wanna cry..................

[@SDsailor7]

The Sand Pebbles is a great movie! have it on DVD

[@matrox]

Most of Combat was filmed on the back lot of MGM studios, or Franklin Canyon park the same place where Andy Griffith and Opie are walking in the intro. A few were actually filmed in France such as "The Linesman" episode that guest starred Jack Lord.

[@Johnnycdrums]

I think some were filmed in upstate N.Y.

[@Dave-tw9ib]

I've always admired how good of shape these guy r in I've seen every episode

[@kennethduval6769]

Another gem ❤

[@geoffreybrizzolara703]

I am finally moved to comment on Combat and Vic Morrow in particular. I watched this show as a boy in the '60s and only thought of it as 'neat' when Germans were gunned down or blown up. I now see this is the kind of quality television we will see no more. Vic Morrow was an enormous talent. It was John Landis' negligence that ended him -- not Spielberg as someone mentioned here.

[@matrox]

+Geoffrey Brizzolara They couldn't produce this quality today or get the acting quality. These are like 45min mini movie quality. Also find me young actors or writers that can write anything other than a bunch of one liners. And all the actors today try and upstage and showboat until its all just unreal and phony.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

Great comment; these really are like short movies. However to be fair, mini-series or longer series like The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones or House of Cards or, going back, The West Wing and The Sopranos are all quality series productions, objectively speaking. Though I must say I don't watch Game of Thrones: too much quasi-porn for me. These old shows were great because they didn't have to sell sex to their viewers in order to prop up the show.

[@JCfromDC2]

Jeff Finkbonner Think you nailed that one brother, tho' I'm not a big fan of all these "dead monster" cult shows. I even call Vikings, "Bikings" with all those ridiculous tattoos and mullet-dos that no one wore back then. This was about s real as one could get on their budget. Couldn't come close these days. Especially without the f-bomb every 30 seconds.

[@Liberatus]

Jeff Finkbonner -the time between seasons is to long, 8 episodes with a 2 month break, the walking dead is a classic example, combat was weekly for 5 seasons just like M.A.S.H. I have no idea what the marketing strategy is but good show I gave up on the breaks and mid season breaks, I'll wait and buy all the seasons on DVD and binge watch

[@mattburnett4185]

Yes, Vic was a true badass of the old breed. like McQueen, Coburn, Marvin, Bronson, Eastwood, Connery, Bogart. They just don't make em like that anymore.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I love him in 'The Bad News Bears' and I think he was at his absolute sexiest in the 70's. It's hard to believe he'd be 83 now. Old enough to be my grandfather.

[@texasredneck9226]

My draw to it is due to 11 family members that served in WWII and made it home. Only Uncle Willy Pete sustained a physical injury with 82nd Airborne jump during Normandy invasion. Dad and Father in law were Navy. Uncle Smokey Sims and Brothe Jerry were Army Air Corp. , Brother Frank was Marine, John Seabees. Uncle Adolph, Brother John Curtis and Brother in Law Harland were Army!

[@elsbethhumphrey2048]

hellonpluto - Not only was the same village used over and over. They also filmed the same hills/ditches, one can recognize them when watching several episodes in a row. Some episodes use the same film clips from other episodes (I don't mean historical clips) of the guys shouting or Germans coming through a filed. It all depends on how close one is watching and paying attention. Over all just watching the show for the story is great and the above doesn't really matter as this was a great show.

[@eaglegrip6879]

Yeah...real, authentic, bombed-out French villages were hard to come by in the 1960'a, so they had use the same ones over and over again. Sucks, but that the real estate market for ya.

[@michaelsix9684]

MGM lot was used for many village scenes, explosives were done by studio techs also, realism for a TV show then was very good

[@openmind1966]

I found that this episode to be so ahead of it's time. Most shows glossed over the reality that was the evil, if not cruel nature of the German Army in France. Combat showed Prime Time audiences of such things as reprisal killing by the Germans, or for that matter the Holocaust. This is simply quality TV at it's finest, by a group of actors, Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Tom Lowell, Dick Peabody and Jack Hogan. When I shed a few tears at the end...it's clear I've seen some great acting at it's best. And it's too bad it doesn't get shown in schools, a story well told, and well acted in a way you won't see today.

