Fri, Oct 5, 1962
American Fifth Army captain Jim Benedict leads his company in a beach assault at Salerno, as Allied forces begin their push up the Italian peninsula. William Windom guest-stars as a disgraced major now serving incognito as a private in Benedict's unit -- a soldier determined to atone for transgressions committed earlier in the war during the North Africa campaign.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Sat, Dec 29, 1962
During the liberation of an Italian town D'Angelo is reunited with an old friend, 'Goldbrick' Gilmartin. After the liberation they camp near town and the two friends get passes and go to the nearest saloon. Gilmartin and D'Angelo meet two women and to Gilmartin she's just another doll but D'Angelo falls head over heels in love with his. Captain Benedict is alarmed when D'Angelo wants to sign over his GI insurance to her.