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Combat! Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
Mountain Man
Tue, Sep 15, 196460 mins
A belligerent hermit is the only one who can guide Saunders through a treacherous mountain route, so Hanley's company can follow. The Frenchman claims his family was ripped apart in World War I, so he's sitting World War II out at the top of a mountain. The huge Francois is very itchy on the trigger toward Saunders and his troops. Is Francois a Nazi collaborator leading the dog-faces into a trap, or a dangerous misanthrope ?
Episode 2
Vendetta
Tue, Sep 22, 196460 mins
When it appears Lt. Hanley and his men are about to be overrun by attacking Germans, they are miraculously saved by a squadron of fast moving jeeps with mounted machine guns. The squadron of jeeps is commanded by a Greek Colonel named Kapsalis, a gung-ho, no-holds-barred soldier fighting a personal vendetta against the Germans. He orders Lt. Hanley and his men to join him and they attack a heavily-guarded German depot.
Episode 3
Point of View
Thu, Sep 24, 196460 mins
Sergeant Saunders faces court martial, charged with a reckless decision costing two machine gunner's lives. The gunners' NCO O'Neill accuses Saunders of forgetting to check if the combined squads had ammo for their bazooka, just before a panzer attack. Instead of retreating prudently, Saunders ran down the hill they were defending to not only lug the ammo back up, but drag his wounded squad member who carried it, to safety. That allowed the tank time to get close, and blow up the 2 machine gunners. As the protagonists' commanding officers square off, Caje and Kirby grill O'Neil, a life-long student of warfare, over his own judgments on the mission.
Episode 4
The Duel
Tue, Oct 6, 196460 mins
While 50s Rock & Roller Bobby Rydell is credited as the guest star for this episode, his Mickey Shay character is strictly supportive to the two main characters of the show: Sgt. Saunders and a lone German tank. Rydell's Shay simply provides the means of placing Saunders in a position where he has to singlehandedly battle a German tank, its crew, and two infantry support troops using only his Thompson, some grenades, and a can of diesel fuel. After Saunders first kills the two German infantry troops outside the tank, the real "Duel" then begins between Saunders and the tank. The German crew inside the tank become almost superfluous to the theme of the story as the menacing tank itself becomes the antagonist to Saunder's role as protagonist. As the tank proceeds slowly down the road, Saunders keeps attacking the tank with his Thompson and grenades, and every time the tank turns off the road to go after Saunders, he is able to hide in the trees from the tank crew because of their limited ability to see from inside the tank. The "Duel" takes up most of the show, and during that time, Saunders climbs on the tank, stops the tank by throwing a large log in the track between the bogey wheels, continues to attack it with his Thompson, and he still manages to check on Mickey Shay who has troubles of his own on the far side of the hill. Saunders defeats the tank in the end, and as implausible as this whole scenario may sound in words, the show will make a believer out of any true Combat! fan. Had the concept of this show been lifted from a meritorious award citation for a WWII GI, no one would doubt its credibility.
Episode 5
Silver Service
Tue, Oct 13, 196460 mins
It begins with Kirby being sent back to town to recuperate from some minor injury. While there, he meets GI Harry White who is a truck driver who uses dirty dice to cheat other GIs. Harry has been running his dirty dice game when Kirby spots the dirty dice and tells the other players. Harry manages to skip out just as the town is hit with an artillery barrage. A shell shocked Kirby manages to get out of town and later comes across Harry White whose truck has run out of gas. Harry takes up with Kirby to get back to their own lines, but he insists on carrying a huge Sterling silver service set with him. Along the way, they pick up Claudette and her ailing grandfather, and all four must travel through cold and snow to evade the Germans on their way to safety. Harry is concerned only with his war booty, and Claudette's concern is for her grandfather who is unable to walk and must be pulled on a sled across the snow. The normally somewhat irresponsible Kirby rises to the demands of the hour and forces the group onward. In the end, Harry White does make a sacrifice to aid the others.
Episode 6
The Hard Way Back
Tue, Oct 20, 196460 mins
The Germans are entering a French Village, driving the Americans out before them. The squad is in retreat as Sgt. Saunders enters a building and discovers a member of his squad, a private named Kogan, cowering in a corner. As he drives Kogan out of the building, an artillery shell lands nearby and a roof-beam falls on Saunder's legs, pinning him to the floor. Pvt. Kogan flees from the town in terror, and informs Lt. Hanley that Saunders was killed. As the squad marches on, Kogan has an attack of conscience and returns to the village to free Saunders, as the Germans are now everywhere within the town.
