COMBAT! s.2 ep.20: "The Hostages" (1964)

[@dindinprivate3477]

Magnificent! The best of the best. This one has everything, comedy, drama, action and a script/story line that cannot be beat. Doc's inability to control his need to react to being pushed too far, Sgt. Saunder's really great ability to understand and react appropriately to another's needs and frustration and temptation... It was a special pleasure to see an episode based on Doc.

[@naughtydorf18]

I remember an episode of Combat one of those in color episodes where Doc and a captured German Medic was working on a sick french kid. None of them had previous medical training before the war, the german being a store clerk and Doc was a "boxer". Doc being a boxer reminded me of the Muhammed Ali interview of being hit by some dickhead on the street. The reporter doing the interview asked why Ali didn't hit him back. Ali said "one punch from me would've killed him". Doc proved that theory.

[@dindinprivate3477]

@@naughtydorf18 Yes, Cry For Help, S5 E14. But the German medic had been a hospital orderly before the war.

[@dindinprivate3477]

@@naughtydorf18 Mohamed Ali couldn't hit back because by law his fists are "deadly weapons" and may not be used against non-boxers or out of the ring.

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

@@dindinprivate3477 I heard that Ali was a total different person in private. Nothing like the one you see in the ring.

[@keithrissolo7437]

In every episode, there is always some sort of lesson to be learned...I remember this show as a small boy growing up, but now, as much as ever, the shows are heavy on you when you watch them, they are of great quality and you learn from every one of them....

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

Even though I watched the shows as a kid, I now understand the plots. Great works by all involved.

[@SuperColonel91]

What was the lesson in this episode?

[@alanmanzinger1568]

I watched as a kid. My dad was WW2. The message was not to love killing them at the sake of killing your own. But sometimes that can get blurred.

[@UberLummox]

@@SuperColonel91 Lesson #1 - Don't be a trumper, kkkids!

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

COMBAT! is one of the top 5 greatest TV series ever created, & the BEST war drama of any kind, TV or movie!

[@dindinprivate3477]

YES!!

[@danieljohnson5726]

Another great episode. Fighting hand-to-hand to the death has got to be very intense. Conlan Carter (Doc) did what he had to do to save his friends.

[@rooseveltmendoza3988]

i never get tired watching this combat series .

[@elmerlarimer9026]

me too thank you

[@alanwilson6367]

Fantastic show. Thank you.😊😊

[@doorswhofan]

RIP Mark Richman, who just passed back in January at the age of 93 and who was in about a bazillion TV shows and movies. Also great to see Hans Gudegast (Eric Braeden) here -- also an actor with a massive pedigree, and who shortly after this would become a main character on THE RAT PATROL. Still going strong and recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

[@paulshaffer9674]

Hans Gudagest was also on 12 oclock High.

[@nicholascollora6709]

Thanks they were US...

[@菅原栄光-n8c]

ぁってできる子でしたまたのよね。…

[@stevemartin6144]

........and don't forget Ken Berry of Walt Disney fame.

[@Thompson-xp1mk]

I have watched Hans Gudegast three times until now in Combat who acted as a German officer in TV show Rat Patrol . And I saw Doc kill enemy for the first time whose anger was extreme against enemy.

[@irenevincent6610]

MY FAVORITE EPISODE!!!!! I've kind of watched maybe a bit too much, but I still love it. Doc is the best!

[@strattuner]

excellent,all of them were genius excellent,to bring the story and action alive,COMBAT is my top 5 non-boredom days

[@dennisbrock1435]

Very few episodes where doc have a leading role in Combat ... damn they turned doc into a killer on this one... he kick some ass on here.... way to go doc.👍

[@HansDelbruck53]

In the fight scene with Doc, the stuntman for Mark Richman was clearly much younger and shorter.

[@jdr5159]

It was great to see "Doc" get his own episode, this is one of the best I have seen. To whomever posted all these great episodes of Combat, thank you so much!

