This is where your fellow fans share their memories about the show and what it has meant to them.
| Wm.. Douglas Carmichael Burlington,Ont Canada |
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| Radiographer |
| Male |
| email address: wdcarm13@worldchat.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Sixties ABC Buffalo NY. Lived in Toronto every Tuesday evening at 8:00pm A boyhood dream |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Great Show! there never has been a better squad then theirs |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Enjoyed watching all the special guest stars that came on the show |
| More COMBAT! memories: Sure miss the fine acting of all the actors. When is Combat going to be on DVD?? |
| Comments about web site: Great! just received the book from Jo thanks Christmas came early this year for me! I reccommend this book to all fans of COMBAT! |
Sat May 1 10:30:48 1999 EDT
| John Seattle, Wa. |
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| Driving Instructor |
| Male |
| email address: --- |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: KOMO-TV Seattle circa 1963. Reruns of the program weren't shown in Seattle until 1986. They were run again briefly (black and white only) last year. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: As a kid, it made me understand about good and evil. It was a complement to "Sgt. Fury" (read by the boys) and "Diary of Anne Frank" (read by the girls). |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: In the 4th grade (1964-65) I used to walk home for lunch with one of the girls in my class. On Wednesdays we would discuss the previous evening's Combat! episode. |
| More COMBAT! memories: My mother cried while watching the episode where the young girl (a student nurse) who saves Saunders is later killed by a mine. This ran sometime around 1964 and I still remember my mom's reaction. I saw the episode many years later as an adult and was moved by it. |
| Comments about web site: Was wondering whatever became of Pierre Jalbert. Never knew if he was really a Cajun or a Quebecker. Enjoyed the character sketches and the biographies of the actual actors. |
Wed Apr 28 04:51:31 1999 EDT
| Joe Midwest, USA |
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| engineer |
| Male |
| email address: jkussatz@yahoo.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: The first time was around 1977. A Chicago station aired episode every Sunday morning at 11:00 and every Saturday afternoon at 5:00. I did not see the ahow again until I was flipping through channels one Thursday morning about twenty years later. (Encore/MPlex) |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Just a great show period. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: The one episode that comes to mind was "Hills Are for Heroes" in which the tank approaches the pillbox on the hill. Have not watched that episode in over 22 years. |
| More COMBAT! memories: A mixture of authentic equipment with non-authentic 'Sherman' tanks. |
| Comments about web site: Huge website... who is bank-rolling this? |
Sun Apr 25 23:04:43 1999 EDT
| Cathie Maryland and Canada |
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| wife,mom,grandma, nurse,etc. |
| Female |
| email address: cathier_98@yahoo.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Right from the very beginning, in 1962 (I was all of 11). It occasionally pops up on some of the local stations and I've managed to tape several, but not all of the shows I remember are shown. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Many of my relatives were involved in the Service during the war, including both parents, four uncles and my grandmother. And a lot of the kids I grew up with came from war time marriages (Japanese, German, Italian, and French, mostly) so the War was a topic not so distant timewise or otherwise from our everyday life. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: My dad was from Louisiana, so any tv or movie character who purported to be from La. interested me. Even though my dad was not from a part of French La., I did have cousins in Cajun country, and Caje's accent wasn't quite right. Not that it mattered a fig because I was madly in love with him anyway. The skiing bit, while I enjoyed, it was something of a stretch to believe, though, sinc Louisiana doesn't even have a decent-sized hill. But again, no matter. He could have claimed to be Danish |
| More COMBAT! memories: What can I say? I've always enjoyed the show and I always will (mu hubby,too). |
| Comments about web site: I came across this site totally by accident and was amazed that so many people still remember the series. What I find interesting is that the stars' still keep in touch with each other. Seems so different from today's apparent attitudes. I am impressed with this site, and I actually (finally! after more than 30 years) found out how old some of the guys were when the show was done. It mattered a great deal when I was 11 or 12, though it's hardly important now! Curiosity, I guess, more than |
Fri Apr 23 17:30:39 1999 EDT
| jared m. place winooski, VT USA |
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| firearms sales |
| Male |