[@BrianR.]

This was a propaganda series glorifying war to trick gullible Americans into signing up for Vietnam. Sure it's entertaining but it hardly rates being shown in schools. Americans kill enough people al over the world in their conquest of oil and other resources, maybe teach them to respect human life instead of glorifying war.

[@6p9d9x]

How the hell is this glorifying war...this whole episode was about showing the horrors and the dark side of war that people like alden21 will never comprehend

[@JCfromDC2]

One of the few show my parents let me and my brother to interrupt our homework when we were kids. Whole family loved this show (and McHale's Navy)

[@croatianknight1160]

Brian Roy What a pacifist wimp! We were not even in Vietnam yet, gutless wonder! It would be another 2 yrs.

[@keyweststeve3509]

Burt McCauley, I don't know what color the sky is in your world but to say the German army in France was "cool" is about the stupidest thing I've heard and is a clear indication you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I'm sure the 452 women and children slaughtered (as in shot or burned alive) by the German army in Oradour-Sur-Glane wouldn't think they were quite as cool as you seem to in your made-up world. Not to mention the thousands of other French civilians slaughtered by the "cool" German army. And you can take your "drunken assholes" line and stick it straight up your ass.

[@Aaronsdadmt]

Extremely well directed episode. A bit over zealous on the war corespondents part, but that hardly takes away from the impact this episode conveys. By far the best episode of the 1st season. Shecky Greene leaving the show didn't hurt this series one bit. In fact it might have been the shot in the arm it needed. Episodes after he left are great.

[@kcrl1]

Trois Anges = Three Angels, just now realising the irony & symbolism in this TV series. All of that was lost on me when I would watch at as a kid.

[@samuelburgos4450]

can see those athree angels up the church and the three hanged men infront of them. all are by the three

[@yogasamrat]

The kids saw the bang bang shoot em up and the adults saw the drama.

[@muhammadnizam1736]

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[@muhammadnizam1736]

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[@claystricklin8856]

This episode is one of the best, what the GI's endured, makes one cry from the stupidity of the female corespondent and the cruelty of the Nazi's.

[@dindinprivate3477]

Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley) showed some unuasually good acting ability in this episode.

[@lynnesaginaw8061]

Not unusual at all. He was very good in a role that required restraint.

[@WillowFrancis]

You are so awesome! Thank you so much for uploading more episodes of Combat! THANKS!!! YEAY!!! :)

[@texasredneck9226]

Agreed! I turn 70 this summer, it still is my favorite. RatPack comes in next. Wow, can't believe it's been so long...

[@felicitym14]

One of my favorite Saunders lines. There's no submarines here. Lol

[@lynnesaginaw8061]

Wasn't that Hanley's line?

[@brianneale2006]

A very touching episode to the French People who suffered under the Germans Vive Le France

[@Condottiere1978]

Es heißt: "Vive LA France!"

[@EDOGZ818]

Yo! This fuggin' episode is DEEP!

[@jerseymike7946]

You are spot on, and sadly it is obvious that some of the people here haven't a clue. As if the writers didn't understand what they were doing with the reporter character.

[@taoquan7541]

THE MOVIE IS OLD BEFORE 1975, BUT VERY GOOD, I WAS JUST A CHILD VERY ENJOYED THIS FILM, PLEASE DON'T REMOVE THANKS. July 23, 2021

[@johndbrandhorst4434]

Something I read about Vic Morrow was that he disliked gun's. We would watch this as kids and then go out and play army. We had a dad like played in the bad news bear's in our little league too. RIP Vic Morrow

[@twstf8905]

Some of these episodes are much funnier than others 😅

[@runner6500]

Give me my ball. I gotta go home. Combat is coming on!