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Yeah, it was a really good one with good supporting guest stars. The SS officer was a particularly vicious cuss, wasn't he? Thanks for posting these--I haven't seen them for..well., uh..fifty years...(sigh)

[@ronnievandeventer3929]

Johannes van Deventer, are you Dutch? My name is also VanDeventer, and I live in Iowa.

[@nghiachu7557]

+Johannes van Deventer p

[@fldinosaur]

I still love this series and very much appreciate the time and effort it takes to get these downloaded. Is getting weird though, watching all these episodes so far and seeing the same town getting blown up, the same sign post, the same hill. Maybe it wasn't so obvious when watching it in the day, every week. Still it doesn't detract from the show. There are exceptions of course but it's a shame one has to go back 30-40-50 years to find good TV again.

[@kevinp8212]

Yes, this was really good television, don't know what you call todays TV I think same can be said about the audience...just airheads

[@markegan2480]

Conlan Carter was such a great actor, great job Doc

[@scvandy3129]

"markegan2480," An ultra-rare, 'Doc' centric "Combat!" . . . . The following decade his brother John Carter joined the cast of Buddy Ebsen's "Barnaby Jones" private eye series as Barnaby's police dept. contact and friend, Lt. Biddle.

[@felicitym14]

Conlan Carter got a well deserved Emmy nomination for this.

[@bolinfan1519]

Great to know!

[@mulawarman9264]

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[@HansDelbruck53]

But Albert Paulsen won the award that year.

[@stugabe33]

Soap opera fans of the "The Young and The Restless" will see a young Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) as the German trooper Ecktmann 07:07, while fans of TV's "F Troop" will see Ken Berry as the Motor Sgt. mechanic 12:45. Thanks! Great episode.👍

[@Erick-zp8vm]

It is always interesting to see where some of these actors started out before they became more famous!

[@dindinprivate3477]

Thanks for the great uploads of a really special series! This episode is the only time I ever seen Saunders so happy and playful anywhere

[@barrymcbride100]

great vids i did not see the show when it first came out as i was born in 66 but seen all the reruns of the show now watching all shows thanx for the uploads my kids say i am crazy watching a black and white show LOL but these shows is true tv not the crap they have on now a days

[@alexisjordan9055]

45:10- 46:00 That short performance alone could’ve won Conlan the nomination. The emotion and horror that goes through his face as he realizes what he’s done, then his immediate shut down afterwards. Amazing performance

[@scvandy3129]

"alexisjordan9055," And to think 11 episodes later the "Combat!" writers stuck him with the preposterous plot point of his truly bone-headed 'mistake' of 'forgetting' to remember to carry the small religious figure statue following a brief rest stop, it being the most important thing in the world to the nuns AND the focal point of the entire 'Infant of Prague' episode, as the title conveys.

[@tandinh5193]

Thank you, thank you for postng ... Well done Doctor.

[@videomaniac108]

By the time that Combat aired, in the early to mid 60s, I and my friends were a little too old to play army with our toy soldiers, but we did watch these episodes each week religiously and discuss them afterwards. This was in Chicago, where there were many working-class families that lived close together in multi-unit apartment buildings and many of us boys would get together to play war, read comic books and discuss our favorite TV shows.

[@jameshoran8]

Conlan got an Emmy nomination. A nice peaceful guy that got ticked off by the German to the point of pure rage that enabled him to kill him

[@Houdini774]

Trivia: Conlan Carter "Doc" was nominated for the 1964 Emmy's in the category of best actor in a supporting role for this episode titled "The Hostages". He lost to Albert Paulsen who played Lt. Volkoval in the Chrysler Theater production of "One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich". Conlan Carter, Shecky Greene "Braddock" and Jack Hogan "Kirbie" are the only surviving cast members.

[@aliciatodaroconz7604]

Tom Lowell 79 and Steven Rogers (the first doc) 83, are alive - October 03 2020

[@jcsmith8992]

Last saw these when I was 10 and younger! Thanks!

