Combat!! starring Vic Morrow and Rick Jason

[ginscpy]

WW2 TV series in the mid 1960s

about when we played to win

 

[uscitizen]

You stoned and watching war flicks or something tonight?

 

[ginscpy]

realistic war series - called the Germans "krauts"

good stuff

Morrow got behehead in a TwilightZone movie accident

 

[ginscpy]

fought against the best

not punks with no uniforms

 

[Shooter]

Combat! is one of my favorite shows. I own the complete set on DVD.

 

[ginscpy]

Combat! is one of my favorite shows. I own the complete set on DVD.

Thanks.

May order the Combat! DVD series.

Watched it in the 60s- and once in a while on reruns.

 

[Mr. H.]

realistic war series - called the Germans "krauts"

good stuff

Morrow got behehead in a TwilightZone movie accident

Hinze bein heiden! What the hell does that mean?

Comeenzi here? Two of my favorite kraut expressions from Combat LOL.

Yeah we loved that show. Played war games all the time.

 

[skookerasbil]

WW2 TV series in the mid 1960s

about when we played to win

Gin FTW.......best war show ever. As a kid, I built wodden tommy guns all the time and played Vic Morrow. Damn.....didnt know they had a DVD series!!!

 

[editec]

WW2 TV series in the mid 1960s

about when we played to win

I used to love that show.

Being a nearly full time latchkey kid, (usually alone at nights since both parents typically both had two jobs) I'd build a fortress out of the cushions of our couch, pull out my rifles (yes, real rifles, I was an NRA kid and I was the sole owner of any firearms in my house) and help Vic and company kill NAZIs.

No, I never accidently shot my TV.

EVerything I ever shot I was aiming to shoot.

 

[ginscpy]

Vic Morrow died being a hero.

Was trying to protect one of the child actors during The Twilight Zone The Movie helicopter accident.

 

[Mr. H.]

In our neighborhood, we'd often assume the identities of our TV heros because of our looks/mannerisms.
Kirby, Guage, Saunders, Hanley. Yeah- big 'hood - lots of kids. We'd separate into teams of 8-10 and scatter to opposite ends of the street with an objective somewhere in the middle - like Mr. Sutton's backyard trash barrel LOL. The better-off kids had store bought weapons (maybe a Johnny 7). Most of us used sticks. Most often it all ended in a big arguement as to who shot whom, when and where. No we won. No WE WON. LOL great memories.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Combat! is one of my favorite shows. I own the complete set on DVD.

40 discs are needed to cover just 5 seasons? My God how many episodes were made?

 

[Sunni Man]

 

[ginscpy]

You couldn't make a Combat series about Nam

Enemy didnt fight like men

 

[Sunni Man]

You are full of crap.

NVA/VC were a very capable enemy.

Here is the opening scene for the Vietnam War TV series "Tour of Duty".

 

[ginscpy]

failed 1968 Tet Offensive - major enemy offensive

abysmal failure

 

[Mad Scientist]

failed 1968 Tet Offensive - major enemy offensive

abysmal failure

Although we had brought N. Vietnam to the negotiating table through LineBacker I and LineBacker II Bombing campaigns, it was the US government (Henry Kissinger in particular) that was the abysmal failure. Not the North.

Apparently we never lost one battle in Vietnam. But that didn't make the V.C. an unworthy opponent.

 

[Sunni Man]

Henry Kissinger the Jew sold out America.

Just like the Jews sold out Germany during and after WWI

 

[Claudette]

Our family watched Combat every week. Loved the show.

Also liked Tour of Duty.

Vietnam wasn't lost on the battlefield. In fact I don't think the VC ever won a major battle. That war was lost by the politicians with the help of the anti-war movement in America.

My cousin did 3 tours in Nam. He was pointman on patrols and spent a lot of time up near th DMZ. He said the VC and the NV Regulars were tough, good fighters and he should know.

Hell. My brother would love to take one more trip to Vietnam in a B-52. He would love to have Jane Fonda with him so he could throw her out the bomb bay door. He is not a fan.

 

[rightwinger]

Good ole Combat and The Rat Patrol

By the end of the 60s we had Hogan's Heros