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1. Forgotten Front
First aired: 10/2/1962
Writer: Richard Matheson, Jerome Coopersmith
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Albert Paulsen (Dorffman)
Global rating: 7.3
Lt. Hanley's platoon is given a mission to spot the location of hidden German heavy
artillery. After a patrol is lost in a booby-trapped dye factory, Sgt. Saunder's squad is
sent forward to help. They find a kindly German deserter hiding in the factory, and
must decide whether to leave him alive or dead when they retreat from a German tank
attack.
Sgt. Saunders and his squad receive three much-needed replacements with rear-area
backgrounds that seem to make them unfit for combat. At first, the squad is amused
by the shortcomings of the new members, but things quickly become serious when
they are assigned a hazardous mission.
Ambushed by the Germans, Lt. Hanley and the squad are saved from certain death by
the appearance of a lone American tank. Fighting their way back to their lines, they
learn the troubling secrets of the angry and reckless tank commander.
4. Any Second Now
First aired: 10/23/1962
Writer: Gene Levitt
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Alexander Davion (Lt. David Woodman), Elen Willard (Anne Farell),
Donald May (Major Thompson), Emile Genest (Emile), Jacques Roux (French
Priest), Felix Reinsch ((German) Briefing Officer), James de Winter (Corporal), Ned
Wynn (M.P.)
Global rating: 6.9
While in a French town on leave, Hanley's leg is pinned by some debris during a
bombing raid. In the church building with him is an undetonated German bomb which
is still timed to explode. Help arrives in the form of an British demolition expert who
is suffering battle fatigue and is angry at Hanley for trying to pickup his girl at a local
bar.
When the squad's B.A.R. man is killed in battle, a grievous Sgt. Saunders assigns the
heavy weapon to a new replacement, an elderly cook, despite Pvt. Kirby's objections.
The decision has far-reaching consequences when the squad must cover the main
force's retreat and the replacement faces enemy fire for the first time.
6. Missing in Action
First aired: 11/13/1962
Writer: James Henerson, Sidney Marshall, Beirne Lay, Jr.
Director: Byron Paul
Guest star: Walt Davis (American Flyer by the wall) , Howard Duff (Hobey Jabko),
Maria Machado (Denise), Louis Mercier (Gallard), Glenn Cannon (Tafe), Michel
Petit (Roger), Barton Heyman (Fergus)
Global rating: 5.6
Lt. Hanley and the squad infiltrate enemy lines to rescue a downed wing commander
who is being kept in an French underground safehouse. Complications arise when the
commander seems hesitant to return and his female companion schemes to keep him
with her.
7. Escape to Nowhere
First aired: 11/20/1962
Writer: Malvin Wald
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Walt Davis (German Guard By the phone) , Albert Paulsen (General Von
Strelitz), Joyce Vanderveen (Maria), Sasha Harden (Colonel Kleist), Roger Til
(French Priest), Lester Fletcher (German Interrogator), William Speckman (Bower),
Lou Robb (Mueller), Hans Difflipp (German Major)
Global rating: 5.8
Lt. Hanley is captured by the Germans, but finds himself caught up in the defection
scheme of General von Strelitz. The general, wanted by the gestapo for his
involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler, plans to use Lt. Hanley to reach Allied
lines.
8. The Celebrity
First aired: 11/27/1962
Writer: Tom Seller, Art Wallace, Art Wallace
Director: Burt Kennedy
Guest star: Walt Davis (German who attacks the truck) , Tab Hunter (Del Packer),
Tony Mordente (Sgt. Kurawicz), Virginia Stefan (Nurse)
Global rating: 5.9
After his return from a decimated patrol, an exhausted Sgt. Saunders is ordered to
accompany Sgt. Jenkins' squad back into enemy lines. Saunders finds himself trapped
with the obstinate Jenkins in an old millhouse being used as a German headquarters,
and the valuable information they learn must be returned to friendly lines at any cost.
Sgt. Saunders and his squad take refuge in a convent filled with mysterious nuns after
Pvt. Temple and a Frenchman with important information are seriously wounded.
When Lt. Hanley arrives with bad news regarding their own doctor, Saunders realizes
he must force a German combat surgeon to save the dying men.
As the squad takes shelter during a fierce storm, Sgt. Saunders and the men reminisce
about the events revolving around their arrival on D-Day. Flashbacks describe the
camaraderie and hostility present as the bored soldiers await their movement orders in
England, the tense journey in the transports across the English Channel, and the
platoon's harrowing assault on the shores of Normandy in the first wave.
Braddock becomes a driver for a colonel as is captured as a POW while wearing the
colonel's coat and helmet.
13. Reunion
First aired: 1/1/1963
Writer: Art Wallace
Director: Paul Stanley (I)
Guest star: Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)) , Emile Genest (Henri
Fouquet), Chris Robinson (Paul Villers), Henry Rowland (Colonel Hoffman), Will
Kuluva (Emile Villers), Fifi D'Orsay (Madame Fouquet), Angela Clarke (Claire
Brouchard)
Global rating: 5.5
A soldier is mistakenly credited for the heroic deeds of a fallen comrade and decides
to accept an undeserved medal after receiving a "Dear John" letter.
