by Hal Erickson
synopsis
It's another tour of duty for Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason), Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow) and the men of King Company as Combat launches its fourth season. In one of those bureaucratic snafus that proliferated during WW2, pro boxer Willy Kleve (Ben Cooper) and his manager Doc Murphy (Jack Carter), originally slated for a cushy Special Services unit, are assigned to Saunders' squad instead. Knowing that Willy's hands are his meal ticket, Murphy is determined to protect his boy from harm at all costs--even if it means that the rest of Saunders' men must sacrifice their own lives.