Don't point RPGs at US soldiers!

Regnirps wrote:
: "It's Me Again" wrote:
:
:: For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad
:: Automatic Weapon.
:
: For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent
: of Kirby and his BAR.

Oh, the memories! I used to go nuts when Kirby would let loose with his
BAR...what a distinctive sound it made. I remember in the 70's (74?)
when the SLA (Symbionse Liberation Army) kidnapped Patty Hearst and
later (a few months?) there was a shootout between the SLA and the
(can't remember if it was SF or LA) police. This was broadcast on the
news and sure as **** you could hear the thud-thud-thud of the BAR going
off in the background (guess someone in the SLA liked that particular
weapon). I still remember that day, just like I remember good ol'
"Combat" (wish I could remember things that happened last week, however
;-( ).

:
: What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?

12 O'Clock High?

J.
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Regnirps wrote:
"It's Me Again" wrote:

For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad Automatic
Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of Kirby
and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?


I don't remember another ground combat show at that same time, but it seems like
"12 O'Clock High" was on with Paul Burke as the CO. Also "McHale's Navy... but
I don't think that's the one you mean.




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Mortimer Schnerd, RN


http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

From: "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" am
Date: 6/19/2004 6:04 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

Regnirps wrote:
"It's Me Again" wrote:

For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad
Automatic
Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of
Kirby
and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?


I don't remember another ground combat show at that same time, but it seems
like
"12 O'Clock High" was on with Paul Burke as the CO. Also "McHale's Navy...
but
I don't think that's the one you mean.

--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN


There was another one that came out during Combat's second season. The only
thing I remember about it was the parachute flare during the opening credits.

There was also a female version of Mchale's Navy called "Broadsides."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

B2431 wrote:

From: "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" am
Date: 6/19/2004 6:04 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

Regnirps wrote:

"It's Me Again" wrote:


For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad

Automatic

Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of

Kirby

and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?


I don't remember another ground combat show at that same time, but it seems
like
"12 O'Clock High" was on with Paul Burke as the CO. Also "McHale's Navy...
but
I don't think that's the one you mean.


--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN



There was another one that came out during Combat's second season. The only
thing I remember about it was the parachute flare during the opening credits.

There was also a female version of Mchale's Navy called "Broadsides."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Earlier than those was "Rat Patrol" taking place in the Western Desert
during the African campaigns. Wild and wooly shoot-em-up in jeeps with
fifties mounted.

George

Earlier than those was "Rat Patrol" taking place in the Western Desert
during the African campaigns. Wild and wooly shoot-em-up in jeeps with
fifties mounted.


Clinch that cee-gar between your teeth and charge the 10 enemy armored vehicles
that look remarkably like the same 10 armored that guarded similar trucks
(eventually passed down to Hooogan's Heroes, I think) you blew up last week.
Curiously, Erwin Rommel is a late-20s dashing evilguy Victor Newman, with
apparently nothing better to do than run around the desert losing two battles
per week to a small roving band of ninjas in Land Rovers. "Rat Patrol",
Hogan's nitwits, 12 O'clock High, McHale's Navy, and a few others (Gilligan,
anyone?) were my primary after-school diversions as a youngster. I grew up
thinking all ship Captains were idiots (unless they drove a PT-boat); all
Majors had combat fatigue; our guns never ran out but apparently a lot of our
bombs were duds; a Corsair could beat anything in the sky (as long as it was
maintained by the worst Sergeant ever busted back to Private); most blustery
Colonels ultimately withdraw from conflict (beaten, invariably, by a crafter,
young Major); RAF planes explode - Japanese planes fall in flames - German
planes that fall in combat have an insane Nazi pilot guiding it down - all
heavily damaged US planes make it back to base; and most German soldiers wore
their Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, Diamonds and Shovels proudly at
their necks. Its the closest thing to a military education my family could
afford.

v/r
Gordon
PS, Shipmates, come to the USS KIRK reunion next weekend, San Diego.Muster on
the bow of the USS Midway, our old "high value unit". Good weather promised.
====(A+C====
USN SAR

An LZ is a place you want to land, not stay.

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

Regnirps wrote:

"It's Me Again" wrote:

For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad Automatic
Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of Kirby
and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?

I don't remember another ground combat show at that same time, but it seems like
"12 O'Clock High" was on with Paul Burke as the CO. Also "McHale's Navy... but
I don't think that's the one you mean.

"The Gallant Men".


SMH

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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:

Regnirps wrote:
"It's Me Again" wrote:

For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad
Automatic
Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of
Kirby
and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?

"The Gallant Men"

"Regnirps" wrote in message
...
"It's Me Again" wrote:

For those of you who are wondering what SAW is (I was), it's Squad
Automatic
Weapon.

For those who remember "Combat", the SAW man is the modern equivalent of
Kirby
and his BAR.

What was the WWII TV show that competed with Combat?

-- Charlie Springer



The Action Channel is showing Combat again and also made a 30 minute
retrospective of the show. The series has really aged well as it was well
written and directed. One thing I had forgotten was that they never used
subtitles when a French or German character spoke, it was up to you to
figure it out. They used a lot of young actors and a few young directors
that are famous now.
In the retrospective, everyone remembered how in awe they were at Lee
Marvin's acting and drinking ability. Dale Dye, the Ex-Marine that acted as
the military advisor to Platoon and a lot of other movies said that when
they had a chance to see it on Armed Forces TV in Nam, some guy would say
"Hey we should of tried that last week" when watching the program.

Joe




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