Saunders is captured when he puts down his gun and considers playing a record he
got from home. The French resistance helps him escape but then he must rely on the
help of a French woman who is not with the resistance.
The squad gets a replacement, Mosley Lovelace (a Georgia boy) who says that the
best thing he got from the Yankee army is his boots and rifle.
Doc and his walking wounded take refuge in French chateau that is occupied by
Germans and an eccentric Frenchman.
20. Off Limits
First aired: 2/19/1963
Writer: George F. Slavin
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), Arnold Merritt, Walt Davis (American in the truck) ,
Andre Phillippe (Andre), Marie Gomez (Claire), Peggy Ann Garner (Nurse Lt.
Amelia Marsh), Jeremy Slade, William Windom (Captain Lew Anders), Mark Ryan
(Hanson)
Global rating: 5.8
PFC Marsh runs into his wife, Lt. Amelia Marsh, at a field hospital. He asks for a pass
to spend time with her. While he is waiting for his pass, Kirby goes AWOL and ends
up at the hospital. Marsh has to go out on the mission in place of Kirby and is
wounded.
Hanley and the men must take a French town where the Germans have an observation
post for artillery. The Germans are holding the town's children as hostages and
threaten to kill them if they are attacked.
23. Survival
First aired: 3/12/1963
Writer: John D.F. Black
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Steven Rogers
("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Walt Davis (German who throws grenade in the
window) , John Seigfried (Kurt), Donald Ein (Sergeant), Michael Murphy (First
Tanker), Matty Jordan (2nd Tanker)
Global rating: 8.0
Lt. Hanley and the squad escape capture during an artillery barrage, but Sgt. Saunders
is unknowingly left behind in the fiery chaos. Alone and in agony from burns,
Saunders wanders in a helpless delirium behind enemy lines.
Sgt. Saunders and Lt. Hanley are forced to deal with an ambitious female reporter
who has little understanding about the costs of war.
Hanley is sent in to extract a French scientist, the father of a college room mate who
was killed in the previous extraction attempt.
Sgt. Saunders encounters a strange French girl and her nurse who refuse to leave the
safety of a rose garden.
Kirby finds himself facing a court-martial after a staff sergeant claims that he ran
from the enemy. Using their 48-hour pass, Sgt. Saunders and Caje return to the
battlefield to look for the evidence that will clear Kirby of the charges.
After the squad takes a town, a German sniper begins picking them off one by one.
Saunders, with a minor leg wound, catches a ride on an ambulance and finds himself
forcing a cowardly driver to drive through a combat zone and trying to get a battle
fatigued ("walking wounded") doctor to attempt a high risk operation in order to save
a badly wounded soldier.
Saunders, Hanley and their men get a real scare when Private Rob Lawson, a reputed
one-man death-squad, joins up with them. Yet after Saunders discovers what is behind
Lawson's reckless bravery, he finds himself much more worried FOR the private than
ABOUT him.
Caje must deal with killing a Frenchman. He does this by turning his attention to the
dead man's daughter. The squad becomes worried about Caje. Sarge must find away
to bring Caje back to himself before losing him. Saunders finds what he needs to
bring Caje back when the town is attacked by the Germans.
Lee Marvin guest stars as a sergeant in command of a small demolition team that
Saunders and his squad is ordered to take behind German lines to destroy a bridge.
Lee Marvin does not believe the squad is large enough to handle the job. He requests
a platoon but is refused by Lieutenant Hanley. Marvin submits but has a huge chip on
his shoulder due to a close friend being killed. He has no confidence in Saunders or
his men to get the job done and frequently ridicules them during the mission.
34. Bridgehead
First aired: 9/24/1963
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Machine Gunner) , Noam Pitlick (Pvt. Gene Scott), Paul Busch (German
Sergeant), Joey Walsh (Pvt. Jack Johnson), Richard Jury (Pvt. Wayne Shrope), Fred
Harris II (Cole), Nick Adams (Pvt. Mick Hellar)
Global rating: 8.6
Hanley orders Saunders and his squad to take a bridge which is guarded by a heavily
fortified house. Nick Adams guest stars as a self-centered wise-cracking private who
only cares about saving his own skin. He reveals during the episode that he is a jazz
drummer and is soon to be leaving the front to play in an army band entertaining
troops and wants to be sure he keeps himself in one piece. In the end he sacrifices his
life to complete the mission he ridiculed.
35. Masquerade
First aired: 10/1/1963
Writer: Anthony Wilson
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Walt Davis (German Solider) , James Coburn (Corporal Arnold Kanger),
Norman Alden (PFC Cooper), Rick Traeger (German Colonel), George Keymas
(Capt. Simms), K.L. Smith (1st G.I), Jacque Shelton (2nd G.I.), Bruce Watson
(Sentry), Alex Burke (1st man), Dan Stafford (Lt. David Comstock)
Global rating: 9.0
James Coburn guest stars as a ruthless German spy masquerading as an American G.I.
in order to get into American HQ to create havoc. When the jeep he is driving hits a
land mine, Saunders and his squad bring him and two other German spies back to
their Company HQ for first aid. Saunders slowly begins to suspect there is something
wrong as Coburn's character makes slight mistakes while speaking and interacting
with the other men.