| email address: scoobysnackshak |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I was first introduced to Combat! by my mother, Susan when Nostalgia Network ran the entire series a few years ago. Been hooked ever since. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: It has a certain realizm that no other show had. The acting was second to none, it tackled touchy subject matter, and THE GUEST STARS! |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I fell in love with the show throughmy mother who watched the show when it originally aired. She was lucky enough to go on a cruise with the cast. |
| More COMBAT! memories: While on the cruise she aquired Rick Jason's autograph for me, and mingled with the guys. |
| Comments about web site: --- |
Thu Apr 22 12:51:49 1999 EDT
| Glenn Garfield Ang San Juan, Metro Mla., R.P. |
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| Instructor of History |
| Male |
| email address: gga@pusit.admu.edu.ph |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I believe that I must have been about six or seven years old when I first watched COMBAT! The first episode that I noticed was "The Long Way Home, Part One". |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Ever since I was a child, I have been very interested in the Second World War in Europe. I believe that COMBAT! was the very first war series that I ever watched. Although other Second World War tv series would eventually show up, like THE RAT PATROL, 12 O'CLOCK HIGH, GARRISON'S GORILLAS, THE GALLANT MEN, HOGAN'S HEROES, BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP/BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON, and THE DIRTY DOZEN, I have always considered COMBAT! as my favorite, precisely because it is the most effective in dealing with hum |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I remember how I would look forward every Saturday at 8 p.m. to watch COMBAT! in our local channel 7, which also had the best reception of all free channels in the Philippines at that time. Since we only had a black-and-white television set at that time, all the five seasons looked the same to us, even when the fifth had the "in color" subtitle under the COMBAT! heading. I only got to see the fifth season of COMBAT! in color way after I finished my bachelor's degree. Although I and my cousin |
| More COMBAT! memories: After the People's Power Revolution in February 1986, COMBAT! was briefly aired once again in Channel 2. Although this would not last until the end of the year, I appreciated it far more as a college graduate for the human experiences portrayed rather than for just the fighting, which was usually the basis for my childhood attraction to it. By the time RJTV 29 "Timeless Television" aired COMBAT! once again, from July 1995 to early 1996, I was even more able to appreciate COMBAT!, because I ha |
| Comments about web site: When I found this web site after RJTV 29 stopped airing COMBAT! in early 1996, it was such an ocean of information that I nearly drowned in it. Practically all of the questions I had about the COMBAT! series were answered and, in addition to that, even more information, over and above what I ever dreamed of, could be found in this homepage. It was a great personal honor for me to be able to do some translation from German to English for Jo Davidsmeyer, the homepage keeper, precisely because I |
Sun Apr 18 20:55:24 1999 EDT
| Richard Adelman East Meadow, NY |
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| Supervisor-NYC Transit Auth. |
| Male |
| email address: Dist33@webtv.net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching right from the beginning in 1962. When WNEW TV started the saturday reruns and late night rerun I audio taped the episodes (before vcrs) Now thanks to begging, borrowind and buying I have the episodes to watch. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: My father was Korean War infantry and an early interest in WWII got me hooked on it. The characters became in a sense friends and much of the attitude of the show showing how to be a man and stand up for yourself always carried a place in my heart and soul |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I guess always playing it and recreating the episodes. Yhe guys I grew up with in Brooklyn all seemed to fit the part. Ira was blond (saunders) I was dark haired and tall (Hanley) steve was dark and average height(caje) and so on |
| More COMBAT! memories: The show is deep in my soul.My bar room in my house is dedicated to the show. Walls and bar covered in camo netting, pictures from the show, army gear. patches helmets a thompson and carbine, canteen cups and mess kits, and more decorate the walls bar and surroundings to make it feel as a place for R&R |
| Comments about web site: Have enjoyed the site since 1996 along with the email disscussions. Would like to see a mass effort on our part to get Columbia House through either Worldvision or ABC-Tv to release this series as a collectors edition. Its amazing some of the crap they are releasing and a quality show that so much to so may lay idle...LONG LIVE COMBAT! |
Sun Apr 18 14:18:17 1999 EDT
| Betty Barden New Britain USA |
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| Teacher asst. |
| Female |
