My father liked Combat! and we kids often watched it with him.
One day I had a horrible flu and very high fever, and all night I hallucinated that my bed was surrounded by enemy soldiers who were going to kill my family...
Combat
Rat Patrol
I Spy
Secret Agent
The Prisoner
Combat & Rat Patrol were the inspiration for all the adolescent boys on my block in Kansas City. All we played, all the time, was War, in two opposing teams. In scenarios based on the TV shows.
The character of John Drake in Secret Agent was a lesson in cool.