While returning from patrol, Saunders and his men are captured by a platoon of
German SS. They take the squad back to their base to be interrogated by their
commander an SS Captain played by Richard Basehart. Simon Oakland also guest
stars as an American sergeant already held captive by the Germans.
As this episode begins, we learn that Billy Nelson has successfully escaped, though
wounded, and Lt. Hanley is aware of the unit's predicament. Caje is grabbed by the
Germans for having a rifle, and is threatened with death. Saunders devises an ingenius
way of gaining escape from the camp, using the electrical line for the overhead light
bulb in the prisoners' cabin. All escape, but Saunders is about to be killed by Capt.
Steiner, when the dying, tortured Pvt. Gates (Woodrow Parfrey) kills Steiner. Lesson:
the supposed Nazi SS "Superman" is nailed by a simple American grocery clerk. So
who was who's "superior"?
39. Doughboy
First aired: 10/29/1963
Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Gene Levitt
Director: Tom Gries
Guest star: William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Walt Davis (uncredited
(German) is second on patrol.), Paul Busch (German Sgt.) , Michael McDonald (V)
(Ed), Eddie Albert (Phil), Eric Braeden (German Vehicle Commander [as Hans
Gudegast]), Alida Valli (Marie)
Global rating: 5.7
Eddie Albert guest stars as an American WWI veteran living in France with his
French wife he met while soldiering in the previous war. During the shelling from a
Big German gun nearby he becomes confused and believes he is still fighting WWI.
In this episode, Billy Nelson is wounded and dazed in an artillery barrage in a village
in the opening sequence. The rest of the patrol, concerned for his safety, gets trapped
in a cellar. The Germans are crawling all over the village after the barrage. Eventually
Littlejohn's loyalty to his buddy wins out over Saunders' practical demands to
safeguard the rest of the unit. Billy Nelson is saved from the Germans, and the patrol
blasts its way out of town. Intense, exciting from first to last.
All the squad but Kirby takes to an orphan boy named Bijou. When Caje is captured
by the Krauts, the others begin to think just maybe Kirby is right. Eventually, the boy
overcomes his self-centered survivalist orientation and helps the squad accomplish its
mission. Even Kirby takes a liking to him after that.
Lt. Hanley is wounded in an artillery barrage, and is separated from the rest of the
platoon. He survives frisking by a nasty German soldier, and finds a French
farmhouse inhabited by two women. The mother does not want to hide Hanley, as she
is afraid of the Germans. Her husband was killed by the Germans when he tried to
help a downed British pilot evade capture. Germans come and search the farmhouse,
looking for Hanley, who they know is somewhere in the vicinity. The nasty German
tries to rape the daughter, and Hanley kills him. The women ultimately help Hanley
escape to his own lines.
43. Anatomy of a Patrol
First aired: 11/26/1963
Writer: Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: William Smith (I) (Richter), Kort Falkenberg (Meitner), James Caan (Sgt.
Beckman), William Sargent (Blocker), Jeff Davis (Johnson), Juergen Seifert
(Bernsdorf), Mark de Vries (Holweg), William Wellman, Jr. (Woody), Bobby Hyatt
(Gray)
Global rating: 9.3
The unit's mission is to reach a downed recon aircraft (P-38), rescue the pilot if alive,
and get back with the aircraft's camera and film of the German positions. At the
beginning, we see that a German patrol, led by Sgt. Beckman (James Caan) has been
sent on a parallel mission to capture the pilot and the film. Saunders and Beckman
play a constant cat-and-mouse game, each trying to outguess, outsmart, and out-
maneuver the other. Beckman, a very cagey veteran German non-com, nearly wins.
Instead, he loses his life, his entire patrol, the mission, and his "game" with Saunders
at the end. Saunders loses two men out of the patrol (contrasted with twelve of the
Germans), and gets hot when Kirby tries to tell him how Saunders was so much
smarter "than that German sergeant." Saunders never thinks of losing a man as a
"win."
44. Ambush
First aired: 12/3/1963
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Sutton Roley
Guest star: Earl Parker (Stunts), Walt Davis ([uncredited ] German (closer to officer,
is sent by officer to spot for artillery, has binoculars and is knifed by Kirby)) , Charles
Macaulay (Capt. Baumer), Kort Falkenberg (Hans), Marisa Pavan (Marie Marchand),
Michael Pataki (G.I. Radio Man), William Speckman (1st German Soldier [as
William Speckmann]), Guy De Vestel (Uncle Henri), Maurice St. Clair (Andre),
Steven Landers (German #1), Edgar Ritscher (German #2), Billy Beck (French
Priest), Francis Ravel (Man), Gabrielle Rossillon (French Girl), Mignonne Gret (Girl)
Sgt. Saunders and the squad obey their orders to not interfere as a newly liberated
village administers justice to the local collaborators. Unfortunately, Saunders
discovers that a lynched man's daughter has knowledge of a hidden German tank's
location, and she refuses to give them the vital information they need.
