Combat!
Rear Echelon Commandos
TV Flash files “Rear Echelon Commandos” as hour 2 of 152 in the TV Flash guide — Combat! (1962–1967) on ABC, season 1, episode 2, aired 1962-10-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 152 in the Combat! guide, hour 2 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1962-10-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Forgotten Front” (S01E01). Next is “Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sgt. Saunders has to search a deserted town for Germans with 3 very inexperienced soldiers, in which one may be a coward.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rear Echelon Commandos sit in the Combat! guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 152 — hour 2 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Combat! S01E02 air?
Rear Echelon Commandos aired 1962-10-09 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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