Combat! — Season 3

Aired 15 September 1964 • 60 min

An embittered deserter is bribed into Saundes' squad across the mountains. They are captured by Germans and left to freeze, but manage a daring escape.

Aired 22 September 1964 • 60 min

Hanley and the men are rescued by a Greek colonel and his men.

Aired 29 September 1964 • 60 min

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.

Aired 6 October 1964 • 60 min

The Germans, caught in an allied pincer movement, launch an all out assault on the American lines.

Aired 13 October 1964 • 60 min

Sent to the rear to recover from injuries, Kirby and Caje encounter Harry White, a dice cheating schemer who has been fighting the war from a bar stool.

Aired 20 October 1964 • 60 min

During a barrage, Saunders is trapped under a beam and the only man who can rescue him is Pvt. Kogan. The scared Kogan abandons Saunders as the enemy moves into town.

Aired 27 October 1964 • 60 min

Bringing a wounded doe to safety, Saunders, Caje, and communication Sergent Meider stumble upon a Germen patrol setting up a radio center.

Aired 10 November 1964 • 60 min

In a newly liberated French town Saunders is reluctant to accept the ministrations of a courageous thirteen year old girl whose one ambition is to serve the troops as a nurse.

Aired 17 November 1964 • 60 min

Sgt. Keeley has lost faith in humanity and invests all his devotion to his carrier pigeons, which he has trained for military use.

Aired 24 November 1964 • 60 min

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.

Aired 1 December 1964 • 60 min

Saunders learns that his hero and role-model has feet of clay.Sergeant Avery, thought killed in action shows up alive and well. and must clear himself of suspicion of desertion.

Aired 8 December 1964 • 60 min

Caje needs the help of a French civilian to try and rescue an injured and captured Hanley. Other regulars: Saunders & Doc (2).

Aired 15 December 1964 • 60 min

The squad picks up a wounded GI, who is really the leader of a specially trained group of German infiltrators.

Aired 22 December 1964 • 60 min

Hanley and men are sent to evacuate the town of Bonnaire which is targeted for German attack. But the mayor, his three beautiful daughters, and the township people thwart Hanley's every effort.

Aired 29 December 1964 • 60 min

Littlejohn receives a birthday cake from his mother, with the explicit instructions not to open it until the 21st. He carries it on a dangerous patro; into enemy territory.

Aired 5 January 1965 • 60 min

Hanley reluctantly accepts a captured German lieutenant's offer to disarm the mines his men have hidden. (60 mins)

Aired 12 January 1965 • 60 min

A German captain is ordered to blow up a bridge that the Americans will use to enter a French town, but Saunders' squad moves in before he can complete his mission

Aired 19 January 1965 • 60 min

Saunders assigns Caje as acting squad leader for 3rd squad till the replacement Sergeant arrives.

Aired 26 January 1965 • 60 min

Saunders and a young soldier, Private Carey, are in a fight for their lives against the Germans. But Carey has never killed anyone or any thing, and will not defend himself.

Aired 2 February 1965 • 60 min

Eddie Cane, a cocky replacement, is anxious to join platoon with his old friend "Wild Man" Kirby. Cane's older brother was Kirby's best pal back home.

Aired 9 February 1965 • 60 min

Saunders, Caje, and Kirby try to rescue a paratrooper captain before he is spotted by the Germans.

Aired 16 February 1965 • 60 min

A German Bombardment strikes a prison releasing convicted criminals into the countryside. One unscrupulous convict assumes the identity of a French resistance fighter.

Aired 23 February 1965 • 60 min

After losing a superior office in the field, Saunders and squad allow themselves to be captured by the enemy to liberate a famous American correspondent being held by the Germans.

Aired 2 March 1965 • 60 min

Hanley takes three men into enemy territory to rescue a U>S> flying ace who has parachuted to safety.

Aired 9 March 1965 • 60 min

A German machine gun pins down Saunders and company, along with four seriously wounded GIs, a truck full of munitions, and a truck driver.

Aired 16 March 1965 • 60 min

Hanley's efforts to bring to London a Frenchman with information valuable to the Allies is hampered by a lynching party that wants him for themselves.

Aired 23 March 1965 • 60 min

A desperate woman searches for her missing baby as American and German soldiers watch helplessly from opposite ends of the street.

Aired 30 March 1965 • 60 min

When their jeep hits a land mine, Saunders, a tank captain, and private Gavin attempt to maneuver an abandoned German tank through enemy territory.

Aired 6 April 1965 • 60 min

Lieutenant William Benton, the son of celebrated General Bull Benton, leads a mission to locate a big artillery piece that is cutting up the American lines.

Aired 13 April 1965 • 60 min

Corporal Velásquez is assigned to Hanleys outfit with orders to destroy a German observation post.

Aired 20 April 1965 • 60 min

Saunders trapped behind enemy lines passes himself off as a shell shocked German corporal.

Aired 27 April 1965 • 60 min

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 patrol is trapped and hiding in a basement.