[@israelaberra2384]

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[@johnnyhorizon8368]

Tuesday nights at 730p PST. My dad & I would set up the small rabbit ears TV upstairs to watch so my sister & mom could spend time together! downstairs! 😃

[@ted5weewcioban128]

One of the BEST DAMN T.V. SHOWS EVER!!!!!!!!!! Otherwise I wouldn't have written a sequel to it. Ted S. Cioban- Producer, Director "Combat 2- March To The Rhine"

[@rogerlynch5279]

In a way BAND OF BROTHERS tried to follow this format.

[@bettysamson4925]

You were one of the BEST DAMN SCRIPTWRITERS of that time too!! Thank you for sharing your talent; it has endured.

[@stevedandy973]

She was SO DAMN ARRAGANT, I know the Sarge AND the Lieutenant just wanted to punch her in the face. Hopefully, she learned...and will never forget.

[@isammolina4842]

Great photos😆

[@brianneale2006]

I agree

[@rogerlynch5279]

In a way very much like in the movie WE WERE SOLDIERS when the bunch of reporters were flown in

[@CaptainQueue]

Great episode and surprisingly accurate for the way they portray the meddling media and the damage they cause, drumming up drama to feed their mentally sick need for a byline.

[@whitesquirrel4131]

Maybe that's why they used a woman reporter instead of a man, in order to give the part SOME humanity?

[@dwightstewart7181]

Lol. That woman "war correspondent," loaded up with cameras & said (at 7:59) to be "one of the best magazine photographers in the business," never operated a camera in her life. No focusing, exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, etc), framing, holding the camera still, etc. No photography skills at all.

[@richardhoseason7151]

Surprisingly accurate for TV fantasy

[@yogasamrat]

Friend you summed it up very well.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

As its the media is only feeding the public,partially agreed.If there was no demand for war news,there would be no war coverage.

[@bobsaturday4273]

Its eps like this that were kinda boring as a kid but I can see now why it was such a great series

[@10taehan]

Your right. I'm reading a book about chaplains during WWII and I'd have to say, as a sweeping generalization, the world prior to Vietnam was considerably more naive in all aspects of life, war and TV.

[@Robbi496]

I wish they had shown the reaction of everyone when they found out that Saunders survived in the last episode?

[@susanthompson2278]

Love watching reminds me when I in the Army

[@samuelburgos4450]

Great episode still watchin it upto this day

[@DrCruel]

This lady is more of a Vietnam era combat journalist. The US Army wouldn't have put up long with a character like this in World War 2.

[@pertinentpoint767]

I agree. This episode illustrates feminism in the 60's. One of the curses Eve received was that she would desire to control her husband. Feminism is witchcraft. Evil comes from the top down. There was a female correspondent that was berated for her callousness in showing the grisly details of the war. The female resistance worker was a true hero. She gave her life for God and country. God is Agape. Agape is Valor, not heart emojis.

[@walterarevaloarevalo9946]

Gracias por esta bonita película bendiciones

[@aturogs1954]

I really like that-----Saunders: "Is that an order? Or are you lookin' for volunteers?" A humor-filled close friendship between two soldiers of different ranks......

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

Great moment. Though we learn from the earlier episode "A Day in June" that at the time of D-Day, Lt. Hanley hadn't yet gotten his officer's commission and was a sergeant while the unit was training in England. Saunders was a seasoned and vaunted combat veteran fresh in from the recently concluded North Africa campaign. But they had plenty of time in England to build camaraderie.

[@indriwati4314]

I love my first film war "COMBAT", so i remember when i was young,at 1977 of i look this film at TV...👍👍👍

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

Oh,Vic Morrow. He was such a handsome,sexy man and a very talented actor.

[@BrettWHunt]

Vic Morrow Forever In My Heart I thought ms hunt was a babe

[@albertyap1197]

Best line : 32:10 Saunders : "There are no traitors in trois anges.."

[@DrCruel]

Mind, this doesn't apply to all Vietnam era correspondents. In fact, Chapelle was one of them, and the US Marines really liked her. She ended up dying in that war on the front lines. But in Vietnam, for every one like her there were a dozen younger correspondents only out to make a name for themselves - and damn everyone and everything else. Can't say much better about the ones today either.