[@brianwills8689]

Mark Richman , I have seen him in many T.V. shows , he is a very good Actor . This is a top episode .

[@jeffreymoviechen]

His role here is ironic considering he's of Jewish descent.

[@bailey9r]

He is billed from the 70s as Peter Mark Richman, a change he felt fit him better. A sign of good stable character is he has been married to the same lady since 1953 WOW.

[@thegypsyman9043]

Last report "Doc"" is one of 2 cast members still with us.

[@josephdrayton1592]

Great show loved this episode Deep

[@howardfortyfive9676]

One of the best episodes ever! First time I ever saw the Doc kill the enemy.

[@angelesbricenomanrique9370]

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[@felicitym14]

And the only time

[@oldermuscleguy]

I haven't seen this episode in like 40 years ty

[@chrismarsh9452]

Great show! Surprising to see Doc in hand to hand combat and killed the guy for being a non combatant. Shows that anyone pushed to hard even if a non combatant will kill to save a fellow brother in arms.

[@mishawakapost2681]

chris marsh Our medics who weren't conscientious objectors carried .45s, but that was in the 1970s.

[@DonFahquidmi]

Mishawaka Post Our medics were not conscientious objectors either, yet the .45s they carried were to protect their patients. They were not to engage the enemy unless in the defense of their patients. One of them got their mettle tested one January evening, found in the balance, and came out shining. The medic was a Jets fan and we were in a Ludowici, Ga bar watching a game between NY and Atl to see who would go to the Super Bowl. I had already warned everybody not to show too much elation should NY win. I was watching my fellow soldier "rubbing it in" at the bar when some of the locals were overcome with "righteous indignation" at his "offense". The verbal attacks soon escalated to actual physical assaults. In an attempt to defuse the situation I took the medic into custody by putting my arms under his and shoulders around the back of his neck. I told him, "At Ease, It's Sgt Fulford." He complied and relaxed, Yet repeated blows to my head prompted me to release him and engage in full on assault. Because of the repeated blows to my head, I released the specialist and said: "It's on." Our group of five consisted of two "men" from my own section, a medic, and a commo guy. The two "men" from my section were nowhere to be found in the ensuing fight. The medic and the commo guy fought honorably. My two "men" were cowards. I would not recommend them for reenlistment based on that incident. I told one ot them tat if they reenlisted, that I would beat their ass.

[@rayrose5594]

thanks to who posted.merry cristmas too all.brings memories.my dad with many thousands who who served in ww2 and all wars.thank you for courage/bravery,have no words to say.but thank you....

[@dametuesday2575]

Hey, Ken Berry was the guy under the truck in the motor pool!

[@felicitym14]

October 3, happy 87th birthday to Conlan Carter. Doing great.

[@jenniferspangler663]

Thank you thank you for posting!

[@Lajs657]

Fantastic episode!

[@aliciatodaroconz7604]

Today October 3, 2020 Conlan Carter is 86 years old !. Happy birthday doc

[@kathymcmahon6582]

Happy birthday Conlan. God bless,!!!

[@EMidMSO]

Although I'm hugely impressed by commentators knowledge here & very much enjoy hearing detail about other series & how the actors are today, I skip over the continuity & detail quibbles. Old shows like this, The Rifleman etc all had a strong element of allegory which is missing in most shows today. I just enjoy the message in every episode & don't get bogged down with perceived shortcomings of the medium viewed through eyes over 50yrs more 'sophisticated'

[@chuckengle1922]

Great episode. Never saw this one as a kid.

[@ej4loverealmusic]

thanks for the info, and posting of the video, i never watched it while it was on tv, we didn't have a television, couldn't afford it, i knew about this show, but couldn't watch it while it was on. .

