Combat!

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. (The exclamation point in "Combat!" was a stylized bayonet.) The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II and stars Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders. Created by Robert Pirosh, Combat! ran for five seasons. The first four were filmed in black and white, with a move to color for the final season. Although the series ran for five seasons, King Company never fought its way out of France, despite the fact that the real U.S. Army fought there for less than a year. CBS Television Distribution (inherited from ABC...