45. Barrage
First aired: 12/10/1963
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Sutton Roley
Guest star: Alf Kjellin (Hans), Ed Deemer (German Soldier #4), Peter Hellman
(German Soldier #3), Frank Killmond (Clark), John Rayner (American Sergeant),
Horst Evers (German Soldier #1), Tom Pace (German Soldier #2), Dieter Jacoby
(Machine Gunner #1), Mathias Uitz (Machine Gunner #2), John Crawford (Gunnar)
Global rating: 9.3
Sgt. Saunders is wounded while searching for German artillery and is aided by a
deserter.
Lt. Hanley has a conflict with a resistance fighter who insists on raiding an ammo
dump.
In this strangely light-hearted episode Kirby is left in charge of the unit in a village
where there are three very pretty French ladies, who are the objects of desire not only
for Kirby, Caje and Nelson, but also for several sergeants from an engineering corps,
who have set up a party. The intrepid trio enlist the help of an orphan girl (Jeannine)
to assist them in peeling the sergeants away from the ladies and the party supplies.
Comedy is the result. For the first (and only?) time in the series, Billy Nelson actually
gets to kiss a girl. Guests include Daniele Demetz as Angelique; Biff Elliot as
Rafferty; and Terry Becker as Claybourne.
Saunders and his men come upon injured and starving Polish slave laborers who were
left behind because they could not walk. A German advance may force him to leave
them behind.
Lt. Hanley and a wounded soldier are trapped in a bunker with German officers.
Saunders humors a French World War I General (with a pretty granddaughter) who
wants to take over the unit by allowing him to serve as a guide.
Sgt. Saunders doesn't trust the survivor of a patrol who has been appointed to guide
him to a target.
Saunders and Caje are held hostage by two Germans while Doc tries to get a vehicle
to get them out of town. When they get out of town Doc learns what the Germans
wanted them for. He tries to stop them by wrecking the ambulance. When he does,
Caje gets a broke leg and the German in the back gets killed. Then the other German
has Doc and Saunders leave an injured Caje behind. Doc gets a chance to jump him
and in the fight, Doc kills the German with his bare hands. Saunders brings Doc to
reality by letting Doc know he is wounded.
Sgt. Saunders receives bad news from his brother while dealing with a malingerer.
54. Counter-Punch
First aired: 2/11/1964
Writer: Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts)
Global rating: 8.5
After being cut off from, and attempting to return to their lines, Sgt. Saunders and
Caje join up with a crew of stragglers.
A professional German sniper captures a wounded Kirby, and begins to hunt down
Sgt. Saunders
In this 2 parter Saunders and his men have to get the retreat message to a British
troupe behind enemy lines. The British Captain uses his authority to keep Saunders
and his men to help him fight the Germans.
Saunders and his men are still stuck with a surrounded British company. The British
Captain (Ronald Howard) is questioned by one of his own wounded men (Pvt. Giles -
James Forest) as to why they haven't retreated to safety and aid. Giles dies. The
Captain then tells a German lieutenant (Erik Holland) at a parley (after being told he
is surrounded by overwhelming numbers) that he intends to kill every German in the
sector. A vicious series of firefights erupts, during which the Capt. is wounded.
Saunders and his men basically save the company in the first, wild firefight. The
Capt., after conferring with his own Sgt. Rawlings (John Alderson), gives Saunders
permission to withdraw. Saunders and the unit decide to stay. After an overnight
barrage, they beat back a final, uncoordinated German assault at daybreak. The
German lieutenant then comes forward to surrender himself and his troops to the
Capt. Lt. Hanley shows up with an American relief column; the Germans were cut off
themselves. The Capt. dies. The little French kid (Philippe Chapelle) finds his sister's
killer, now dead, among the German attackers.
Pvt. Putnam (Putt) is a 15 year old runaway. He lies to cover up his age and the fact
that he is a green recruit. A friend tells Hanley he is only 15. When he panics he
nearly gets the Sarge and himself killed. In the end, his hobby saves the day.
61. Rescue
First aired: 3/31/1964
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Ted Post
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Walt Davis (German) is the fake sleeper in American uniform)
Global rating: 5.8
62. Command
First aired: 4/7/1964
Writer: Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Walt Davis (Machine Gunner) , Dennis Robertson (Bronson), Joseph
Campanella (Lt. Douglas), William Arvin (Adams)
Global rating: 9.0
Sgt. Saunders has issues about an aloof Lt. who temporarily takes over for wounded
Lt. Hanley.
63. Infant of Prague
First aired: 4/14/1964
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Pamela Branch (Mlle. Mornay), Jeanne Rainer (Mlle. Solere), Leigh
Chapman (Mlle. Bochard), Harold Dyrenforth (Panzer Captain), Jeanette Nolan
(Sister Therese)
Global rating: 6.0
Lt Hanley and his men run into four nuns looking for the Americans to get help for
their Mother Superior. The men must try and get the nuns and themselves out of the
town before the Germans get to the town. The old Nun (guest Jeannette Nolan) goes
back after a statue. Lt. Hanley and Caje are therefore compelled to go back into the
town, now full of Germans, and even right to the Germans HQ. (This was the episode
for Easter, 1964.)