[@williamhiles7404]

Yes, here we see again good Ole Hans Gudegast, AKA Eric Braeden, AKA Victor Newman, who was in many shows of the period, including several episodes of Gunsmoke. It is very rare that I don't see at least 1 or 2 people in each episode of Combat/ that were also in Gunsmoke episodes. It was indeed a small world in Hollywood. LHS

[@pervanvalkenburg8507]

Peter Mark Richmond is retired and is 85 years old. Hans Gudegast (Eric Braedon) is still acting on CBS-TV's The Young and the Restless at 71 years old. The Truck Mechanic Ken Berry from F-Troop is now retired and is 79 years old. I try to do my part; you upload and I catch us up to date. Thanks again for all the high quality uploads!

[@TheTayedrums]

good trivia thanks...i heard this episode got doc nominated for an award...funny of all shows nominated...it was this one...unless there were others???

[@MollyMLewis]

@@TheTayedrums Vic was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal in "Survival".

[@TheTayedrums]

@@MollyMLewis Thanks Molly--..Rick Jason should have got one for 'Hills are for Hero's'...this was one of the most dynamic of the Combat series...it seemed like no happy ending in site-and Kirby went off,even subordinate,but was allowed to express....Some great writers for this series...Thanks

[@TheTayedrums]

hans gudegast....(liked his acting)---just couldnt get use to him in the soap opers -kept seeing him as 'The German Captain".( he played in a few combat episodes,too!) yes changed his name and was in The Rat Patrol..which i loved alot...like combat but more intensive and a 1/2 show

[@MollyMLewis]

@@TheTayedrums I completely agree!

[@MerleUnchained]

Very satisfying, primal kill at the end.

[@unclemikeb]

Great episode, thanks for posting. The Germans made their first mistake when they killed the guy leaning back in the barber chair. They could have taken him hostage as well. The German captain was born in America. He must have been coached, his German was quite good. The German soldier with the dark hair ended up on Rat Patrol, another great TV show. He got a promotion, there he was Capt. Hans Dietrich. Playing a German was a natural for him as he was born in Germany in 1941. He must have decided the US would be a better place for him so he moved to the US.

[@airdaleva42]

The second actor you mentioned is Eric Braden. Born Hans Jorg Gudegest. He currently plays Victor Newman on The Young & The Restless. There is an interview on KZbin where he discusses his time on Combat and The Rat Patrol. And the tone of it came across as if he disliked the roles. He is a good actor but he sounded like a soreheaded ham

[@TOKA-jh5xv]

この回覚えています。日本語吹き替え版で見ました。確かシャワーを浴びている3人が「お湯です。お湯が出ますよ。」とのんきに歌っていたのを覚えています。外では仲間がドイツ兵に殺されているのに。苦笑

[@worldfree5224]

Very good episode! Did not know "Doc" had the killer instint in him being a medic!

[@dindinprivate3477]

There is another episode, don't remember which one, where doc has a tantrum, tears off his medic's armband and demands that Lt. Handley give him a rifle!

[@garymazur2217]

Dindin Private Season 2 episode 2 "brigehead"

[@archerboy58]

I assume this was the episode that got Conlan Carter an Emmy nomination

[@alexisjordan9055]

You assume correct

[@scvandy3129]

Sixty years after the fact, with practically unlimited resources like IMDB, Wikipedia, Google, Google, Google, Television Academy's website, "Combat!"'s own website, etc. one hardly has to 'assume.' In other words, 'assume' NOT. The FACTS are out there, every where.

[@JCarlosMois]

Doc it's a hero, I'd do the same over and over again.

[@edbecka233]

"Du, du, liebst mir in Herzen"... AKA "Dancing", one of the first songs I learned in my accordion lessons.

[@fredsottile528]

Love it. F-Troop meets the Rat Patrol. Ken Berry ( Capt. Parmenter) meets Hans Gudegast (Hauptman Dietrich)

[@williamhiles7404]

Hans Gudegast in Gunsmoke ep. Eric Braden as Victor Neuman on Young and the Restless. Small world.