| email address: Buffyboop3@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching Combat in it's second or third season. I would watch it with my dad and sister. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I loved all the action and was fascinated by WW2 history. I loved to hear the people talk French because my parents were from Canada and spoke french. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: One morning several years ago I turned on the PLex channel on cable and found Combat.So I would tape it every Thursday morning and watch it after school. Then it went off Plex. Several months later we changed cable and found Action Channel and taped it every day.Watching the show brought me back to the 60's and watching with my dad who has passed on.My son watches it with me know and loves Little John.He really enjoys it because of being in JR ROTC in high school. |
| More COMBAT! memories: My favorit charactor was Kirby and Caje. I liked Caje because he spoke french and Kirby because he was always in trouble with Sarg. |
| Comments about web site: This is a great web site and am very glad I found it. I always wonderd what happen to the actors and what they are doing now.Brings back a lot of memories. |
Sat Apr 17 16:20:38 1999 EDT
| Bill Pissott New Jersey, USA |
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| Credit and Collections |
| Male |
| email address: wjkirby@bellatlantic.net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching Combat in the late 60's and early 70's when local station WNEW channel 5 aired reruns of the show every Saturday around the time Combat first went into syndication. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I love the characters. Theres not many shows where you actually develope a bond with a character but you feel like the guys from Combat are close friends or even relatives. Also, the writing is superb, the action is real and exciting. I have always said this was the best and most underrrated show in TV history. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Just how much we as kids looked forward to watching the show every saturday. We would drop what we were doing, run home and watch the show and then come back out and play Combat. There were many arguments about who would be Sgt. Saunders. I still love the show to this day! |
| More COMBAT! memories: Kirby has always been my favorite. I loved that BAR and his left-handed shooting style. Besides the fact that he was funny and always dependable when it counted. Besides, he reminds me so much of my Uncle who is a Vietnam Veteran. The walk, the talk, the mannerisms, that's my Uncle! |
| Comments about web site: Wonderful website! I couldn't believe it when I found it. Keep up the good work! How can we get Columbia House to add episodes of Combat to it's RE-TV lineup? |
Thu Apr 15 12:46:29 1999 EDT
| Ivan Beshkov Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| translator |
| Male |
| email address: ivanbeshkov@msn.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I grew up without TV. I started watching TV regularly at the late age of 23! I began watching Combat last year, researching Kevin Coughlin's life and death. He appeared in two episodes: Off Limits and The First Day. I contributed to a website in his memory: http://www.geocities.com/~childactors/ivanbeshkov.html If you can add to his memory, please contact me. Thanks. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Each Combat episode has more cinematic art than most of today's movies. The music is also quite good. |
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| Comments about web site: Fabulous! |
Wed Apr 14 23:58:17 1999 EDT
| Chris Hoyt Madison Ohio USA |
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| Banker |
| Male |
| email address: cdhoyt@webtv.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I first started watching the program in 1963. I was 6 years old at the time and I loved the action.I enjoy watching the programs now in reruns.It is my all time favorite. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The action and the different people and stares that the show would have on each week. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Rick Jason and Warren Oats were in an episold were they were in a bunker with two Germans. Oats died in the end. |
| More COMBAT! memories: Rick Jason and Skip Holmyer were in an episold where they got traped in a mining shaft and they had to dig out. |
| Comments about web site: GOOD SIGHT!!! |
Wed Apr 14 21:25:45 1999 EDT
| Amy Titgen San Bernardino, California |
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| Quality Assurance Coordinator |
| Female |
| email address: amytitgen@webtv.net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: About a year ago I ran across it. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Love anything WWII |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: --- |
| More COMBAT! memories: Have loved talking about the HUBBA HUBBA BRIGADE |
| Comments about web site: Love this web site! |
Sat Apr 10 20:45:27 1999 EDT
| G. Schneider Long Island, New York |
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| Firefighter |
| Male |
| email address: Gas1one@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: When it first started till the day it ended |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Started junior high and all my friends loved it. It was the real thing before Vietnam |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Every Tuesday night was COMBAT!!Great fun!! |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: Love to see videos come out with the whole five years worth of COMBAT made available |