When the one person in the squad that is disliked by most of the men is wounded, the
Germans use him as bait to try and get the men to come after him. Orders come in
come to leave him if it is not possible to retrieve him. One person doesn't want to
leave Mason behind. The squad then tries to save Mason.
Saunders meets with a recluse Frenchman who lives on the same mountain that he
needs to mark a trail over.
66. Vendetta
First aired: 9/22/1964
Writer: Wells Root, Ron Bishop
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , John Aniston (Second Greek), Telly Savalas, Pete Duel (Szigeti)
Global rating: 9.8
Hanley and the men are rescued by a Greek colonel and his men.
Saunders faces a possible court-martial after a machine gun sergeant accuses him of
bad judgment under fire when two of his men are killed.
Saunders and the truck driver he is riding with meet up with, and begin a duel with, a
German Tiger Tank and crew.
A soldier who panics under fire and leaves a trapped Saunders in a German occupied
town, has second thoughts and returns to rescue him.
Saunders and squad set up a trap to capture a German Colonel. But he has to deal with
a malcontent that jeopardizes everything with his lack support.
The Squad encounters a young French girl-student nurse that insists on helping
everyone.
The Squad gets a view of the Carrier Pigeon Company and their role in the War
Effort.
Hanley must take the place of a G-2 officer on a mission to spy on a German HQ. One
of the three men he must meet has killed an American that Kirby recognized and took
his unifom.
Caje needs the help of a French civilian to try and rescue an injured and captured
Hanley. Other regulars: Saunders & Doc (2).
The squad picks a wounded soldier, but he isn't who he seems to be. Larkin, a friend
of Saunders from boot camp, learns the truth and tries to warn Saunders but is killed
before he can.
Hanley and his men are sent to evacuate a town but a Frenchman redirects Hanley's
men away from the town into a bombed out town.
79. Birthday Cake
First aired: 12/29/1964
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts)
Global rating: 8.1
Littlejohn receives a birthday cake a day before his birthday with instruction from his
mom not to open it for his birthday. And it creates all sorts of problems for Littlejohn
and the squad.
Hanley reluctantly accepts a captured German lieutenant's offer to disarm the mines
his men have hidden. (60 mins)
A German demolitions officer is trapped in a church as the squad takes a town, and
then masquerades as a priest to try to complete his mission.
Saunders assigns Caje as acting squad leader for the 3rd squad till the replacement
Sergeant arrives.
Saunders runs out of tommy gun ammo while facing a German sergeant who seems
his equal. His only ally is a green soldier who has never killed and can not bring
himself to kill another person.
A firend of Kirby's brother tracks Kirby down and joins the squad to collect on special
favors from times they had back home.
The squad works at trying to rescue a trapped paratrooper from an occupied town.
87. Dateline
First aired: 2/23/1965
Writer: Richard L. Newhafer
Director: Sutton Roley
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Dan Duryea (Robert Barton), Douglas Henderson (Capt. Reardon), Henry
Beckman (Major Mueller), Kurt Landen (Guard), Ray Baxter (German #1), Roger
Gentry (German #2), Peter Hellman (German Guard)
Global rating: 3.8
A reporter who has been allowed access to too much vital information has been
captured. The squad is escorting a captain who intends to let himself be captured in
order to rescue the reporter. Then a mine kills the captain and the noise attracts
Germans and the squad is surrounded.
The Squad rescues a downed pilot with his own view of the how the War is fought.
Saunders and a truck load of wounded soldiers are pinned down at a crossing by a
German Squad.
Lt. Hanley is responsible for a collaborator who has valuable information needed in
London, but must deal with French underground members who want to hang the
traitor.
In the heat of battle, Sgt. Saunders' squad and the Germans declare an uneasy truce in
order to help a delirious woman free her trapped baby.
92. The Hell Machine
First aired: 3/30/1965
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Walt Davis (German Solider), Earl Parker (Stunts), Lou Robb (Lt.
Bruner), Chris Anders (Lt. Krause) , Frank Gorshin (Pvt. Gavin), Than Wyenn (Capt.
Beggs), James Arthur (German Colonel), Gene Benton (Tank Commander), Dick
Raymond (German Infantryman), Heinz Sadler (Sgt. Peter)
Global rating: 8.8
To get a wounded captain back to American lines, Saunders must get a claustrophic
soldier to drive a German tank.
Sgt. Saunders is apprehensive when an untried lieutenant, the son of a famous general,
tries to prove his worth by leading the squad on a mission to destroy German artillery.
94. Heritage
First aired: 4/13/1965
Writer: Barry Trivers
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Kort Falkenberg (German Sergeant), Robert Fortier (Captain Jampel),
Charles Bronson (Velasquez)
Global rating: 7.4
Hanley and Kirby escort Cpl. Velasquez, an explosives expert, who has qualms about
destroying works of art or heritage. They need him to destroy a German observation
post protected by rock.