Episode 7
Operation Fly Trap
Tue, Oct 27, 1964
A German captain warns Saunders that "a reckless hunter who sets a trap often becomes its first victim" when Saunders uses him as bait to attract a deadly Nazi Colonel. The infantry NCO battles not only the wily captain, but a cynical, fellow Sergeant, on loan for his German capability. Sgt. Maider doubts Saunders' every move, needling Saunders that his improvisation risks their lives, especially their wounded medic, solely for his own glory.
Episode 8
The Little Carousel
Tue, Nov 10, 196460 mins
While others celebrate the liberation of their village, Saunders is extremely sullen over the loss of two GIs. Claudine, a 13 year old French girl offers medical aid, but Saunders gruffly sends her away because she is so young. Walking alone, Saunders stops in a little carousel park, and falls asleep in exhaustion. He awakes to find Claudine has made a picnic for him, and his melancholy disappears as he is captured by her innocence, spirit, and bravery. With Claudine on one of the horses, he turns the carousel by hand and runs alongside laughing and smiling. For the moment, the war and its carnage have departed. Saunders tells the squad he is making Claudine an "official" nurse. When the Germans counter attack, Saunders is wounded near the carousel, but Claudine treats his wound, and brings his men to him. While being carried back to the aid station, the terrible sting of war again strikes Saunders, and for a few moments his anguish is so piercing it causes the battle hardened Sergeant to break down and cry in front of his men.
Episode 9
Fly Away Home
Tue, Nov 17, 1964
Saunders' squad is assigned to escort Sgt. Keeley of the Signal Corps on a special scouting mission to find an enemy location that cannot be spotted by aircraft. Sgt. Keeley uses pigeons he has trained to fly over enemy positions while carrying a small camera, and then return to their mobile roost with the pictures. Keeley is unfriendly from the start, and as the squad escorts him into enemy territory and they become involved in several firefights, Keeley clearly shows he cares only about his pigeons - not his fellow GIs.
Episode 10
The Impostor
Tue, Nov 24, 1964
Lt. Hanley must flush out a Nazi spy among the soldiers he's leading on a dangerous intelligence mission, before the German sabotages the plan. Hanley's thrust into the unfamiliar leadership role when the G-2 Captain heading the mission is accidentally shot by another infantry unit, who are hunting a deadly hauptmann who speaks perfect English. Because it's a top secret infiltration of a German planning HQ, none of the MI men know each other, nor does the novice Hanley know them. Another suspect wanders into the mission's rendezvous point, an Army minefield specialist claiming he's just escaped from the Heer.
Episode 11
A Gift of Hope
Tue, Dec 1, 196460 mins
Kirby claims a civilian he assaulted is a deserter, but Saunders maintains the MIA Sergeant was killed. With his dying words, Kirby's pal gasped that his Sgt. dropped his carbine and abandoned his men, but Saunders can't imagine the RA tough infantry vet would panic. Then Sgt. Avery shows up in civilian clothes, with a strange tale, but instead of Saunders reporting Avery to the CO, he accompanies him to find a corroborating witness.
Episode 12
A Rare Vintage
Tue, Dec 8, 196460 mins
Saunders' squad is sent to check out a French winery to see if it can be used for a company command post, and somewhere along the way they must have been in a heavy firefight because they discuss the fact they are all very short on ammo. They no more than get inside the walls of the winery when a small German convoy also shows up to check out the winery. The Germans have a wounded Lt. Hanley with them, and the German Capt. Brauer intends to interrogate Hanley for vital troop information. They stash Hanley inside one of the winery buildings which allows Saunders to sneak inside to find a way to free Hanley, but getting Hanley out proves to be rather difficult. Caje then poses as a handicapped relative of the winery owner which allows Caje to move rather freely inside the winery, and a plan evolves to sneak Hanley out of the winery hidden inside one of three wine barrels to be delivered to a nearby village. Caje gives Capt. Brauer a bottle or two of fine wine to sample, and before long, Brauer is more interested in the wine than Hanley. With a few close calls along the way, they do manage to get Hanley out of the winery, and the whole snatch inside the winery is carried off without the GIs firing a single shot.
