Season 1 · Episode 27 — Hill 256
Kirby is on trial accused by Sgt. Midcaff who claims Kirby ran from the enemy. Kirby said there was a machine gun nest. After Kirby convinces Saunders he is telling the truth, Saunders and Caje must prove that Kirby is telling the truth about the machine gun nest.
Season 1 episodes
E1Saunders and his squad, "White Rook", go in to find out what happened to another squad, "Black Rook" that went silent while on a patrol to…
E2On the frontline, the squad receives three new replacements straight from rear echelon duty in England. They are Gainsborough (a scared, ov…
E3Jeffrey Hunter stars in "Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd" as tanker Sgt. Dane, a man mad at the world, mad at the war, and mad at God. He's not t…
E4While in a French town on leave, Hanley's leg is pinned by some debris during a bombing raid. In the church building with him is an undeton…
E5The squad B.A.R. (Browning Automatic Rifle) man who is also Saunder's friend is killed. Kirby believes the Saunders will give him the B.A.R…
E6Retrieving a downed pilot becomes even more nerve-wracking, because Lt. Hanley's battle-fatigued squad mistakenly shoots the messenger who…
E7While playing possum behind enemy lines, the wounded Hanley is captured, then interrogated. A When Hanley won't cooperate, General Von Stre…
E8Del Packer is a famous baseball star who was drafted into the army. He winds up as a replacement in the squad. While Kelly looks for a way…
E9A worn out Sgt. Saunders must lead Sgt. Jenkins and his men into an area that had already seen lots of casualties. All of the men except Sa…
E10A wounded Frenchman has important information. He and another man are injured when a land mind goes off. The squad takes refuge in a Conven…
E11In a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sgt. Saunders recalls the experiences of himself and several other men on the d…
E12Braddock, while on duty as Lt. Hanley's runner, is "appropriated" by a tough-talking, overbearing colonel as his jeep driver. Unfortunately…
E13After the battalion pushes the Germans out of a small French town, Pvt. Paul Villers, a member of Saunders' squad, asks permission to look…
E14D'Amato and Wharton, two close friends within the platoon, become separated from the rest of the men when the platoon comes under fire from…
E15Sgt. Saunders is taken prisoner by a German patrol. He is being transported with three other men, two Canadians and a French civilian, when…
E16A thirteen year old French boy wants to join the squad. After he is told he can't, he follows the squad. After Hanley is wounded, Caje tell…
E17Saunders' and Hanley's platoon is joined by a replacement soldier from Georgia named Moseby Lovelace, who comes complete with a new set of…
E18Ben Cooper plays Corporal Cross, the newest addiyion to the squad. For once, the new boy is a veteran. He is tormented by a fatal mistake h…
E19Doc, Braddock and several wounded GIs take refuge in a French Château owned by a wealthy aristocrat and his daughter. The father is concern…
E20P.F.C. Marsh runs into his wife Lt. Amelia Marsh at a field hospital. He asks for a pass to spend time with her. While he is waiting for hi…
E21Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage
E22The squad meets up with a lieutenant living in a cave.
E23Hanley and his men are taken prisoners. The encampment comes under artillery fire. The Germans get all but Saunders out. The men use the ar…
E24Sauders resents a female photo journalist until he sees the final results.
E25Hanley is pulled off the line and sent to London. He discovers that he is to be used in a secret mission to aid a French physicist to escap…
E26A young woman who cannot face the horrors of the war isolates herself in an idyllic garden which is unscathed by German bombs and refuses t…
E27Kirby is on trial accused by Sgt. Midcaff who claims Kirby ran from the enemy. Kirby said there was a machine gun nest. After Kirby convinc…
E28A never say die German stays behind after the German withdrawal to wage his own private war. He is aided by a beautiful but bitter Frenchwo…
E29The squad finds a baby in a barn and the mother had been killed. Saunders won't let them bring the baby along and the men don't like it. Sa…
E30Saunders becomes one of "The Walking Wounded" and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he.
E31Hanley, Saunders and their men are worried that the reckless bravery of a reputed one-man death-squad will get them all killed.
E32Caje must deal with killing a Frenchman. He does this by turning his attention to the dead man's daughter.The squad becomes worried about C…