TIME TRAVEL 
This new machine is working just great. ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.
If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off.
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Landing with a gentle thump. Here we are - Let me turn on the television to see what is on.
Do any of you remember these shows?
Combat
10/2/1962- 8/29/1967 - ABC
Black and White/Color - 60 minutes
152 episodes
Combat Cast
Rick Jason as Lieutenant Gil Hanley
Vic Morrow as Sgt. Chip Saunders Kane
Pierre Jalbert as Caje
Jack Hogan as William G. Kirby
Dick Peabody as Littlejohn
William Bryant as McCall (1966-67)
Conlan Carter as Doc (1963-67)
Shecky Greene as Braddock (1962-63)
Tom Lowell as Billy Nelson (1962-64)
Steven Rogers as Doc (1962-63)
Combat Theme Song
None listed
Combat Tidbits
Combat depicted the lives of one platoon of soldiers fighting their way across Europe in World War II. The long running show was very realistic, even to the point of using actual war footage in some epsiodes. And unlike many other WWII shows, this cast was sent to "boot camp" before filming began. Neither the war nor the cast was ever portrayed ina glamorous way.
Passings
Vic Morrow died in 1982 as a result of a helicopter crash on the set of "Twilight Zone:The Movie," Dick Peabody in 1999 of prostrate cancer and Rick Jason in 2000 of self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Rat Patrol
September 1966-September 1968 – ABC
Color - 30 minutes
58 episodes
Rat Patrol Cast
Christopher George as Sgt. Sam Troy
Gary Raymond as Sgt. Jack Moffitt
Eric Braeden as Capt. Hauptman Hans Dietrich (as Hans Gudegast)
Lawrence P. Casey as Pvt. Mark Hitchcock (as Lawrence Casey)
Justin Tarr as Pvt. Tully Pettigrew
Regular Guests:
Manfred Lating as Orderly / Lt. Strum / ... (11 episodes)
Norbert Meisel as Truck Driver / German Guard / ... (6 episodes)
Stanley Adams as El Gamil (3 episodes)
Claudine Longet as Marianne (2 episodes)
Michael Vandever as Lt. Dorf / Lt. Reiner (2 episodes)
Rat Patrol Theme Song
None listed
Rat Patrol Tidbits
Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. (In utter defiance of historical accuracy, the team consists of three Americans and one Brit.) Armed with jeeps equipped with .50-caliber machine guns--and endless chutzpah--they wage a highly irregular war against Rommel's Afrika Korps. Their most common nemesis is Hauptmann Dietrich, though Dietrich and the Rats join forces from time to time against a common enemy.
Each episodes title had the word Raid in it. This show rode in on the heels of the highly popular COMBAT. However it sadly lacked the excitement and interesting story lines that Combat had. The same U.S. and British guys fought the same German Afrika Corp guy week in and week out. Sometimes they all teamed up with each other. The stories in those weren't any better.
The red cap that Pvt. Hitchcock wears is a Civil War Confederate artillery lieutenant's kepi.
Passings
Didn’t find anything on this
Special Note: The information on this series was very sketchy and I had to piece a lot of it together. If you see errors or can add anything else, feel free to say something.
F Troop
9/14/1965 – 8/31/1967 ABC
Black and White/Color – 30 minutes
F Troop Cast
Forrest Tucker as Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
Larry Storch as Cpl. Randolph Agarn
Melody Patterson as Wrangler Jane Angelica Thrift
Frank DeKova as Chief Wild Eagle
Don Diamond as Crazy Cat
James Hampton as Trooper Hannibal Dobbs
Bob Steele as Trooper Duffy
Joe Brooks as Trooper Vanderbilt
John Mitchum as Trooper Hoffenmueller
Regular guests:
Ivan Bell as Trooper Duddleson (6 episodes)
Benny Baker as Pete / Pete the Bartender (4 episodes)
Ben Frommer as Smokey Bear / Papa Bear (4 episodes)
Harvey Parry as Charlie / Charley / ... (3 episodes)
James Gregory as Major Duncan / Big Jim Parker (3 episodes)
F Troop Theme Song
None listed. There is one but could not find it.
F Trooop Tidbits
The stars of this military farce were the gallant incompetents of F Troop at Fort Courage, somewhere west of the Missouri, in post-Civil War days. The CO was the wide-eyed, bumbling Captain Parmenter, who had been promoted from private during the closing days of the war when he accidentally led a charge in the wrong direction, toward the enemy. Unbeknowst to the captain, Sgt. O'Rourke had already negotiated a secret, and highly profitable treaty with the Hekawi Indians, from whom he also had an exclusive franchise to sell their souvenirs to tourists. There was no peace treaty with the Shugs, however, and they sometimes caused trouble. Cpl. Agarn was O'Rourke's chief aid and assistant schemer, and Wrangler Jane the hard-riding, fast-shooting cowgirl who was out to marry Parmenter.
Passings
Once again I found nothing on this.
That's the end of the ride for today. Please watch your step on exiting the time machine. Now that I've shown you a few, how about you share something from your memory. Or, if one of these were your favorite show then, share a memory of the best episode for you.
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