[@joeldumbrique4724]

Well done Doc👍

[@billhuber2964]

An infantry man's best friend is a medic. Or navy corpsman.

[@scoutfinch7727]

"Anatomy of a Patrol" with James Caan is probably my favorite episode because it is so smartly written. Really good all the way around! I love all of them (like I love all The Fugitive Seasons/Episodes). A QUOTE: "I NEVER miss Combat." Can anyone tell me who said that? I do know, but it would be fun to see if anyone else can come up with the answer! A HINT>> "Then the next day Clem went back and buried 'im good.""!

[@memphoonthemississippi642]

THANK YOU GR FOR THESE GREAT UPLOADS. NOT A PERFECT SHOW BUT A GREAT ONE!!!

[@daspiper8941]

A very good one. Must watch.

[@bettysamson4925]

This is an amazing episode. Tell you frankly I found it slow in the beginning. Hostage stories drag. I fastforwarded to see the ending and didn’t quite understand what I saw so I decided to watch from the beginning. That was an amazing and beautiful ending, practically the climax of the story. Great script.

[@claudio-s2n]

should be nominated for the Oscar award postmortem !!!

[@scvandy3129]

"user-ld8hg7ch8p," An Emmy, possibly. But Oscars are for movies; Emmys for excellence in television. BTW, the individual you wish to nominate you didn't specify, e.g., Peter Mark Richman or Conlan Carter. Both turned in wonderful performances.

[@abiliagabrielalvabao8082]

❤me en canta ver combate no dejo de verla ❤por favor en espñol❤

[@jamessaylor8867]

The opening shelling is pretty popular. It is used in several episodes.

[@TheEvilDrR]

I thought that opening sequence looked awfully familiar. The clincher was Lt. Hanley in the middle of the street shooting that carbine from the hip in every direction. But hey, budgets were real for a show only in its second season, I guess.

[@3Ddude101]

@@TheEvilDrR It's easy to spot things like that when you can watch the episodes as we see them here one after another. But back when the series was airing you only saw one episode per week and it could be weeks or months before you saw a repeated scene. Seeing them that way you're highly unlikely to remember you saw anything previously.

[@DonFahquidmi]

Anyone who has spent 45 days bathing out of a brain bucket without a real shower can appreciate the opening scene of this episode.

[@Liberatus]

Doc gets a kill and a lead role, fantastic

[@richardwhite9975]

Victor from bold and the beautiful, Rat Patrol..the company clerk played a episode of the Rifleman from New York...Ken Berry Mayberry RFD, F Troop

[@williamhiles7404]

Do not forget Mama's Family with Vicki Lawrence; Ken Berry was in some movies & and other TV shows, but I can't remember any titles right now. That's getting more difficult as I age!!! Oh well, that's life. LHS

[@MrUhwoody]

Believe it or not--Mark Richman who was the head Nazi sphincter boy in this ep, convincingly played a comical Maestro of the Russian Ballet in the film "Bye Bye Birdie".

[@garygates8101]

Yea the Doc was real good in this one

[@William_sJazzLoft]

I see that there are some others who recognized Hans Gudegast from the Rat Patrol

[@thegypsyman9043]

Last report "Doc" was one of 2 cast members still with us.

[@felicitym14]

Depending on how you look at it. Tom Lowell (Billy) is still with us, as is Steve Rogers (first Doc) and Shecky Greene is too. Jack Hogan (Kirby) lives in Washington state.

[@huskyjerk]

@@felicitym14 Little John gone?

[@felicitym14]

@@huskyjerk Dick Peabody passed away in 1999. I believe he was only 74

[@kathymcmahon6582]

@@felicitym14 And Conlan (2 doc).