Fri Apr 9 16:06:26 1999 EDT
| Malcolm Duncan Nashville,TN |
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| Military Police Officer |
| Male |
| email address: bIGDUNK2000@WEBTV.NET |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: When it first ran back in the '60s.When it was cancelled I cried!!! |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I enjoy it because it showed a time when soldiers had a real mission,not like today when they are "PEACE-KEEPERS" and "politically correct. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: My father was a P.O.W.for over two years in Germany.He could not watch the show-it brought back too many bad memories. |
| More COMBAT! memories: My friends and I formed our own Combat squad(really only half a squad -there were only 6).We had uniforms,steel pots,and toy M-1's,B.A.R.s and Thompsons.I was always Littlejohn. |
| Comments about web site: A great site for a great show. |
Fri Apr 9 09:35:14 1999 EDT
| Kenneth C. Knapik Cleveland, Ohio USA |
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| Airport Operations Agent |
| Male |
| email address: litleluke1@juno.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I was in grade school. In those early to mid 60's I was in 1st grade up. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: My dad was in the 12th Armoured Division in WWII. My brothers and I would watch the program with dad. The episodes would spur many memories for my dad about the war. He would share some of those with us. Watching combat even in those early years of TV portrayed combat from a humanistic point of view without all the blood and gore of todays film makers. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Every Tuesday at 7:30pm on ABC the family would be glued to the TV. One episode that stayed with me was "Dual". Where Saunders had to buy time in order for a truck to repair a flat. During the episode Saunders had to fight off a tank. With dad a former tanker he was an expert giving us added thoughts. Another episode which I can't remeber the title, was when Saunders met a teenage girl whose vocation was nursing. He was very stern and adament with her. But as the episode went on he grew o |
| More COMBAT! memories: I remember some episodes were directed by Vic Morrow. Those episodes were always good riveting episodes. |
| Comments about web site: Maybe more sound bites from episodes can be included. When will episodes go on sale to the public. |
Tue Apr 6 22:19:49 1999 EDT
| Thomas Rucki Paris - France |
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| Photographer - Website designer |
| Male |
| email address: filigrane@hotmail.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I first discovered Combat in 1995. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I'd like to add one more thing : Combat is among the best series ever made in the 60's decade. Without forgetting shows like : The twilight zone, The untouchables, Danger man, Thriller, The avengers, The outer limits, The wild wild west, Mission : impossible, The time tunnel, The invaders, The prisoner. Combat is fascinating because it's all about the analysis of man's behaviour patterns in a situation of high-anxiety. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: One of my favourite black and white episode remains "Masquerade" with James Coburn as the savage, ruthless, sadistic, predatory beast, slick and sly, stubborn Cpl. Arnold Kanger aka the German spy. I like his raw face and his mean manners. Anyway, I like the bad guys of the show. The cameraworks are just fine to understand the character of Kanger with long dolly shots and extreme close-ups to his face. Here's a good example of an episode who deals with espionage. |
| More COMBAT! memories: I'd like to add others great actors from Combat : 1) Lee Marvin 2) Richard Basehart 3) Fritz Weaver 4) Skip Homeier 5) James Daly 6) Robert Culp |
| Comments about web site: You made the first great website concerning Combat! P. S. : Come and explore my "outer limits" website : http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/9829 |
Tue Apr 6 05:12:47 1999 EDT
| Thomas Rucki Paris - France |
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| Photographer |
| Male |
| email address: filigrane@hotmail.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: By chance, I discovered Combat in 1995. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Combat is a tough, terse, realistic and stylish tv show with a great director ("Robert Altman"), great actors ("Jeffrey Hunter, James Coburn, Robert Duvall") and a great composer ("Leonard Rosenman"). That's why I like Combat. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: My best Combat episode is "The gantlet". This episode is fascinating because it's all about paranoia, hallucinations and twisted visions. Great cinematography and sound effects all the way. The" traitor" character ("Tom Skerrit") and the question of the false identity are exciting too. |
| More COMBAT! memories: Above all, I like the black and white episodes because it's more dramatic . |
| Comments about web site: A useful site about the best military series ever made. |
Mon Apr 5 15:03:31 1999 EDT
| Patrick McNamara Montreal, canada |
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| Government |
| Male |