95. Odyssey
First aired: 4/20/1965
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts)
Global rating: 9.2
Sgt. Saunders, wounded and trapped behind enemy lines, tries to escape by passing
himself off as a shell-shocked German soldier. In his journey back to friendly lines, he
encounters both a cynical German doctor and a protective German sergeant.
Hanley does not recall a private from patrol until the news that his wife is dying is
confirmed. (At which time he will get an emergency leave.) But by then the patrol is
trapped and hiding in a basement.
Willy Kleve, a boxer, and Murphy, his manager, arrive as new replacements for
Saunders' squad. Murphy doesn't want anything to happen to Willy and causes more
than one problem trying to protect him.
98. The First Day
First aired: 9/21/1965
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
Director: George J. Fenady
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Dee Pollock (McBride), Buck Taylor (Tobin), Kevin Coughlin (Loomis),
Robert Biheller (Tate), John Nealson (Anderson), Rick Weber (German)
Global rating: 9.4
The squad goes on a mission with four teen replacements all on their first day in
action.
99. S.I.W.
First aired: 9/28/1965
Writer: Shirl Hendryx
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , John Cassavetes (Kalb), William Stevens (Fleming), Paul Sheriff (Sawyer),
Mike Krempels (German)
Global rating: 9.4
A soldier who reputedly got two other squads annihilated via his own cowardice is
transferred to Saunders' squad. Then he turns up with an apparent S.I.W. (Self-
Inflicted Wound, that is), and it doesn't help when his explanation of how it happened
keeps changing.
A private from rural Iowa endangers the squad when he neglects his duties to attend
to the chores of an evacuated farm on the battlefield.
102. Evasion
First aired: 10/19/1965
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Earl Parker (Lt.Hanley's Stunt man who climbs out the window) , Lloyd
Bochner (Major Thorne), Monique Lemaire (Julie as (Monique Le Maire)), Jacques
Aubuchon (Kopke), John Lodge (Major Ramsey (prisoner)), Anthony Rogers (Lt.
Maples (prisoner)), John Levingston (Capt. Todd (prisoner)), Phil Bonnell (Frost
(prisoner)), Herb Andress (German Lieutenant [as Herb Andreas]), Willy Kaufman
(German Ticket Agent), Normand Houle (French Waiter), Socrates Ballis (Albanian
Soldier), Karl Sadler (German Lieutenant), Robert Chapman (German Guard)
Global rating: 9.4
In an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp, Hanley's fellow
prisoners provide him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape attempt.
Sgt. Saunders, alone and deafened by a grenade, tries to make his way back to
American lines.
104. Crossfire
First aired: 11/2/1965
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Walt Davis (German Solider), Earl Parker (Stunts), Paul Busch (German
Captain) , Burt Douglas (Pvt. Clark), Don Gordon (Pvt. Stevens), Robert F. Hoy (G.I.
on Radio [as Robert Hoy]), Walter Gregg (Pvt. Coates), Rand Brooks (G.I.
Lieutenant), Robert Turnbull (G.I. Corporal), Ron Foster (Pvt. Marshall), Robert
Champion (German Sergeant), Angelo DeMeo (Doan [as Angelo de Meo])
Global rating: 7.9
Saunders accuses a soldier with a Silver Star and a Distinguished Service Cross of
disobeying orders and causing the deaths of two other soldiers. The soldier is revealed
to have been a coward in flashback but he overcame it, to an extent, by going with a
single strategy. Charge.
After a booby trap kills the Captain, Lt. Hanley must take over his mission and find an
American operative in a French village before the Germans find him.
Three replacements, "One limping, one homesick and one green" join the squad as
they go out on a reconaissance patrol.
Saunders clashes with a French mother when he commandeers the truck she is using
to transport a casket for her son to be buried in.
110. Breakout
First aired: 12/14/1965
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Fernando Lamas (Paul Vertrain), Peter Hellman (Sgt. Hunte), Mark Tobin
(Hans), Ross Sturlin (Rankin)
Global rating: 8.6
Saunders' squad has orders to destroy any equipment that the Germans could use,
especially to rebuild the road. A French sniper pins them down in a quarry to prevent
them from destroying his contruction equipment.
Gage has to help a wounded Lt. get back to the American line. He stops a Frenchman
with a wagon and talks him into helping. The Frenchman takes them into a large
French house which is full of German officers.
Lt. Hanley is deceived by a German spy who's posing as an downed American pilot in
an elaborate plan to infiltrate the French underground.
Marsini blames Saunders for his squad being wiped out because they called for help
and Saunders kept guarding a bridge that was never attacked. Later each is placed in a
position where they must decide whether to leave the other behind or not.
115. Retribution
First aired: 1/18/1966
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), William Harlow (GI #2) , Frank Koomen (Capt. Klaus), Rachel Rosenthal
(Micheline), King Moody (Andre), Albert Paulsen (Col. Bruener)
Global rating: 9.5
After his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.
Regulars: Kirby, Saunders, Caje, Littlejohn, Doc (2), Hanley.
