ABC-TV's Combat, World War II, and the Enduring Image of the Combat Cold Warrior
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Publication Title
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television
Abstract
Although certainly not the first war drama on American television (it was preceded by Navy Log, 1955 and Combat Sergeant, 1956), the ABC-TV series Combat became television's longest running war drama with 152 hour-long epi-sodes beginning with the 1962-63 television season and ending on August 29, 1967. Combat followed the exploits of the US Army 2nd Platoon, K Com-pany, fighting its way across France during World War II following the D-Day invasion (Brooks 160-61).
Recommended Citation
Pierson, David P., "ABC-TV's Combat, World War II, and the Enduring Image of the Combat Cold Warrior" (2001). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 152.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/usm-faculty-and-staff-scholarship/152
