COMBAT! s.3 ep.7: "Operation Fly Trap" (1964)

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  @ArizonaAirspace · 4 years ago

  Sargent Saunders as portrayed by Vic Morrow had real leadership qualities. Years later, when I became an Army Officer myself, I looked for Sgts with qualities like Vic but never did find one. They are a rare breed indeed. During WWII, Saunders would have been a prime candidate for battlefield commission, although I have a feeling Saunders might have refused it, for he thrived on leading a squad of hardened combat infantry soldiers.

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  @actionsub · 4 years ago

  An interesting side note on the series:  Executive Producer Selig Seligman was an Army lawyer before going into TV production.  Among his cases: representing the United States as a prosecutor in the Nuremburg trials!

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  @00807796 · 9 months ago

  I was a platoon sergeant in Vietnam. I understand the sergeant in the movie.

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  @MONGOOSE1ful · 5 years ago

  The universe of old Hollywood, especially back when Metro Goldwyn Mayer was an active motion picture and TV producer, where ABC-TV's "COMBAT!" was shot and filmed at in the 1960s, among other TV shows. ("COMBAT!"s last TV season was shot and filmed at CBS Studio Center when ABC aired the show In Color) the guest star in this episode is Gary Lockwood, who, by an interesting coincidence, had just finished filming the NBC/Metro Goldwyn Mayer TV series, "THE LIEUTENANT" (1963-64) that "STAR TREK" creator Gene Roddenberry had created and produced with Norman Felton. the actor playing the high ranking German officer in this episode is veteran actor Frank Marth, who graced the film and TV business, playing a variety of roles in his distinguished career!

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  @bearing44 · 6 years ago

  Born in 1962 but remember watching the reruns on our black and white tv with my dad back in the late 60's. Dad was a platoon Sgt in the Korean war. Always loved this show.

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  @maitrikashin3906 · 3 years ago (edited)

  If his parents had called him Tom, instead of Vic, he would always have been ahead of his time. A great actor who died too young.

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  @dmutant2635 · 6 years ago

  I feel lucky to have been able to see this and so many other great shows on tv back in the sixties. Great time to have a TV Set.

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  @markbowman6655 · 3 years ago

  Gary Lockwood was an excellent actor, I remember seeing him years later as a guest star on Barnaby and Jones.

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  @majcorbin · 6 years ago

  This TV series was the principle reason why I took three years of German language instruction during High School [1967-1970]<br>A skill set that served me well during my Cold War tour of Duty in Nuremberg [[1976-1979]

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  @leezeidel3630 · 6 years ago

  I was born in 56 and at 6 years old I was watching this show I loved it then and still do today 😉

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  @cynthiadeewilson9438 · 5 years ago

  My father and I watched this show together every week. &nbsp;Then he&apos;d get out a WWII map and we&apos;d find the area of the show for that week and look it up in the encyclopedia. &nbsp;This show gave me a deep respect for the men and women who served. &nbsp;A WWII veteran, my father liked it because it showed the day to day grind of the infantry and the fact there was no glory in war.

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  @elsbethhumphrey2048 · 13 years ago

  Saunders is too much of a gentlemen, he just sits back and lets any fool self-destruct. &nbsp;But of course with Saunders around they can’t help but learn from his cool, level headedness and redeem themselves in the end.<br><br>Got to hand it to Saunders, just love his character. <br>

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