Episode 13
The Long Walk
Tue, Dec 15, 196460 mins
Saunders, Doc, and Littlejohn are cut off from their lines when they are joined by Fox Company's Sgt. Larkin who is also cut off. While figuring out which is the best way to get back to their lines, they come under fire from a wounded GI behind a 30 caliber MG who is shouting that he knows they are really Germans in GI uniforms. Saunders manages to get behind the shooter and knock him out for a few minutes. His dog tags indicate he is Pvt. Henry Murfree, and he has a shrapnel wound in his leg. Murfree continues to protest his suspicion that Saunders and his men are really Germans and part of Klepner's Raiders who are infiltrating Allied lines in GI uniforms. In fact, it is really Murfree who is the infiltrator as he feigns a Southern accent and persuades Saunders to head south instead of east to find the Allied lines. Murfree is actually the German Capt. Klepner who is also cut off and wants to trick Saunders and his men to carry him to his own men in a village some miles to the south. When Murfree thinks he is quite near his own men, he snatches Saunders' Thompson, and while holding them at gunpoint, reveals himself to be Capt. Klepner and taunts the Americans for being stupid and gullible enough to be his pack mules who carried him to his own lines instead of theirs. As Klepner pulls the trigger on Saunders' Thompson to kill them all, the bolt falls on an empty chamber as he finds the Thompson is unloaded. Saunders then reveals he has known for some time he was Klepner and was simply playing for time to find out what Klepner's next assignment was. At that point, Saunders asked Klepner who really turned out to be stupid and gullible.
Episode 14
The Town That Went Away
Tue, Dec 22, 1964
Like "The Party," this is another episode strictly for laughs. The squad is sent to evacuate the French village of Bonaire, but the villagers do not want to evacuate. The village's main industry is the production of cognac, and they do not want any "foreigners" to interfere. They disguise the distillery as a monastery, and they proceed to hide the cognac in a nearby cave without the squad members finding out. It's all tongue in cheek instead of the usual drama of firefights and terror. Like "The Party," three good looking gals are featured in this episode, and Danielle Aubry plays one of the gals in both episodes. The cat and mouse escapades of the French villagers continue to the end, and the only shot fired is early in the episode when Hanley uses his carbine to get the villagers' attention.
Episode 15
Birthday Cake
Tue, Dec 29, 1964
The squad is anxious to open Littlejohn's birthday cake he received from home, but Littlejohn refuses since his mother has a note attached telling him not to open the package until his birthday which is a day away. They are sent on a mission to tap into a German phone line to gather information, and Pvt. Cantrell is sent along because he speaks German. Cantrell, due to be rotated out of action and placed on leave, is sore and does nothing but constantly complain on the patrol. While Cantrell worries about surviving the mission to go on leave, Littlejohn's attention is focused on keeping his birthday cake safe for one day until his birthday. He leaves his cake back at a bridge, and while sneaking away to get it, he encounters a German patrol. Chasing after Littlejohn, the squad gets into a firefight with the Germans. They kill all the Germans, but Cantrell is wounded and has to be carried back to their lines on a makeshift litter. On the way back, they encounter another, much larger, German patrol and have to leave Cantrell in a hide while they draw the Germans away. In their evasion, they cross a bridge over a river to elude the Germans, and they are now on one side of the river while Cantrell is on the other. Littlejohn swims the river to bring the wounded Cantrell back to the squad, and they manage to make it back with the intelligence they collected. Cantrell is sent off to enjoy his leave in a hospital, but not before having a sample of the birthday cake which by this time has been crumbled in its box.
Episode 16
The Enemy
Tue, Jan 5, 1965
Lt. Hanley comes across three German soldiers in a deserted French town. Two are killed and he captures the third...a demolition expert. He tells Hanley that the entire town is mined and booby trapped to kill American soldiers. When Hanley finds out there is no way to prevent the returning French population from reentering the town he forces the German to disarm the mines and traps at gunpoint. Hanley must be on constant guard because the German is very clever and always thinking of escape.
Episode 17
The Cassock
Tue, Jan 12, 196560 mins
King company is quickly overrunning a French Village, and the German withdrawal is in complete chaos. Most of the German troops are killed, wounded, or captured in the action, but one German officer, Hertzbrun, tries to blow a bridge before he leaves the village. Unable to blow the bridge during the attack, he takes refuge in a Catholic church where he exchanges his uniform for the vestments a priest and becomes "Father Hertzbrun." His intention is to impersonate a priest long enough for him to finish setting his charges, blow the bridge, and make his escape. Much to his dismay, as soon as the fighting is finished, he is asked by a GI to hear his confession. Unfortunately for Hertzbrun, he really has no experience in priestly matters, and his ineptitude leads to the failure of his ruse. A 44 year old James Whitmore is a pleasure to watch as he plays the German officer masquerading as a priest.
