<<and then for some inexplicable reason one or two of those germans would suddenly stand up from behind the rock and some other cover they were behind and would subsequently then get drilled through by one of the G.I.s.
And almost every time that would happen, good ol' Pop would say to me..."Ya know son, those germans WEREN'T that dumb when I was fightin' 'em over there!!!">>
Right.
There was some of that typical TV 'suspension of disbelief' (?) stuff goin' on...good guys vs bad guys type thing. I think it made up for it with the sets and story lines, some pretty believable looking war action, and some good acting. A few years ago Encore Action channel had a marathon of Combat episodes. They still hold up well.
It was a serious war type show that i took interest in instead of the usual comedy styled war shows like McHale's Navy and Hogan's Heroes, and the frenetic Sgt. Bilko (which i dug quite a bit anyway). I don't think we'll see anything like that again...different times for sure.
No goats, no glory.
