Sat, Jan 26, 1963
Lt. Kimbro leads a squad of volunteers behind enemy lines in order to demolish a strategic bridge, thus bottling up a large Nazi contingency force, setting them up for an oncoming massive Allied bombing raid. However, Kimbro's mission is problematized by a personal clash between two men in his unit -- a zealous demolition expert (Peter Brown) and the Italian engineer who designed and built the bridge in question.
Fri, Nov 2, 1962
John Dehner guest-stars as Captain Rauch, a German officer in command of a small enemy unit manning an observation post just outside a village that Benedict's company has just captured. A series of skirmishes between Rauch's men and a small American reconnaissance team results in the death of all except Rauch and Private Gibson. The resulting standoff pits Gibson, the Tennessee mountain boy, and Rauch, the rich but war-weary Bavarian gentleman, in a psychological battle of nerve and wit.
Fri, Oct 12, 1962
Peter Breck guest-stars as Private Draper, the loner of Benedict's outfit who refuses to volunteer with the other men in helping the people of a liberated Italian village put their lives back together. Later however, he reluctantly takes on the job as schoolteacher for the town's orphaned children -- and in doing so, he rediscovers his own humanity.
Fri, Dec 7, 1962
While working behind enemy lines with Kimbro and Gibson, the gruff, no-nonsense Sergeant McKenna unexpectedly discovers himself falling in love with a pretty Italian partisan, Dina (Mala Powers). Unfortunately, another resistance fighter, Lupo (Rodolfo Acosta) -- himself a jealous admirer of Dina -- would prefer to see McKenna dispensed with altogether.
Fri, Nov 30, 1962
After Benedict's company has secured an Italian village from retreating Germans, the captain discovers there are no children there. After several unsuccessful attempts to resolve this mystery with the locals, he is finally informed that the town's children are being held hostage by a small group of Nazis in a well-secured underground cellar.
Fri, Nov 16, 1962
In the most action-packed of all 26 episodes, Private Lopuschok, an Army clothes-fitter who has spent much of the war in the quartermaster corps, is given the chance to finally serve on the front lines. Though he is well-liked by his fellow soldiers, he's a "foul-up" on combat duty and constantly refuses to obey orders. What eventually happens to Lopuschok triggers a serious falling-out between Captain Benedict and Lieutenant Kimbro.
Fri, Oct 26, 1962
While on a mission behind enemy lines, Private D'Angelo is badly wounded but saved from capture by Italian partisans. While recovering in their hideout, however, D'Angelo overhears the name of a spy who the partisans have successfully planted within the high command of German Occupation forces. So when afterward they discover D'Angelo speaks and understands Italian, the guerrillas debate on whether it will be necessary to kill the private in order to keep knowledge of the plant safe.
Sat, Feb 23, 1963
As Wright, D'Angelo, and Gibson are headed to Naples for rest and relaxation away from the front lines, their plans are altered as a German artillery barrage knocks out their jeep, stranding the trio in a sector where the Nazis are about to begin a massive counterattack on Allied forces.