Episode 18
Losers Cry Deal
Tue, Jan 19, 196560 mins
A loudmouthed cardsharp holds an ace in reserve over a young recruit, who volunteers for a dangerous recon in his stead. Corporal Jackson the older man, bitterly resents Caje being named temporary leader of Jackson's squad, after Sgt. Saunders sees how the Corporal lords it over the young Private Tommy. While Tommy slogs through a heavy downpour toward a German machine gun nest, Jackson in the comfort of a château, tries to wipe out the other poker players, plus sway them to his jaundiced view of the situation.
Episode 19
More Than a Soldier
Tue, Jan 26, 196560 mins
During a heavy German infantry assault, the Americans are in a headlong retreat where nearly all the soldiers on both sides are killed in a moving firefight through a woods. Saunders is finally left with a green Pvt. Carey to face the three remaining Germans. He runs out of ammunition for his Thompson, and he begins to return fire with his .45 auto pistol. Saunders repeatedly yells for Carey to return fire, but Carey is frozen and is unable to pull the trigger. Saunders makes it back to Carey and quickly empties Carey's M-1. Killing two of the three remaining Germans, Saunders has only the German Sergeant to face, but he and Carey have no more ammo, and Carey tells him that he is unable to kill anyone. Saunders and Carey take refuge in a mine shaft, but the determined German Sergeant pursues them into the mine where they all become trapped in a cave-in. A fallen beam seriously hurts the German who gets pinned under it, but Saunders and Carey are uninjured, take the German's MP-40, and are able to dig their way out. After digging their way out, they are surprised by three more Germans, and Carey finally has to come to grips with the idea of killing another human being as well as the idea of saving the injured German trapped inside if he wants to keep his humanity.
Episode 20
Brother, Brother
Tue, Feb 2, 196560 mins
Private Eddie Cain has somehow finagled his way to be assigned to Kirby's squad, and he immediately gloms onto his old buddy, "Wild Man" Kirby, and begins making demands of him. Cain believes his brother, Tony, and Kirby were best of friends and that Tony was killed in their old hometown while saving Kirby's life. Accordingly, Cain also believes Kirby owes him a great personal debt in the form of Kirby's attention and protection. The cocky Cain immediately provokes the hostility of the rest of the squad, and Kirby has to continually make excuses for him. Cain keeps taking foolish actions, and he is unable to come to grips with his shortcomings until Kirby finally tells him the truth about how his brother Tony was killed back home.
Episode 21
The Steeple
Tue, Feb 9, 1965
Saunders, Caje, and Kirby are on a night mission moving through an abandoned French village when they notice an American paratrooper hanging from the church steeple in his entangled parachute - and the paratrooper is still alive. Immediately after they enter the church to rescue the paratrooper, two German trucks full of troops enter the village, stop just outside the church, and set up an armed perimeter with the apparent intention of establishing a command post. Saunders and his men ascend the steeple steps with the hope of rescuing the paratrooper under the cover of darkness and before the Germans take notice of him. The paratrooper's helmet falls to the ground attracting the Germans' attention, and they shine a spotlight on him. Saunders had already told the paratrooper to play dead. Even with the spotlight on him, he certainly looks dead as he dangles limply in his harness. Assuming he is dead, the Germans forget him for the rest of the night. Daylight comes and Saunders is still trying to figure a way to get the paratrooper inside the steeple and back to safety without being seen by the Germans below. Then a German soldier on the ground looks up and notices the "dead" paratrooper is wearing some very nice new boots, and he considers his own boots which are virtually worn out. Wanting some new boots, the German decides to go up the steeple to pull the paratrooper inside and take the boots for himself. Saunders kills the German with a bayonet as he arrives on the steeple bell level, dons the German's uniform, and then proceeds to pull the "dead" paratrooper inside. The other Germans on the ground cheer him on thinking Saunders is their comrade. They do manage to rescue the paratrooper who turns out to be an Army Captain who was on a commando mission that also played a key part of this episode, but the rescue was not completed until after Saunders and his men are involved in a firefight as they withdraw from the village.
