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Posted: 3/29/2012 10:18:34 AM
[Last Edit: 3/29/2012 10:18:34 AM by coctailer]
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT |
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Posted: 3/28/2012 11:31:31 PM
Little John was bad with that BAR.
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Posted: 3/28/2012 11:33:49 PM
Grew up when it was on TV. Played Army with the neighbors because of it. Watch it every time I wake up at 3AM to pee and it is on MEtv.
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Posted: 3/28/2012 11:34:46 PM
of course i love it
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Posted: 3/29/2012 12:11:12 AM
Loved that one too. I remember the guest stars always got to be killed.
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Posted: 3/29/2012 12:48:13 AM
Originally Posted By BigTom111:
Little John was bad with that BAR. I think Kirby was the BAR man. My favorite show when I was a kid. |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 6:44:25 AM
I always wanted Vic Morrow's Thompson. The last season of the show was broadcast in color. 1965 IIRC. I got the itch for a 1911 ( the Lt. carried a WW1 1911). Oh, don't forget Voyage To The Bottom of Sea. Just about had a high speed come a part when they broke the arms out of the locker to do battle when that weeks' monster. Hey, I said I'm old.
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Posted: 3/29/2012 7:18:46 AM
I don't have to remember it...It's on cable now...
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Posted: 3/29/2012 7:53:36 AM
"Combat"
Especially liked watching the show with late Uncle cause he'd sometimes talk about his WWII experiences. "The guy should be dead" he'd often say whenever there was a close artillery burst. He'd always smile when Lt. Hanley came on. I never figured out why till much later - his Colonel was named Hanley too. "Suicide" Hanley was his nickname cause he'd always go forward to check on the line companies - often taking my Uncle and his telephone wire section with him. Colonel was considered "good luck" cause no one accompanying him was ever hit - not for lack of the Germans trying - artillery and MG fire. Oh - and Saunders' "deadly" Thompson - he must have killed half the Wehrmacht with that thing. Hanley, Saunders, Kirby, Caje, Little John, the young kid(can't remember name) - what other characters? YMMV |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 10:08:40 AM
there was an episode where sgt saunders squad was left alone w/ squad wiped out i think... he survived but with burned hands. he was walking back to the lines and was starving. he came up on an apple tree with apples hanging just out of reach, and he just sat there and stared until one fell off and he was able to eat... that spectre of the apples just out of reach haunted me as a young man....
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Posted: 3/29/2012 10:17:39 AM
is this retro AR related??
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Posted: 3/29/2012 11:18:33 AM
Loved that show.
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Posted: 3/29/2012 11:27:36 AM
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Originally Posted By mechanicuss:
there was an episode where sgt saunders squad was left alone w/ squad wiped out i think... he survived but with burned hands. he was walking back to the lines and was starving. he came up on an apple tree with apples hanging just out of reach, and he just sat there and stared until one fell off and he was able to eat... that spectre of the apples just out of reach haunted me as a young man.... Wow! I remember that show too. The look on his face as he stared at the apples was almost too much to watch - felt like reaching in and picking an apple for him. Remember Vic Morrow's death in the Twilight Zone movie? Really tragic. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Vic_Morrow?oo=0 |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 11:31:33 AM
[Last Edit: 3/29/2012 11:32:27 AM by Mike_314]
That show is part of reason for my love of Thompsons and BARs.
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Posted: 3/29/2012 11:47:42 AM
Remember it well, watched it when I was a kid.
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Posted: 3/29/2012 11:48:55 AM
Check mate king 2 this is white rook over
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Posted: 3/31/2012 12:11:27 AM
Originally Posted By JeffB: Check mate king 2 this is white rook over I used mess around on the radio in Iraq saying just that |
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Posted: 3/31/2012 1:45:59 AM
Originally Posted By Jester617:
Originally Posted By JeffB:
Check mate king 2 this is white rook over I used mess around on the radio in Iraq saying just that Too funny. I still like to watch those shows. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 2:27:13 PM
I grew up on "COMBAT!" reruns too. That was the first time I ever saw a G-43. And I learned that Vic Morrow would complain about how heavy the Thompson was, so the prop department constructed a light-weight wooden copy for him to carry in some of the non-firing scenes. It is visible in quite a few episodes. I also remember the episode with actor James Caan playing a nasty Wehrmacht NCO carrying a MP-40 mock-up build from a Reising M-50. Pretty bizaar looking. I remember seeing the same gun for sale in J. Curtis Earle's machinegun catalog back in the late 1970's.
The younger guy in the squad was named Billy Nelson. Kirby was the BAR gunner, but he started out carrying a Garand. There was an episode devoted to him proving to Sarge that he was capable of handling the weapon. Almost all the actors have passed on now. I think only Jack Hogan (Kirby) and Conlan Carter (Doc) are still alive. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 3:22:36 PM
Thanks.
I could not for the life of me remember the name of the young guy - "Billy". |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:56:50 PM
We grew up watching Combat! Loved it as a child. As an adult, I noticed they always fought on the same village and that they fought among (California's) eucalyptus trees.
The Rat Patrol was fun too. |
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Posted: 4/3/2012 2:16:24 AM
I second that.
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Posted: 4/3/2012 3:23:42 AM
Originally Posted By PAK43:
I grew up on "COMBAT!" reruns too. That was the first time I ever saw a G-43. And I learned that Vic Morrow would complain about how heavy the Thompson was, so the prop department constructed a light-weight wooden copy for him to carry in some of the non-firing scenes. It is visible in quite a few episodes. I also remember the episode with actor James Caan playing a nasty Wehrmacht NCO carrying a MP-40 mock-up build from a Reising M-50. Pretty bizaar looking. I remember seeing the same gun for sale in J. Curtis Earle's machinegun catalog back in the late 1970's. The younger guy in the squad was named Billy Nelson. Kirby was the BAR gunner, but he started out carrying a Garand. There was an episode devoted to him proving to Sarge that he was capable of handling the weapon. Almost all the actors have passed on now. I think only Jack Hogan (Kirby) and Conlan Carter (Doc) are still alive. "Lt Hanley" Rick Jason committed suicide. "Kirby" Jack Hogan is still alive. |
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Posted: 4/15/2012 10:34:42 AM
Originally Posted By Mike_314:
That show is part of reason for my love of Thompsons and BARs. +1 |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 10:26:21 PM
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Lets not forget one of my favorites, "The Silent Service". Loved watching that show with my Dad......
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Posted: 5/13/2012 10:03:31 PM
Saunders was my favorite.
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