| email address: nepats8@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: With my Father and Grandfather in the early 70's |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The realism of the combat footage and the interaction of the characters. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: One of the greatest moments of my life was meeting the members of the cast at the COMBOAT reunion. i was working in Miami and had the opportunity during work to meet the cast. |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: great website, looking forward to the book |
Mon Apr 5 14:06:28 1999 EDT
| Leland New Orleans, LA |
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| Graduate Student Portland State Univ |
| Male |
| email address: psu09566@odin.cc.pdx.edu |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: When I was a child in the 1960s and the show was on its first run. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Even given the limitations of TV, it presented WWII as realistically as possible. The Germans were not depicted as completely evil and Americans were not always the good guys. Best of all, war is not presented like a glorious adventure (John Wayne style) but as ugly although necessary in the case of WWII. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I was only a child when the show first ran, but Sergeant Saunders is still my image of the WWII soldier. |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: Great site. Anyway I can get reruns here in Portland OR? It was on PLEX until last August, when TCI Cable dropped the channel. |
Sun Apr 4 01:10:22 1999 EDT
| Pauline Rodgers Lexington, KY USA |
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| Female |
| email address: Twin Irish@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: --- |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I wish to correct my former remark that we watch COMBAT on our Satellite on Sci-Fi Channel. We watch it on ENCORE'S ACTION Channel five days a week - two 45 minute episodes per day . I am sorry for this confusion. Wish it was on Sci-Fi so everyone could watch it! |
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Sat Apr 3 14:37:08 1999 EDT
| bill amore crestline,ohio |
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| maintance |
| Male |
| email address: bigdawgtesso@yahoo.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: in the 60s on abc tv.tried not to miss a tues. night! |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: i always liked action shows,and this one stuck very early |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: we played our version of hills are for heroes behind our school.had anice hill to play on. also trips to the 5&10 for the latest in toy guns |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: a great place to visit and see other peoples thoughts on this great show. |
Fri Apr 2 18:39:09 1999 EDT
| Halftrack Queen,Creek,US |
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| Halktrack Driver |
| Female |
| email address: lvanallen@webtv.net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Age 6. with my dad. Loved it ever sence. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Because it is great. And full of history.! All right you got me, like sanders also.!!! |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Siting with my dad,(my best friend). Watching every week. |
| More COMBAT! memories: First love Sanders. |
| Comments about web site: great page. |
Thu Apr 1 21:19:19 1999 EDT
| Mark Victoria, Canada |
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| Production Manager |
| Male |
| email address: mark_sangret@ismbc.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching Combat when I was around 7 yrs.old. My dad was in the Navy and he was a bit of a war movie buff. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The show has a redeeming quality about doing the right thing. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I can remember that in my nieghborhood as a kid there was about 10 of us who would spend an entire Saturday playing out the previous tuesday's episode. I remember getting a Combat toy Thompson machinegun set, complete with helmet and 45 caliber pistol for Christmas one year as well as a "Gung Ho" replica 50 caliber HMG. My brother and I ruled the neighborhood pillbox. If anybody out there is a toy collector and has some info on where I might be able to locate these toys drop me a email |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: Great site. I've been trying to find one about the "Rat Patrol" and "Garrisons Guerrillas" |
Thu Apr 1 07:03:27 1999 EDT
| Dave Shilling N.Canton, Ohio |
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| Supervisor |
| Male |
| email address: DShilling@AOL.COM |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: During it's initial run. We were in grade school and loved to play "Army"! |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Lots of action! |
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Thu Apr 1 05:18:55 1999 EDT
| J. Chris Cooper h.s. ark |
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| electronic salesman |
| Male |