Episode 22
The Convict
Tue, Feb 9, 196560 mins
Hanley, Saunders, Kirby, and Caje are to meet a French resistance fighter, Dupre, who will take them to his leader, Lambrelle, to make arrangements for an air drop of supplies to be used by the resistance to blow up five objectives in the next 48 hours. There is a problem, however. Dupre has been killed by a German, and an escaped French convict, Boulanger, has taken Dupre's clothes and papers and assumed his identity in the hope of making his own escape to Switzerland. Boulanger meets the GIs, tells them he is Dupre and will take them to Lambrelle. Before they can start, however, Hanley is accidently wounded in his thigh by a French locomotive engineer who mistakes the GIs for escaped convicts. Hanley is sent back to their company HQ while Saunders, Kirby, and Caje continue on the mission. After taking the GIs the wrong way and making other mistakes, Boulanger is finally suspected by Saunders as being an escaped convict rather than Dupre. They take Boulanger's rifle, tie his hands behind his back. Boulanger's son, Pierre, finds them, and believing his father is really innocent of the criminal charges, he reluctantly agrees to take Saunders and his men to meet Lambrelle. Lambrelle shows Saunders where to drop the needed supplies to blow the five targets, but Boulanger manages to make his escape by holding Lambrelle at knife-point. He encourages his son to go with him, but his son finally realizes that his father never cared for his family and was indeed guilty of the crimes for which he was convicted. Pierre chooses to stay with the resistance fighters while his father leaves for Switzerland and freedom. Shortly after Boulanger leaves, a German half-track and truckload of infantry arrive and trap the resistance fighters and the GIs. With the German infantry advancing closer to the resistance fighters and the GIs, Boulanger finds he has a last chance at redemption. He kills the German in the half-track and uses the machine gun to cut up the advancing Germans from the rear. Boulanger is fatally wounded by a German grenade, but before he dies, he does tell his son the truth about his criminal past, and Pierre is welcomed into the resistance fighters.
Episode 23
Dateline
Tue, Feb 23, 196560 mins
Sgt. Saunders and his squad are on patrol with a Captain from G-2 Intelligence. He informs them he intends to be captured by the Germans, allowing himself to be taken to a POW camp where an important writer for Stars and Stripes is being held. The Captain must get the writer out of the POW camp before he can talk, through a hidden tunnel he knows to be there. When the Captain steps on a mine and is killed, Sgt. Saunders and his squad are captured, but they intend to complete the mission.
Episode 24
A Walk with an Eagle
Tue, Mar 2, 1965
Hanley, leads some squad members to recover a flying ace when he is shot down behind enemy territory.
Episode 25
The Long Wait
Tue, Mar 9, 1965
After opening the episode with a short firefight in a French village, Saunders' squad is in a GI 2 ½ ton truck along with four GIs in need of surgery and a load of ammo needed for the front lines. Along the way, they get pinned down by a German machine gun crew and supporting infantry who are all well protected in an escarpment of large boulders. With a front tire shot out, Archie the truck driver backs the truck a short ways where it is protected by a large rock wall, but they cannot go forward or backward without being exposed to the German firepower. The conflict of decision becomes whether to get the four men to needed surgery or get the load of ammunition to the front lines. Archie is only concerned about the four men who need surgery, but Saunders has to consider all the men who need the ammunition to hold their positions against a German advance. The rest of the episode consists of various actions attempted while trying to take the German position along with the continuous battle of priorities between Archie and Saunders concerning getting aid for the wounded men and delivery of the needed ammo at the front.
Episode 26
The Tree of Moray
Tue, Mar 16, 1965
Lt. Hanley leads the squad on a mission to find and bring back a French collaborator named Duval. The American intelligence folks want to interrogate him for the valuable information he has concerning the Germans, but the French Underground want Duval to hang him from the Tree of Moray for his treasonous activities. Robert Loggia guest stars as Etienne, the leader of the local underground forces. As the episode progresses, Hanley and Etienne jockey back and forth to gain possession of Duval. First the underground has Duval, and then Hanley's men get him, but his fate is not determined until the end of the show.
Episode 27
Cry in the Ruins
Tue, Mar 23, 1965
Unearthing a French baby buried under ruins, unites Hanley's men and a Nazi squad. All the troops' hearts go out to the desperate young mother, but as the German lieutenant warns "distrust is a crippling thing." Laying down their arms in an unauthorized truce proves challenging to the frayed nerves of both squads in the village devastated by both sides' heavy artillery. Hanley's squad needs to get out for a rendezvous, the Germans are hustling to re-occupy the ville.