116. Counterplay
First aired: 1/25/1966
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Paul Busch (German Officer), Chris Anders (German #3) , Peter Mark
Richman (Marchand - German Lieutenant [as Mark Richman]), Robert Crawford
(Pierre DuBois), Louis Mercier (Paul DuBois), H.M. Wynant (Sgt. Rawlings), Robert
Ellenstein ([Andre] DuBois), Gary Lasdun (Marchand - French), Walter Davis
(German #1), Gerd Rein (German #2)
Global rating: 9.0
Saunders is taking a radar expert to analyze a German radar installation which must
be found and destroyed otherwise a large bombing raid will suffer heavy losses. But
the member of the French resistance guiding the squad has been captured and
replaced by the Germans.
A soldier's resentment of a street tough's taunts of cowardice causes problems for the
squad.
And I'll Tell You No Lies. A captured Saunders is placed in a group of prisoners, one
of whom is a German soldier posing as a captured American to gain information.
A cowardly straggler, concerned with his reputation back home, joins up with Sgt.
Saunder's squad and tries to pass himself off as a fighter.
Hanley is sent to reconnoiter in a small one engine plane flown by a crusty old pilot.
Naturally they discover vital information, the plane is forced to land and the radio is
out.
123. Gitty
First aired: 3/15/1966
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), William Harlow (Captain's Aid) , Andrea Darvi (Gitty, orphan girl at
convent)
Global rating: 7.4
The squad finds a young girl at the convent they are using as OP. Saunders has to try
and tell the girl her father is dead when they are attacked by the Krauts.
After his men are all killed by Saunders' squad, a wounded German escapes and vows
to kill Saunders' men, one at a time.
125. A Sudden Terror
First aired: 3/29/1966
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Hank Brandt (Martin), Paul Busch (German Officer), Earl Parker (Cooper) ,
Brandon de Wilde (Wilder), Jan Malmsjo (Bruener), Mark Russi (Radioman), David
Moss (Fire Director (may be a different David Moss))
Global rating: 6.6
After narrowly escaping from the scene of a botched night mission, it's up to a
wounded Hanley to rescue a terrified fellow soldier--the only other survivor from his
squad--who's now caught in quicksand.
Saunders has to return to HQ for a meeting, leaving Kirby in charge. At first being left
in charge starts going to his head. But after Caje is wounded and the phone lines are
cut, things change fast. At first Kirby starts thinking what would Sarge do. But with a
little encouragement from Doc, he stops thinking what would Sarge do but what
would Kirby do to get out of this
Sgt. Saunder's squad is ordered to destroy a fortified enemy position that poses a
threat to the company. After a supporting tank is destroyed by a German field piece,
their only option is to capture the gun, move it across dangerous terrain, and use it to
complete their mission.
Sgt. Saunders is ordered to destroy a German bridge. When the squad's replacements
fail to make the rendezvous, Saunders has no choice but to utilize four soldiers being
held for court martial to complete the mission.
The squad receives two soldiers deployed from Charlie company after its lieutenant is
killed. Sgt. Saunders soon learns that one is a goldbrick and the other has a hidden
side that poses a danger to all.
Hanley and his men join up with two members of the underground. Two brothers, the
elder-the head of the underground in the area, the youngest-who follows his brother,
but really doesn't have what it takes to be part of the underground. The elder refuses
to see his younger brother is not cut out for the kind of life they live. When he finally
realizes that his brother is not cut out for this life, it is to late.
The squad must find a way to get a squad of teens to surrender. With time running out
Saunders lets their leader go back in to talk them out.
After Saunders gets a letter from his younger brother saying he has enlisted, he keeps
a green soldier from dangerous duties to the annoyance of the squad and the soldier.
135. Headcount
First aired: 11/1/1966
Writer: James Menzies
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), Hank Brandt (Karl Shiller), Tom Pace (Kurt Shiller [as Tom P. Pace]), Paul
Busch (German Prisoner) , Jan Merlin (Lt. Geiben), Ray Stricklyn (Pvt. Earl Konieg),
Ron Soble (Corporal Wiltz), William Schallert (Major Fisher), Richard Kindelon
(Driver), Gerd Rein (German Prisoner), Michael Masters (German Prisoner [as Mike
Masters]), Buddy Pantsari (German Prisoner [as David "Buddy" Pantsari]), Jeff
Pomerantz (German Prisoner), Oliver C. Stine, Jr. (German Prisoner)
Global rating: 9.8
Saunders and his men find themselves escorting German prisoners who heavily
outnumber them.
136. Decision
First aired: 11/15/1966
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell, Paul Playdon, Peter Barry
Director: Georg Fenady
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , James Franciscus (Pvt. Harris)
Global rating: 5.8
Pvt. Harris is sent to go out with the squad as a demolition man.The assignment is to
blow up a radio station. On the way Doc finds out that Harris is a Doc. After the
second assignment Harris must make a decision. Does he want to be a Doc or run
away from what he is.