| email address: jccoop@hsnp.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: While I was growing up with my father and when I saw when I recieved my new sony dss system on the action channel |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Combat is the way tv show ought to be made morally and with a good message with each show simply stating life isn't the way we want it to be but we should allways give our best that's and what counts. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: When combat came back on it reminded me of my father and how he was fasinated with ww2 he can't watch it with me now but when but when I do it brings back good memories and thanks to the action channel I have a great library of combat episodes. |
| More COMBAT! memories: Since I have started again watch combat I have found out that Vic Morrow stunt double lives right down the street from me and we have become good friends he also gave me some picture from his days with combat and because of him I was able to get kirby's,Hanley, caje autographs and i also picked up a m1 garand |
| Comments about web site: web site is simply outstanding |
Wed Mar 31 00:20:48 1999 EDT
| peter edmunds revere mass |
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| retail manager |
| Male |
| email address: pedm107076@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: i am 42 and i never missed a show we used to play combat in the woods behind the project were i grew up its still there well most of it we are planning to make a remake of combat the long way home i watch it at 6 y/o 1962 first grade |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: i just love the show the cast was great and the guest stars were outstanding richard basehart lee marvin simon oakland jack lord claud akins robert duvell eddie albert wow great list just to name a few |
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| Comments about web site: ITS A GREAT WEB SITE FOR A GREAT T V SHOW DO THE ACTORS HAVE A WEB SITE I CAN CALL THEM AT .THEY ARE A LEGEND IN T V |
Mon Mar 29 17:04:23 1999 EDT
| Gary Willis Hamilton , Ohio USA |
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| High School History Teacher |
| Male |
| email address: gary51@gateway. net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: When COMBAT first ran on ABC in the early '60's. Watched it every Tuesday night with my brother (we are both Baby Boomers!) My dad would bowl on Tuesday nights. When he came home, he would tell us how he did and we would tell him what happened on COMBAT that night. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: My dad was a WW II vet. I had a keen interest in U.S. history and World War II. The action. The sounds. The French and German spoken gave it a sense of reality. And there was NOBODY cooler than Sgt. Saunders . . . the way he walked . . . his facial idiosyncracies . . . his total commitment to getting the job done . . . and his Thompson Sub Machine Gun!! |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I have, for years, wanted to see repeats of the show. My brother bought me a couple of videos that were available a few years ago. When PLEX began showing re-runs . . . the excitement of my youth returned for a couple of hours. Odd though, when I watched the re-runs it was as if I had never seen them before. But how can I forget "Caje, take the point," or Kirby's BAR or the great music that followed the exposion of artillery shells in the intro. |
| More COMBAT! memories: I loved the show so much that one year for Christmas, Santa Claus gave me a COMBAT Set (men, tanks, planes, etc.). . . I was into army men in the 50's and 60's. I still have remnants of that set today. The Box the set came in was red with COMBAT! written on top with the upraise bayonets in the backround just like on the show. It made the show come to life as I could act out what I had seen on Tuesday evenings on TV. |
| Comments about web site: Great to see that there are other people who have the same memories as I do. That we share the same perspectives of something as simple as a TV show . . . what I was watching and the musings that ran through my mind were no different than others over 30 years ago. |
Sun Mar 28 21:37:21 1999 EDT
| Rachel "White Queen" Ohlendorf North Carolina, USA |
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| Student |
| Male |
| email address: rohlendo@po.blc.edu |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Four years ago, when I was fourteen, I discovered reruns on a local channel. I told my dad I had found this black-and-white army show. Of course, he instantly recognized it, since he had watched it as a kid. We taped about 60 eps, which I now cherish. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The scripts are good, the acting is better, and the guys have such a high hubba-hubba factor!!! I've been nuts about WW2 as long as I can remember, since Dad brought us kids up on the good old movies. "Combat!" is a mini war movie that's incredibly clean! |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: My brother and I once made a pact that neither of us would watch an episode without the other one, unless we'd both already seen it. Even though he's almost five years younger than I am, we're very close. We used to play "Combat!" a lot in our backyard. We were both sergeants that were under Hanley's command and friends with Saunders... |
| More COMBAT! memories: This website is a veritable treasure-trove! I've found out almost everything I ever wanted to know about the show either from the website or the wonderful e-mail group. Everyone I've met on the e-mail list is awesome, and incredibly dedicated. So nice to know there are other "Combat"ants out there! :-) |
