Combat! - Season 2 - Eps 2: Bridgehead

Name: Eps 2: Bridgehead
Released: 1963-09-24
Rating: 3.8

1963-09-24 • 60 min • ⭐ 7.6/10

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.

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About Combat!

Title: Combat!

First Air Date: 1962-10-02

Last Air Date: 1967-03-14

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.6/10 (from 103 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 152

Network: ABC

Genres: War & Politics, Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.