Episode 28
The Hell Machine
Tue, Mar 30, 196560 mins
While heading to their base in a jeep with maps and important information, Pvt. Gavin, Sgt. Saunders and Captain Beggs hit a mine on the road. Saunders and Gavin use a German tank to transport their captain but they stumble upon German troops and need to lure them. Will they succeed to return to their base?
Episode 29
Billy the Kid
Tue, Apr 6, 196560 mins
A very large German railroad artillery gun is causing havoc with the American advance. When not firing, it is moved by rail from one secluded cave to another, and no one has been able to spot the gun so it can be targeted and eliminated. Artillery Lt. William Benton and Sgt. Stoner are sent to link up with Sgt. Saunders' squad which will serve as an escort to establish a forward observation post to find the German gun and report its location for targeting. When alone with Saunders' men, Sgt. Stoner is quick to tell everyone that Benton is the son of the famous Lt. General Benton and has been kept safely in the rear and allowed no combat experience. He belittles Lt. Benton by calling him Billy the Kid, and he lets everyone know he expects Benton to fail in this mission. Saunders does not like Stoner disparaging Benton, but even he questions Benton about all the extra equipment he is taking with them. Benton simply tells him it is needed and to get moving. When they get to the area where they intend to observe, Benton has the men set up the equipment in what seems to them a very strange manner, but Benton is a lot more capable than anyone knows. When they are spotted and shelled in their first position, Benton loses the use of his eyes, but they move to his second position where they are able to find the gun, complete the mission, and find out that Billy is no kid.
Episode 30
Heritage
Tue, Apr 13, 1965
To clear the way for 5000 troops through a dangerous mountain pass, Hanley must blow up a German observation post. To succeed this time, a cocky sculptor who's now a demolition man is added to the stripped-down mission, in place of Hanley's sleep-deprived full squad. The all-business Lt. Hanley and the arty rock-hound Velasquez immediately clash, because the Corporal can't stop examining the local geology or expounding about the ancient rock fortress which became a famed museum, and is now the forbidding, mountain-top Heer post.
Episode 31
Odyssey
Tue, Apr 20, 1965
Sgt. Saunders is wounded and trapped behind enemy lines while trying to provide cover for Doc and Caje as they take a wounded Little John back to their lines. Saunders wakes in a German Field Hospital to find that a French worker has put him in German clothes to prevent him being shipped to a POW Camp. As a result he tries to escape by passing himself off as a shell shocked German soldier. Placed on a train going to the German rear with a German officer who considers many of the wounded as malingerers, Saunders and a captured American flyer manage to jump from the train and escape. As they try to make their way back to their lines the flyer is shot and killed by a German patrol and Saunders is taken with them. He is befriended by a veteran German sergeant who is convinced he is a wounded Afrika Corps soldier and decides to look after him. As they are travelling to their destination they are ambushed by Americans who are looking for prisoners and information and, in the fire fight that follows, Saunders has to shoot and kill the German sergeant.
Episode 32
Beneath the Ashes
Tue, Apr 27, 196560 mins
Lt. Hanley receives a letter from the friend of the wife of one of his men, Steve Kovac [Chad Everett], advising that Kovac's wife is in hospital and dying. Unfortunately Kovac is on a patrol and Hanley decides not recall him until the news that his wife is dying is confirmed (at which time he will get an emergency leave). In the meantime, the patrol lead by Sgt. Saunders enters a French town to gather information and runs into the Germans. They manage to kill the Germans but another group moves in to occupy the building they have been fighting from which appears to be their headquarters building. As a result Saunders and the patrol is trapped and hide out in the basement of the building. The Germans assume their men have been killed by a patrol that has already gone and continue setting up in the building the patrol is hiding below. Not long after, under cover of an artillery barrage, the patrol manages to escape and return to base where Lt. Hanley breaks the news to Kovac. While he is preparing to return home news comes through that his wife has died and his leave is cancelled. Kovac reacts badly when he finds out that Hanley received the news in time to recall him from patrol but by then Hanley and his platoon have moved off as part of an overall advance. Kovac follows them with the idea of killing Hanley in revenge. In the meantime, the platoon has been ambushed and Hanley becomes pinned down in a fox hole. After talking to Saunders, Kovac realizes Hanley took the correct action and between Saunders and Kovac they manage to beat off the Germans and save Hanley.
