Season 1

episodes

1. 1. Forgotten Front 1962-10-02 60 min Saunders and his squad, "White Rook", go in to find out what happened to another squad, "Black Rook" that went silent while on a patrol to find the location of a German big gun. Saunders finds the m...
2. 2. Rear Echelon Commandos 1962-10-09 60 min On the frontline, the squad receives three new replacements straight from rear echelon duty in England. They are Gainsborough (a scared, overweight cook), Temple (an equally scared ex-ballet dancer),...
3. 3. Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd 1962-10-16 60 min Jeffrey Hunter stars in "Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd" as tanker Sgt. Dane, a man mad at the world, mad at the war, and mad at God. He's not too thrilled with Hanley and Saunders, either. During a German...
4. 4. Any Second Now 1962-10-23 60 min While in a French town on leave, Hanley's leg is pinned by some debris during a bombing raid. In the church building with him is an undetonated German bomb which is still timed to explode. Help arrive...
5. 5. Far from the Brave 1962-10-30 60 min The squad B.A.R. (Browning Automatic Rifle) man who is also Saunder's friend is killed. Kirby believes the Saunders will give him the B.A.R. Saunders decides to give it to the new man, a cook that had...
6. 6. Missing in Action 1962-11-13 60 min Retrieving a downed pilot becomes even more nerve-wracking, because Lt. Hanley's battle-fatigued squad mistakenly shoots the messenger who delivered the U.S. war hero pilot's whereabouts to them. Lt....
7. 7. Escape to Nowhere 1962-11-20 60 min While playing possum behind enemy lines, the wounded Hanley is captured, then interrogated. A When Hanley won't cooperate, General Von Strelitz takes Hanley away for further questioning. The German ge...
8. 8. The Celebrity 1962-11-27 60 min Del Packer is a famous baseball star who was drafted into the army. He winds up as a replacement in the squad. While Kelly looks for a way to make some money by setting up a baseball game with a neigh...
9. 9. Cat and Mouse 1962-12-04 60 min A worn out Sgt. Saunders must lead Sgt. Jenkins and his men into an area that had already seen lots of casualties. All of the men except Saunders and Jenkins are killed before they reach their objecti...
10. 10. I Swear by Apollo 1962-12-11 60 min A wounded Frenchman has important information. He and another man are injured when a land mind goes off. The squad takes refuge in a Convent of Cloistered Nuns. When Hanley arrives, he brings informa...
11. 11. A Day in June 1962-12-18 60 min In a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sgt. Saunders recalls the experiences of himself and several other men on the day of the D-Day invasion. This includes tales about Braddock,...
12. 12. The Prisoner 1962-12-25 60 min Braddock, while on duty as Lt. Hanley's runner, is "appropriated" by a tough-talking, overbearing colonel as his jeep driver. Unfortunately the colonel decides to drive the jeep himself and his reckl...
13. 13. Reunion 1963-01-01 60 min After the battalion pushes the Germans out of a small French town, Pvt. Paul Villers, a member of Saunders' squad, asks permission to look for his father, a French doctor. Villers' was born in France...
14. 14. The Medal 1963-01-08 60 min D'Amato and Wharton, two close friends within the platoon, become separated from the rest of the men when the platoon comes under fire from a German tank and its machine gunner. D'Amato manages to fla...
15. 15. Just for the Record 1963-01-15 60 min Sgt. Saunders is taken prisoner by a German patrol. He is being transported with three other men, two Canadians and a French civilian, when they are freed by a group of Resistance fighters. The civil...
16. 16. The Volunteer 1963-01-22 60 min A thirteen year old French boy wants to join the squad. After he is told he can't, he follows the squad. After Hanley is wounded, Caje tells him that he is now part of the group and his orders are to...
17. 17. The Squad 1963-01-29 60 min Saunders' and Hanley's platoon is joined by a replacement soldier from Georgia named Moseby Lovelace, who comes complete with a new set of boots that the other troops, especially Saunders, highly cove...
18. 18. Next In Command 1963-02-05 60 min Ben Cooper plays Corporal Cross, the newest addiyion to the squad. For once, the new boy is a veteran. He is tormented by a fatal mistake he'd made on another hill. That mistake has crippled him, stri...
19. 19. The Chateau 1963-02-12 60 min Doc, Braddock and several wounded GIs take refuge in a French Château owned by a wealthy aristocrat and his daughter. The father is concerned only with saving his estate and wants no part of them and...
20. 20. Off Limits 1963-02-19 60 min P.F.C. Marsh runs into his wife Lt. Amelia Marsh at a field hospital. He asks for a pass to spend time with her. While he is waiting for his pass, Kirby goes AWOL and ends up at the hospital. Marsh h...
21. 21. No Time for Pity 1963-02-26 60 min Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage
22. 22. Night Patrol 1963-03-05 60 min The squad meets up with a lieutenant living in a cave.
23. 23. Survival 1963-03-12 60 min Hanley and his men are taken prisoners. The encampment comes under artillery fire. The Germans get all but Saunders out. The men use the artillery barrage to make their escape. When they get far enoug...
24. 24. No Hallelujahs for Glory 1963-03-19 60 min Sauders resents a female photo journalist until he sees the final results.
25. 25. The Quiet Warrior 1963-03-26 60 min Hanley is pulled off the line and sent to London. He discovers that he is to be used in a secret mission to aid a French physicist to escape occupied France before the Gestapo captures him. Hanley and...
26. 26. Battle of the Roses 1963-04-02 60 min A young woman who cannot face the horrors of the war isolates herself in an idyllic garden which is unscathed by German bombs and refuses to leave. Saunders attempts to evacuate her before more German...
27. 27. Hill 256 1963-04-09 60 min Kirby is on trial accused by Sgt. Midcaff who claims Kirby ran from the enemy. Kirby said there was a machine gun nest. After Kirby convinces Saunders he is telling the truth, Saunders and Caje must p...
28. 28. The Sniper 1963-04-16 60 min A never say die German stays behind after the German withdrawal to wage his own private war. He is aided by a beautiful but bitter Frenchwoman who has her own reasons to hate the town that her German...
29. 29. One More for the Road 1963-04-23 60 min The squad finds a baby in a barn and the mother had been killed. Saunders won't let them bring the baby along and the men don't like it. Saunders gives in and sends Littlejohn and Doc back for the bab...
30. 30. The Walking Wounded 1963-04-30 60 min Saunders becomes one of "The Walking Wounded" and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he.
31. 31. High Named Today 1963-05-07 60 min Hanley, Saunders and their men are worried that the reckless bravery of a reputed one-man death-squad will get them all killed.
32. 32. No Trumpets, No Drums 1963-05-14 60 min Caje must deal with killing a Frenchman. He does this by turning his attention to the dead man's daughter.The squad becomes worried about Caje. Saunders must find a way to bring Caje back to himself....