The squad don't take to the new man Cully a Hillbilly from Virginia. Littlejohn
befriends Cully and tries to get the others to give Cully a chance. When the Germans
are spotted heading for the town Littlejohn goes looking for Cully, who has gone back
to look for his money. Cully gets back to the OP (unaware of the Germans) wanting to
know if anyone seen his money. Leaving Littlejohn to face the enemy alone.
138. Conflict
First aired: 11/29/1966
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts), William Harlow (GI Sergeant), Earl Parker (German Guard)
Global rating:
After several days of continuous patrols in the rain has caused tempers to flare within
the squad, Sgt. Saunders must contend with the declining morale of his exhausted
men while leading them on a vital mission.
139. Gulliver
First aired: 12/6/1966
Writer: Paul Playdon, Bob Frederick, Shimon Wincelberg, Richard Shapiro
Director: Vic Morrow
Guest star: Tom Lowell (PVT William "Billy" Nelson (1962-1964)), Walt Davis
(German Solider), Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton (1962-1963)), Arnold Merritt
(Jerome Crown 1962-1963), William Harlow (Nick Davis 1962-1964), Earl Parker
(Stunts) , Stefan Arngrim (Henri), Vicki Malkin (Christina)
Global rating: 4.0
A group of children finds a wounded Littlejohn. They take him to where they live.
Then they try to sell him to the Americans & the Germans
A soldier who owes Kirby a lot of money seems to be hanging back in combat.
143. Entombed
First aired: 1/3/1967
Writer: Paul Playdon, Bob Frederick, William Bast
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Michael Hausserman (Johann Schiller), King Moody (Toulon), Skip
Homeier (Lt. Karl Mauer), Michael Constantine (Jacques Patron), Mark de Vries (Pvt.
Wexler), Margaret O'Brien (Marianne Fraisnet), Tom Fielding (Pfc. Tommy Bishop),
Barry Ford (German Captain)
Global rating: 6.0
144. Gadjo
First aired: 1/17/1967
Writer: Phillip W. Hoffman
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: Hank Brandt (Sgt. Denfler) , Ricardo Montalban (Barbu), David Sheiner
(SS Major Krieghoffen), Pat Renella (Razna), Anthony Benson (Andras), Beau Van
Den Ecker (Gypsy [as Beau Vanden Ecker]), Larry Grant (Gypsy), Eugene Iglesias
(Kako)
Global rating: 6.7
A group of gypsies wants Saunders to turn over an SS officer who killed many of
them.
145. Anniversary
First aired: 1/24/1967
Writer: William R. Yates, Edward J. Lakso
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: Chris Howard (German Medic), Chris Anders (Karl) , Telly Savalas (Jon),
John Van Dreelen (Lt. Kramer), Anne Wakefield (Anne), Sofia Marie (Marie [as
Sofia-Marie]), Emile Genest (Robierre), Richard Jeffries (Pvt. Heller), Michele
Montau (Dressmaker)
Global rating:
A resistance fighter, driven mad by grief, shoots at both Americans and Germans
trying to force them to leave him in peace with his ghosts.
146. Encounter
First aired: 1/31/1967
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Karl Sadler (German Soldier), Buddy Pantsari (Squad G.I.), Paul Busch
(German Officer), Richard Ever (Pvt. Kean), James MacArthur (Jack Cole), James
Daily (Capt. Cole)
Global rating: 7.0
Capt. Cole (James Daily) is Reunited with his son Jack (James MacArthur). The Capt.
hadn't seen his son in years. Jack now a reporter, is sent to the front to cover the war.
The squad assignment is to help the Capt. find the best place to build a pontune
bridge. While encountering the Germans at a farmhouse, Jack & his Father (Capt.
Cole) are able to mind their fences. Jack gets his story. A father and son find each
other again.
Saunders is captured by a German patrol. He eventually escapes and tries to make his
way back to friendly lines.
German infiltrators dressed as American and British soldiers attack. Kirby and two
men dressed as Americans are captured by a British soldier who doesn't know who to
trust. Is the one who shot at Kirby an infiltrator or did he think Kirby was an
infiltrator? And why was the other one in handcuffs?
Sgt. Saunders and his squad encounter a stranded armed forces jazz combo whose
bandleader insists that they should surrender to the Germans.
Kirby & Littlejohn agrees to help Rosie drive his trucks. After they agree to help, they
find out that the trucks are carrying ammo. They must get the trucks to the front,
where they are almost out of ammunition. While trying to get there they run into
many delays including the enemy.
151. Jonah
First aired: 3/7/1967
Writer: Richard Wendley, William Fay, William Fay
Director: Georg Fenady
Guest star: Peter Haskell (Mike Richards), James Dobson (Corporal Greely), Tom
Simcox (Hank Dolan), Peter Duryea (Simmons)
Global rating: 7.4
The squad's newest replacement is a man who believes that he is cursed to cause the
deaths of the men around him. When Lt. Hanley takes the squad on a dangerous
mission that is beset with bad luck, they begin to fear that the man really is a jinx.
After Sgt. Saunders is wounded and Caje is captured by the Germans, a deserter who
has been posing as a member of the French underground is forced to help with their
escape back to the American lines.