[@donaldpiper9763]

You got that right brother .

[@gdblackthorn4137]

The sergeant reminds me of Brian Keith! Woman can be the most tender hearted at people at times and at others the most cold hearted!

[@delprice3007]

I've read accounts that soldiers wouldn't eat big meals before a push -- sepsis developed faster in the event of a gut wound. I vaguely recall my father saying something similar.

[@onslought2]

I'll say one thing Little John is too big for those jeeps lol other wise love this show since I was a kid.

[@triciajohansen7124]

I'd say, he was 6'6, a tall drink of water and all legs.😎

[@josephhernandez8645]

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[@t0ny1189]

7:55 Holy crap I never noticed how short the captain is.

[@mohddin3723]

I watched this serial combat movies in 70s. Among the actors i still remember were Sgt. Saunders, Kirby and Littlejohn and the rest I forgot their names..

[@randy95023]

Combat Journalists are very brave people. They don't have to be in the Combat Zone, yet they go forward with the troops. When average GI has his belly in the dirt, wishing he could be even deeper the Combat Journalist is up taking photographs. Anyone who enjoys watching footage of various wars on the Military Channel or other documentaries should cheer on the Journalists. There would be virtually NO footage if some Journalist didn't risk their life to film it. And yes, they are a pain...

[@jimrosson5697]

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[@rayfrazier3188]

RE,Pickleball...yeah,is was born in 62, when i was little used to watch Combat, and, Ratpatrol,every week and of course..Batman i still watch Combat on KZbin , one more 12oclock high....B17 bomber series, still enjoy it today...be cool

[@speedracer1945]

I noticed at the beginning of tje episode as they all stood around and Sanders hops on a truck , they werent on the regular backlot since steam was coming outta their mouths . Yeah it was al ittle chilly that morning .

[@JO-gr5bp]

John wayne and combat had alot to do with me joining the US Army. 73 -77 then went and joined the US Navy 77-94 cause i wanted MORE adventure ! A Veteran.

[@luizc.g8686]

Show... Muito bom, relembrei a infância, sempre fui fã. Poderia ser dublado para melhorar mais.

[@willturner7162]

Truth be told... Simply good versus evil... Today no one knows the difference

[@richardhoseason7151]

America isn't all evil

[@alextaylor8776]

Saunders and his men must have driven up and down that road with the spaced trees on each side a million times over this series as well blown that pontoon bridge up a few million times. I know they were limited on where they could shoot and used the same exterior sets and locations over and over. That being said it was and still is one of thee best WW2 tv series ever. My favourite was always Cage.

[@billhuber2964]

Mom liked the sarge.

[@ibpsupplyman]

The "thin" war correspondent in the episode ... Garry Walberg ... Lt. Frank Monahan in Quincy M.E.

[@jeffyoung60]

This is the first time we got to see the platoon's company commander, although we didn't hear his name.

[@sawlihimfotografi953]

the best episod showing war photographer

[@mccjoh1]

for all the action COMBAT never glorified war, it just told it like it was. That's only one reason why COMBAT was the best.

[@richardhoseason7151]

You mean it sold the way you'd like it to be. That the American infantryman could in fact compete on equal terms with the German landser and often run rings around them. Back in the real world Germany soldiers killed five to one overall and on the western front against Americans it was more like nine to one. They outfought the Americans every time pound for pound. Had they the supply of troops the western allies had and inexhaustible supplies I doubt the western front would have prevailed. The most deadly weapon in the US arsenal was the B17 bomber not their infantry or artillery and certainly not their tanks.

[@vichedges8858]

@@richardhoseason7151 its easier to fight a defensive war and the germans had years to build fortress europa so of course they had the advantage. But they lost.RE: Texas Ranger creed.