| Comments about web site: Like I said, this is the greatest! The pictures are tantalizing, the info is well-presented, and the whole thing is totally fun! |
Sun Mar 28 19:33:17 1999 EDT
| Darrell Gilmar Edmonton, Canada |
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| Sony Sales Guy |
| Male |
| email address: darshell@home.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I would have been eight. I remember that just as I was getting interested in the show, it stopped being shown in my small town. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I love the characters and the stories are timeless. I like the fact that the enemy is not always portrayed as evil although they never seem to shoot straight. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I watch the show faithfully each weekday morning work or no work. I work in a electronics store with 20 Sony TVs on every day. When Combat is on each set shows off how well they can broadcast black and white. My boss doesn't like the show as the frequent gunfire irritates him but he allows me my one daily passion. |
| More COMBAT! memories: I am always facinated by WWII. My mother was an English War Bride so I owe may very existence to a war! |
| Comments about web site: I've spent hours here,loving every tidbit. |
Sun Mar 28 03:58:36 1999 EDT
| Melissa Gorsuch Missouri, USA |
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| High School Student |
| Female |
| email address: melaia@hotmail.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Well, the first time I watched it was at my uncle and aunts house when I was about 13. or maybe 14. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: B/c my uncle is Conlan Carter. Who appeared on the show as "Doc". And I enjoy seeing him act. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Um, I really don't have any...except seeing my uncle...=). |
| More COMBAT! memories: Um.....sorry.... |
| Comments about web site: I like it! It really tells about the actors and their past and present lives. |
Fri Mar 26 20:59:18 1999 EDT
| tim troy |
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| parts |
| Male |
| email address: tfitz5914@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: 1962 |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: i just liked the way vic morrow acts in the show, such as carrying his machine gun up side down and the sound effects of the guns |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: at the end of some of the episodes where saunders checks in with lt. hanley were they recap how well the completed the mission |
| More COMBAT! memories: vagley remember an episode starring mickey rooney, not sure if he got killed in that one or not. an episode where the germans were intarigateing cage but he didn't give in |
| Comments about web site: like the web site; like to get more info in getting combat videos |
Fri Mar 26 02:35:16 1999 EDT
| Pauline Rodgers Lexington, Kentucky |
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| Female |
| email address: Twin Irish@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: The very first episode in 1962. It was the most popular show in our family at that time. I had a big crush on Kirby. He seemed like exactly the kind of man a girl could hope to have as a sweetheart - he was so natural when he got into trouble (often) and love the girls. But he was still strong and loyal and good looking. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: We are now getting COMBAT on Sci-Fi Channel - Satellite - and the episodes seem even more real because of all the very talented actors. Litteljohn is a big lovable guy even tho gambling is his weakness, Caje is so charming with his accent and dependability, Doc is sincere and can strong-arm the enemy when need-be. Of course Lt. Hanley is the one who cracks the whip and does it so well but is still fair (and handsome) and Sgt. Saunders (our hero) is sort of aloof but will go the last mile for |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: My family and I love all the episodes but the one "The Convict" was our favorite in the 60's. Gilbert Roland is one of the best actors ever in movies and when Sgt. Saunders figured out who he was it was so real. The locale used was so real - we never knew where it was filmed back then and the train was fantastic |
| More COMBAT! memories: I remember when one of the episodes was directed by Vic Morrow he had Lt. Hanley wounded in it. My mother was a die-hard Rick Jason fan and she got mad when Lt. Hanley was wounded. She wanted him to have a long furlough and recuperate in a hospital with a pretty nurse to take care of him. I recognized even back then just what top quality film work this series was and the actors who were all so believable. We could have sworn they were real soldiers! |
| Comments about web site: There is so much that we have wanted to know fo so long and this site has got it all. Such a good job has been done and I am so very grateful to all who have contributed to it. Thank you. Thank you. My children spend their spare time here and are so impressed with how COMBAT fans are so loyal. |
Thu Mar 25 23:42:09 1999 EDT
| Mike Desmond Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Executive Recruiter |
| Male |