[@felicitym14]

@@kathymcmahon6582 Conlan still alive. Had covid last year but made it through. Had a stroke too but otherwise still going and happily married

[@garymazur2217]

I REALLY liked this episode great acting all around. Doc REALLY landed some good punches on the kraut got him down an killed him Saunders watched an waited did not try an even stop him. Let doc do it maybe he wanted to have the experience, or he knew he was going to be killed by the German. He was going to need help getting back being wounded.

[@dindinprivate3477]

Doc was in a murderous rage and *needed* to kill that German officer. One of Sarge's greatest assets is his abiilty to understand the needs of others.

[@billboth4814]

Would have been interesting to see how Doc helped Saunders AND Caje back to the Aid station. Touching to see the recently passed Ken Berry in an early role.

[@WizzRacing]

All three had other roles. One was the Rat Patrol, Soap Operas , and the Motor Pool guy was Mayberry RFD.

[@mf7482]

+Claude “Reviews4U” Rains And Ken Berry had the role of being the Fort Commander in a show called F Troop.

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

The motor pool mechanic is Ken Berry.

[@StoneShards]

I REALLY wanted to see doc explain to the mechanic about his truck! hehehe

[@realsnd]

Born in 1954, When I was a kid my Uncle had an Army Ambulance just like that one, and he took us kids for rough rides around his ranch.... They only rode smooth when they were filled with wounded.... Now I want one...

[@billhuber2964]

4wds are fun in the country. My wife's uncle had one too.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Great uploads 👍

[@videomaniac108]

I guess that Hans must have been a real combat superstar as far as the germans were concerned, as they employed him on two fronts: western Europe against Sgt. Saunders and north Africa against Christopher George and the boys in the Rat Patrol.

[@Harleylovinchelley1]

I secretly think he was a time traveler.

[@saeedmadani7949]

Thank you.

[@thegypsyman9043]

You go Doc!!!

[@brig.4398]

Good episode, someone made a comment about conscientious objectors, that those men were assigned as medics. Maybe Doc was one ?

[@maxineo7869]

The motor pool seargent is Ken Berry, later Captain Parmenter on "F Troop".

[@SaltwaterFisher00]

Maxine O Thanks, I knew I had seen him before somewhere but had forgotten where.

[@KevlarX2]

Also on Mayberry RFD.

[@TheEvilDrR]

And even with that warning, I totally missed recognizing him. I used to work in a restaurant just down the street from Casa Manana, a theater in Fort Worth, and one night after a show, Ken came in for a late dinner.

[@gunsangpakpahan4112]

I see combat episodes 1 and 2 now.

[@deborahlangnese7645]

Mark richman is playing the german. The other German is played by Hans guildcast(Eric Braden)

[@numbersix8919]

Eric Braden best known for starring in _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ -- one of the few SF movies about AI taking over the world.

[@oldermuscleguy]

Ken Berry from FTroop is in this episode as a mechanic 🚙🚘🚕🚍🚌

[@yannschonfeld5847]

This is of course a very well known épisode where Doc (Conlan Carter) shows what appears to be another side of him. And indeed it is as well but I contend that the cohésiveness between the various squad members (even those who are there for only one épisode) has created bonds between them through Sergeant Saunders constant "teachings" that Doc knows what he has to do, come what may. I am not belittling Doc's own series of initiatives, far from it. All I am saying is that they should be seen in the light of the bonds that bind this squad together, bonds that are mostly there thanks to Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow). Even Captain Aptmeyer (Mark Richman) immediately recognizes these bonds and banks on them for Doc to bring back a truck for him and Ecktmann (Hans Gudegast appearing here again). This is a famous épisode and Conlan (born Chester in 1934) deserved a nomination for his rôle in this épisode. Conlan left acting in 1986 to pursue flying professionally. Capt. Aptmeyer - Mark (born Marvin in 1927) Richman to Jewish parents has been seen in a great number of TV series and a few movies since the 50's until quite recently. Also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Mark has been active in the spiritual movement "Subud" since 1959. Mark Richman was orignally a pharmacist but turned shortly after to acting. A great gain for the cinéma, television and the arts in général (Mark is also known for his painting) Un très grand merci pour le téléchargement.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

I always look forward to your thoughts here in the comments section Iain.