[@richardhoseason7151]

@@vichedges8858 it's not easier to fight a defensive war at all and Germany's army was designed to move forward rapidly onto other people's territory

[@vichedges8858]

@@richardhoseason7151 so at the Battle of the Bulge everything was in favor of Germany according to what you've said and yet they were stopped. So what you've asserted is proved wrong by what actually happened

[@richardhoseason7151]

@@vichedges8858 the German force sent to the Ardennes was destined for failure before it even left the barracks. They destroyed eight out of ten of their own vehicles. Most of the allied kills were made by the 8th air force that commenced bombing on the fourth day after the weather cleared.

[@georgeford6242]

She earned a punch in the face in her first 30 seconds of screen time. She's got the role of arrogant, entitled "journalist" down pat.

[@bailey9r]

There is a place for her at CNN!

[@dwightstewart7181]

Lol. That woman "war correspondent," loaded up with cameras & said (at 7:59) to be "one of the best magazine photographers in the business," never operated a camera in her life. No focusing, exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, etc), framing, holding the camera still, etc. No photography skills at all.

[@dwightstewart7181]

@Georg Andexler Andexler .. When it's shown to millions, it's not only a tv show. More people watched this show than have read some of the greatest novels of our time.

[@jerseymike7946]

G. Ford, She is a stand in for the public back home and all the clueless types who think they know everything, and the tough talking wannabe punks who yell "I'm a patriot" while having a doctor fake a case of bone spurs so they can stay home, yet get aroused watching Patton's speech in that movie's opening scene. This isn't about the glory of war but rather war's effect on men, the misery and horror and loss. Look at the end piece again, the photos of the suffering GI's, her words. This is a beautifully written and realized work. The writers know their craft, they took the journalist and her and the public's assumptions about war on a journey of understanding. And you? What did you get out of this? You want to punch a 90 pound woman.

[@fischerautoprops8931]

@@jerseymike7946 the deaths she caused. Her presumptive attitude about knowing where the troops should be and why. She had no idea about troop or equipment strength. She caused those people's deaths and still tries to maintain the holy high ground. She just showed up and acted as though she knew everything and actually knew nothing. People hate her character with good reason.

[@roywhl1]

Good one

[@rogerlynch5279]

ELISABETH ALLEN for a british actress from England she had put on quite an American accent hiere. A shame many of those great actors and actresses are nowdays almost forgotten or almost meaningless to most.

[@davidsnyderWisdomTrollBlocker]

Great how Kirby and Cage...got a thrill out of looking at that news lady's calfs...

[@rbanister100]

and to think... This show aired only 18 years later, after WW2.

[@donaldpiper9763]

17 years after it first aired and 62 war two and 45 do the math . It was on television from 1962 until 1967 .Lol

[@samuelburgos4450]

it is indeed one charitable gesture.....to live and let die.

[@grabit1]

Fair enough. Either way, it was the kind of character that Elizabeth Allen was playing at the time.

[@carolgarabedian01]

Good episode

[@Roger9Wilco]

I worked at the Flim Flam Family Restaurant, in Farmington, MI, in 1976.

[@t0ny1189]

I was born and raised in Farmington Hills (in '89) and I've never heard of that place...where was it? Also, that was a very random comment haha.

[@Tipi_Dan]

Saunders provides an object lesson in the utility of a camouflage helmet cover @ 30:30 where he stands in a ditch below the roadbed with one branch over him yet is not seen.

[@dennispeltier6142]

My Father, my Dad watched and now I might understand a little...

[@pierrebarrioz2529]

the Citroen car u see in this episode started to be built from october 7th 1948 and the model they use in the film is from the 60s.. just for information.. soon a Ford Mustang in Combat???

[@mishawakapost2681]

Ernie Pyle got killed on an island off the coast of Okinawa, but he'd had plenty of experience on the front lines. The 2nd Platoon gets to play Rat Patrol.

[@TheEvilDrR]

Haha, yeah. As soon as I saw the 2 jeeps with the .50's, I thought "someone got jealous of Rat Patrol!" ;)

[@stevo196two9]

We can’t screen writers today think up and write stories like this it’s really discouraging that they cannot not😢

[@richarddewitt2072]

In this episode the Jeep mounted 30 cal MG is introduced for the first time in the series.