Combat!
Forgotten Front
TV Flash files “Forgotten Front” as a desk essential hour — Combat! (1962–1967) on ABC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1962-10-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 152 in the Combat! guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1962-10-02 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Rear Echelon Commandos” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Forgotten Front”. Forgotten Front is the 1962 contract: Vic Morrow's Sgt. Saunders, a weary squad, WWII Europe as grind rather than glory.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Forgotten Front sit in the Combat! guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 152 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Combat! S01E01 air?
Forgotten Front aired 1962-10-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
A Saunders-and-Hanley small-unit hour is the grind: Morrow's weary sergeant, Jason's lieutenant, mud over glory. Ensemble war, not a single-hero comic.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Combat! is the decade's defining infantry drama: Vic Morrow's Sgt. Saunders leading a weary squad through WWII Europe with more mud than glory. Rick Jason's Lt. Hanley keeps the hour in small-unit grind. Ensemble war television that later squad stories still echo — black-and-white grit, not flag-waving, on an ABC schedule still full of westerns.
Five seasons, **152 episodes**, ABC 1962–1967: Vic Morrow's Sgt. Saunders leading a weary squad through WWII Europe with more mud than glory. Rick Jason's Lt. Hanley keeps Combat! in small-unit grind; Pierre Jalbert's Caje sits in the ensemble. Robert Pirosh's series treated war as work and cost, not parade — black-and-white grit on a schedule still full of westerns. Rex will toast the infantry hour as a cathedral of craft. The window is weekly grind, not a limited-event drop. Ensemble war television that later…
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