| email address: mikedesmond@earthlink.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: Back in 1963 on ABC 7:30 PM, I was 8 years old. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: Combat isn't just about battle, it's about human values. Never leave a man behind, tell the truth, do the right thing. And watching now at 43 years old I can see where my values came from. Today kids have NO place to see that type of show... just killing and laughing it up. That NEVER happened on Combat. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I think that every boy during that time thought that they wanted the Sarge for a dad. |
| More COMBAT! memories: A better bunch of actors has never been assembled to put on such a values oriented show that was not preachy and it was entertaining. You just cared for the characters. |
| Comments about web site: Great site, add a link to the Dick Peabody memories sight. That is a great place to learn about the show. |
Thu Mar 25 20:41:43 1999 EDT
| Dave "Gel" Goellnitz Cleveland Ohio |
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| N/A |
| Male |
| email address: Blitzkrig7@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching Combat with my dad when it came on cable. He watched it when he was a kid, and well, I might just be a bigger fan than he is. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The real reason is my dad and I like watching to see Sgt. Saunders using his Thompson, because Saunders is the man. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: Nothing really, just enjoy watching it, and seeing Saunders, Doc, Kirby and rest. |
| More COMBAT! memories: I guess I'm one the younger guys, I was born in 1982, but a fan til the death. |
| Comments about web site: The web site is the best about Combat, with lots of info about Sgt. Saunders, they could get more about Saunders, but a good over all site. |
Thu Mar 25 18:29:44 1999 EDT
| John H. Burgher USA |
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| Lawyer |
| Male |
| email address: johnburgher@msn.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: 1962, when I was 8 years old |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: There is great action and realistic weapons, with an interesting story line and a wonderful cast. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I loved to watch the show, and afterwards, I would get my Mattel Tommy Gun that looked just like Saunder's, (I also had a green camoflage Mattel Tommy Gun, just like the brown and black one)I had 3 good friends who also loved the show and we would go out on patrol and have running battles around the house. |
| More COMBAT! memories: I still have my Mattel Tommy Gun and my Combat coloring book. Now my 9 year old son watches Combat and plays with my old tommy gun. I also have my Marx plastic German army helmet and Luger, that I used to play Combat with, so that we could have a realistic kraut enemy to shoot. |
| Comments about web site: This is a fabulous site,with a wealth of information about the shows that I never knew. I enjoyed reading about the cast of Combat and what they are doing today. Keep up the great work, with the shows in re-runs, there is a new generation of kids who love the show as much as I did, and still do! |
Wed Mar 24 23:39:13 1999 EDT
| Carol Ochs USA |
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| Special Educator |
| Female |
| email address: AsstCoord@aol.com |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I not exactly sure, but I think it was the 2nd season--I was 6 years old. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: I have always enjoyed war films, but I am very fond of the comraderie that was obvious among the squad. Watching the shows, now, brings me back to my childhood. |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I used to pretend that I was a member of the squad--even though I am a girl. I had a crush on the Sarge and Caje and they always looked out for me!! (OK, I was a kid!)I used my mother's kitchen broom as my gun. I even asked for a helmut for Christmas one year! |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: I love your Web site. I especially enjoy being informed of what the actors are doing these days and the critiques of the shows. Keep it up!! |
Wed Mar 24 18:31:06 1999 EDT
| Jo Davidsmeyer USA |
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| Marketing writer |
| Female |
| email address: snw@gate.net |
| When did you first watch COMBAT!: I started watching it when I was five during its original run. |
| Why do you enjoy watching COMBAT!: The stories! It was so wonderful to rediscover the show as an adult and discover that the stories that so moved me as a child had an even greater meaning when I was an adult. The stories are timeless! |
| Share your COMBAT! memories: I couldn't wait for Tuesday nights to watch the latest episodes. Wednesdays after school, the other neighborhood kids and I would recreate the episode. We fought many a backyard battle in our neighborhood. Alas, as a "girl," I was at first relegated to playing the nurse and treating the various wounds of the boys. But eventually I liberated my older brother's Big Bang Cannon (a wonderfully deadly toy that used real gunpowder to create a horrendously loud noise ... certainly could never be |
| More COMBAT! memories: --- |
| Comments about web site: --- |
Wed Mar 24 11:50:13 1999 EDT
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