[@yannschonfeld5847]

Merci. I have been unable to add any further comments for the last year due to technical difficulties but hope soon to try again.Merci pour votre appréciation. Ce fut une série hors pair.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Oh I understand *technical difficulties as well. My main technical difficulty is having been born in the age of Tonka Trucks Mattel burp guns* not keyboards and a mouse. When I was little we played OUTSIDE unless it was raining. Then we'd read books made of PAPER, play Monopoly or listen to the radio. Old People Know Stuff!!

[@brianwills8689]

Yes , I appreciate seeing his comments as well . Merci .

[@iankettleboro7578]

SmoothRide

[@scottstewart1974]

Bullet magnet Sarge gets his 23rd purple heart. :)

[@gregspain6855]

Lead is not magnetic...

[@kevinp8212]

It is when it close to zero Kelvin! @@gregspain6855

[@mishawakapost2681]

Doc should have told the first sergeant the truth. It's an Army headquarters. How difficult would it be to take out two of the enemy. The first sergeant and the officers have enough sense not to rush the barbershop and get the two prisoners killed. Nice to meet the first sergeant, though. You'd think Saunders was the highest-ranking NCO in the company.

[@brianwills8689]

Why didn't Doc , find a Colt .45 Pistol when He went out to requisition a vehicle , and secrete it inside His shirt . Maybe then he could have dealt with the Hostage takers when he returned to the Barber shop .

[@kevinp8212]

Why didn't he what? Its just a TV show ask the writer...really good episode IMHO

[@timothyjordan5731]

I'd nominate Doc for the next Ringo Star look-a-like contest.

[@matta3968]

Not even close.

[@gaylealston4089]

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[@buckrogers5331]

Haha, looks like Mark Richman and Rick Jason went to the same acting school. @17:06 you could swear it was Jason in blonde disguise. Same voice even.

[@BikingVikingHH]

Buck Rogers I was looking through the comments to see if this was actually an episode where Rick Jason played a different character when I saw that scene! They could be twins!

[@direwolf6234]

i love the fact that both caje & kirby are left handed... yet still use weapons designed for righties... and when is saunders going to carry a canteen?

[@edbecka233]

ALL the US weapons with the exception of the Win M12 and Ithaca 37 twelve ga shotguns were built RH.

[@DrSKMetz]

By my count, that's Sauders' 34th Purple Heart

[@richardnogan4579]

Great show and photography. Wouldn't it been easier to do like Sgt said in telling what happened? 🤷

[@waynebhase4436]

I love it, just goes to show you, don't fuck with the Doc. My entire life I heard "tough guys" mouthing off on how bad ass they are, every time they mess with the quiet little guy though, they get their asses beat. I love it, happened in my High School and I'm proud to say any mother fucker touches me, he gets a big surprise. Score one for the "non-combatant".

[@matta3968]

Damn Krauts spoiled a nice shower!

[@billhuber2964]

Why do you think we call kraut p***KS?

[@erieliver8887]

I read that Doc got an emmy nomination for this episode. Was Combat! a in the top 10 shows? It was in my house with my dad a WWII vet, my mom wanting more of Hanely and all the kids in the neighborhood playing war all summer long.

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

I still wonder what happened to all my army men and tanks, etc. I had like 500 plus pieces that I collected in an old army locker.

[@edbecka233]

A lot of moms: "You go ahead and watch "your show", Dear" while thinking, "mmmm, Rick Jason...mmm, Vic Morrow...mmm"...

[@edbecka233]

@@TheFishdoctor1952 Sorry for your loss. I suspect your Mom and mine carted them off to Goodwill or somewhere. Hopefully some other boy got the benefit of them. Lately I've been buying up the cheap ones to use with several BB guns doing sniper training with my grandsons.

