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#1 - ?

#2 - Per Filly: Anatomy of a Patrol. It is Vic,
Dick, William Sargent (Blocker), and Jack. When they cross the
river, Saunders tells Littlejohn, Blocker, and Kirby to come with
him. Then they shove off in the boat.

#3 - Jack Hogan

#4 - Robert Walker

#5 - Per Dodger: I believe photos #5, #6 are from the opening scenes of "The Gantlet". The
back of the truck was loaded with wounded soldiers when they were ambushed
and Saunders was captured. The scenes were filmed up the road from the
Bronson Canyon quarry.

Per Filly: Sorry, Dodger, but I gotta disagree with 5 and 6. If you watch the
episode The Long Wait right around the Directed By Edward Lakso, you
will see them pan across the truck. It seems to me that is the ep.
The guy on the right has his head bandaged, the guy on the floor with
his head toward the camera is correct, and in the background above
the guy on the floor, you can make out the guy with white showing
around his head and at his neck. In the ep The Long Wait, that would
be accurate with the show...the guy on the left was bandaged across
the head and down to his neck. Also, in Gantlet, the truck had one
wounded man with Saunders, and the rest were healthy. No one is
bandaged. Sorry, but it just ain't Gantlet.

Per Lynn Tremblay: And I have to repeat that the pic no. 5, on the first page, is from LONG WAIT. With the clearer image, I'm absolutely positive that the man sitting in the truck next to the "wounded man" is Conlan Carter. Conlan wasn't in GANTLET. So, I'm positive that this pic is taken from LONG WAIT.

#6 - See Photo #5

#7 - Per Dodger: Photos 7, 13 and 14 are from "Counter Punch" and features MGM's steam
locomotive. Engine #11 is the ex-Virginia and Truckee Railroad locomotive
"Reno', which ran elegant passenger trains between Reno, Carson City and
Virginia City, Nevada from the late 1880's to mid 1930's. Many of the V&T
locos, freight cars and passenger equipment was sold in 1937(?) to the movie
studios to help raise money to keep the railroad alive. After years of
service at MGM, "Reno" was sold to Old Tucson in Arizona, where I believe it
is still available for movie work.

#8 - Pierre Jalbert and the rest of the gang. Per Dodger: Photo 8 appears to have been taken at some army facility. An educated guess would be at Fort Ord, California (near Monterey) when the Combat! cast went to boot camp.

Per Filly: I have a question for you all. Now just give this a thought and don't poo poo it right away. OK. Dodger, you say that picture 8 is Fort Ord where the guys took their training. I want to suggest a slightly different scenario. Remember I think it was peacekeeper commenting that they looked like a group of Israeli commandos? Well, as I looked at the pic, I am not convinced first that is Pierre. They guy looks awfully tall for Pierre. Second, the guys are wearing what appear to be camo if not some kind of a pattern more similar to tiger stripes. In every picture I've seen from there, the Combat guys were dressed in green fatigues. I don't believe that they'd have been given several outfits for the training. And we know that in Combat the squad never wore camouflage. Next. The boots don't look right to my unpracticed eye. Is there any evidence that this actually *is* in the United States? I've been looking for evidence...like the painting at the back of the truck on the right (has a kind of European look...the license plate is either long or there is a bumper sticker on it. The shape and size of the car or truck? Any of the buildings or signs? *Could* this be a picture of soldiers in Israel? Just a thought. I think I heard that Vic took Earl and several others with him to Israel...after Target Harry was done? And we *do* have pictures of Target: Harry taken by Earl. Anybody else any observations? If not then I won't bother to continue. Just a thought.

Per Sarge Ginette: Filly - I agree with you on this. Because if you go to Camo's Canteen. Camo has an article up there showing the guys of Combat! when they were training and they are not dress like that.

Per ChipsChick: Thanks so much for providing the space to display all those great photographs that Chris Cooper was able to obtain. I have some insight on photo # 8 -- the possible Israeli soldiers. I was corresponding with Earl Parker back in late 98. He sent me some photos and told me a couple of stories. After they filmed the movie TARGET HARRY, Earl, Vic, Jo Lee and a bunch of friends went over to Israel. It seems that it was shortly after that Israeli war that won them their official country of Israel. I can't recall the same of the war but I believe it was in 1967. Hope that helps confirm the location. As we know, Earl was a huge photo buff.

