Combat!
Sign in to saveCombat! is an American television drama that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in Combat! was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The first-season episode "A Day in June" shows D-Day as a flashback, hence the action occurs during and after June 1944. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders. Jason and Morrow would play the lead in alternating episodes in Combat!
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★ 7.8Combat! 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.
- Aired
- 1962–1967
- Seasons
- 5 · 152 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ABC
- Genres
- War & Politics, Drama
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Key facts
- Television.image
- Combat - Title Card.jpg
- Television.caption
- 1966–67 season color title card with top-billed Rick Jason
- Television.runtime
- 50 minutes per episode
- Television.executive_producer
- Selig J. Seligman
- Television.theme_music_composer
- Leonard Rosenman
- Television.country
- United States
- Television.company
- Selmur ProductionsABC ProductionsCBS Productions
- Television.network
- ABC
- Television.num_seasons
- 5
- Television.num_episodes
- 152
- Television.list_episodes
- List of Combat! episodes
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- Commons category
- Combat!
- number of episodes
- 152
- number of seasons
- 5
- end time
- 1967-03-14
- start time
- 1962-10-02
- title
- Combat!
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14 sectionsContents
- Development
- Production
- Broadcast history
- Cast
- Guest cast
- Directors
- Military accuracy and authenticity
- Syndication
- Critical reception
- Original tie-in novels
- Other media
- See also
- References
- External links
Combat! is an American television drama that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in Combat! was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The first-season episode "A Day in June" shows D-Day as a flashback, hence the action occurs during and after June 1944. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders. Jason and Morrow would play the lead in alternating episodes in Combat!.
== Development == Creator Robert Pirosh's early career in film was defined mainly by comedy films. After his service in World War II, his focus changed to telling the stories of lower-rank soldiers. He won an Academy Award for his 1949 screenplay Battleground, and directed 1951's Go for Broke! Both were noted for their realistic depictions of war, accuracy and portraying soldiers grappling with human vulnerabilities and ethical dilemmas. Those factors were central to Pirosh when, in 1961, he approached producer Selig Seligman with an idea for a television series. His proposal for an hour-long drama, called Men in Combat, would follow a small squad of enlisted men from their arrival in mainland Europe on D-Day to the liberation of Paris. Seligman's Selmur Productions was intrigued, and parent network ABC ordered a pilot.