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

@@edbecka233 Hopefully you are not catching hell from the women folk about the boys and (BB) guns, lol. Different world when we were kids.

[@edbecka233]

@@TheFishdoctor1952 LOL the women around here will grab a pellet rifle with a scope and back off about twice our distance and try to snipe the little soldiers! I raised four boys, three of whom are now veterans. Cubs or Red Ryders, cut-down .22s & 20 gauges, then centerfire rifles. Two of them were Junior Olympic shooters and one got to shoot on my TXARNG State Combat Pistol Team while I was the OPNS NCO of our SARTS and pistol team captain. Our neighborhood was Red Dawn-ready while my boys were in elementary & middle school. They were putting meat in the freezer on a regular basis. TOXIC MASCULINITY: Because no one calls on a blue haired, nose ring, ear hoop, nail polish, mom jeans, gluten fearing, limp-wristed pantywaist soy boy when the SHTF.

[@georgesaxman1461]

By the time this is over Saunders is gonna need a jeep to haul his purple hearts!

[@SuperColonel91]

Mark Richman was so good in this

[@thomasthomas2418]

Eric Braden gets stuck with the non-functioning MP-40 prop that James Caan carried in "Anatomy of A Patrol"

[@ksharpe10]

Yeah, and me like an idiot was searching the web to find out if they had a variant that looked like that. They used that prop gun way to much. A paratrooper uses it and you see it alot in that episode. James Caan also was shooting blanks in that episode I thought?. Considering the fact that they used the G43 a much rarier firearm for the germans, using a bad looking Prop gun like that should be shameful. Well they did use some Us variant for Tanks in these episodes, and whenever there is a German Halftrack it is an American. And quite often they use American 30 cal. machine guns on vehicles. Guess they were not concerned in more Realistic use of equipment. Today they CGI German vehicles so they at least look accurate.

[@Baskerville22]

One of the sillier episodes... The ambulance is full of "wounded" driving from town down the road toward the front where's there's audible firing....and the MP accepts that they are driving to an aid station....

[@bolinfan1519]

Not so. The SS officer corrected himself by saying they had to pick up more wounded men and THEN go to the battalion aid station, after being challenged by the MP.

[@deafsmith1006]

I see Hauptmann Hans Dietrich got demoted and transferred to the Western Front. If I was him I'd be real happy!

[@edaxsachorwzky8898]

You mean transfer to the Russian front

[@alexisjordan9055]

I was JUST thinking that!

[@danrobinson572]

Actor Eric Braeden plays a lot of Germans on this show plus on Rat Patrol.

[@robertjacob6674]

Damn the man the legend Sergeant saunders true greatness

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

Another tear-jerker.

[@williamhiers5348]

Ecktmann's (Eric Braeden) "MP40" is a mocked up Reising M55.

[@georgeescaped6035]

Lt hanly running in and firing carbine from the hip is lucky to hit anything of importance

[@edbecka233]

He came by it honestly. On D-Day he was a SFC, and got a battlefield commission shortly thereafter. If he "grew up" as an NCO in the inter-war period, he'd have been trained in the then-current "walking fire" doctrine. Look it up, it's amazing. When I was in the TXARNG SARTS we took advantage of all the weapons in the State Museum at Camp Mabry and frequently warmed up the BARs, Garands, Carbines etc at the range. Having access to heaps of older manuals as well, we burned a LOT of ammo practicing walking fire at Camps Swift and Bullis. It's fairly effective once you practice it a bit.

[@otis4119]

Lug Nut Trivia. Vehicles from the 20's to the 50's left threads on the left side of the vehicle( prevents loosening while in motion)

[@bm3bm3]

+otis4119 to ad to your trivia, Dodge had left threaded lugs into the late 60's and big rigs still have left handed threads.

[@Harleylovinchelley1]

Yes, one uncle had a Dodge with left thread lugs. Don't remember what it was, I was just a kid.