#9 - Earl Parker (slide is dated Sep 1967)

Per Sarge Ginette: About Photo #9, As much as I want it to be Vic, it's not him. It's Earl Parker. Look at his right hand. If it was Vic the index would have been different, the finger on that pic is normal size, not Vic cute little index. I may be wrong but he really looks like Earl. No I'm sure it's Earl.

Per Lynn Tremblay: Sarge Ginette, I looked at that pic a while (okay. A looong time), and the right index on that man really does looks normally shaped. Vic's right index didn't look like that.
But Boy! Does the face ever look like Vic's! It's uncanny. It's hard to figure. So,
looking at man's face and his index, trying to compare and figure them both out, I have
to conclude that you're right; there's a much bigger chance that pic is of Earl than
might be of Vic.

Per Filly: I agree...but for a different reason. That isn't Vic's mouth...it is Earl's. The whole shape of the head is too square. And the body is a tad leaner than Vic, too. Definitely Earl. But is there any way to know where it was taken, during the filming of which episode?

Per TG and Marta: We've finally analyzed the slide with a high-powered magnifying glass, and TG's learned opinion is that it's Earl. :-)

#10 - Vic Morrow

#11 - Vic Morrow

#12 - Eddie Ryder

#13 - Vic Morrow (see Photo #7 for explanation)

#14 - See Photo #7 for explanation

#15 - Conlan Carter

#16 - Dick Peabody. Per Dodger: Photo 16 of Dick Peabody was taken at Hop Kiln winery during the filming of "Ollie Joe." The large ventilation stacks on the top of the building establish that location.

#17 - Dick Peabody??

#18 - ??

#19 - Conlan Carter

#20 - Mason (Eddie Ryder), "The Glory Among Men"

#21 - Fred Dale. Per Dodger: Photo 21 with the fellow on top of the tank most likely was from the episode "The Gun". The large pine covered hillside is very characteristic of the Korbel area near Guerneville where that episode was filmed.

#22 - Conlan Carter. Per Dodger: Photo 22 of Conlan Carter again was done at Korbel. Here you see Conlan standing in front of an apple orchard, note the neatly spaced trees. Two
episodes were filmed at that location. "A Walk with an Eagle" features the
orchard in the boring motorcycle chase scenes and the orchard was used for a
shootout in "Birthday Cake."

Per King Two: I don't think this was shot of Doc was taken at Korbel. It looks somewhat like the Apple orchard they used in first season ("Survival" and "The Volunteer", and I think others).  As far as I know, they didn't go to Korbel in 1st Season (that would have been an expensive location shoot for a show just starting out in the lineup). Was there an Apple Orchard at Thousand Oaks or the Farm across the Highway from Thousand Oaks (the farm area where much of Gunsmoke was shot?)

Per Green Recruit: I'm sorry King Two but I respectfully disagree with your observations and
here is why...

In Season # 1, the show rarely left the MGM lots. The exceptions being "The Celebrity" which was shot at Gene Autry's Melody Ranch after a fire at that location. Dodger questioned Burt Kennedy about this at Recon '98. "A Day in June" with the beach scene being filmed at Point Dume was off the lot. We all know that Conlan Carter did not become Doc until Season # 2.

The apple orchard from "Survival" and a few other episodes was located on backlot # 3. Note the irregular locations of the trees and the much smaller size of the orchard. Now take a look at Page 1 Photo # 22. Note the very straight lines of trees and the *immense* size. Definitely NOT the "Survival"
orchard ... this one has been planted professionally.

This orchard was featured prominently in two Combat! episodes... "A Walk with an Eagle" with that wild motorcycle ride and "Birthday Cake." Since Conlan Carter was NOT in "Birthday Cake" this photo definitely comes from "A Walk with an Eagle." I stand behind Dodger's observation that this is the Korbel area. To our knowledge, there is no other orchard location other than these two.

#23 - Per Dodger: Photo 23 has another tank turret in the picture but the background shows a
large Eucalyptus tree, my guess is it is in Southern California, most likely at MGMs backlot.