S1.E11

Here's to Courageous Cowards

Episode aired Dec 4, 1964
1h

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Gen. Savage has to handle a major who's burning himself out after 35 missions and a conscientious objector corporal who still joined the Air Force.Gen. Savage has to handle a major who's burning himself out after 35 missions and a conscientious objector corporal who still joined the Air Force.Gen. Savage has to handle a major who's burning himself out after 35 missions and a conscientious objector corporal who still joined the Air Force.

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8.0/10

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Trivia
The music in this episode closely resembles the Star Trek theme song

Goofs
With the series set in 1943, at the beginning Major Morse and Captain Wilson look at Corporal Lawrence's personnel file and mention his age as 21. Later, Lawrence tells General Savage that his father was killed in France on November 11, 1918 (the last day of World War I). Unless his mother had a 4-year pregnancy, Lawrence is lying about either his age or who his father was.

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10/10

Action and angst filled episode

This is a strong story written by Al Ward, who wrote the initial episode, and he has a good grasp of both Savage and Stovall. The director was Don Medford, who directed nearly half the first seasons episodes, further strengthening the characters. Savage is hard up for crews, but he has an experienced pilot burning out and a potential gunner who hasn't figured out if he has reason enough to fight. He's a clerk in Stovalls office, and Savage warns him against any father/son action. I have to wonder if that line was a late addition to the dialogue, since Brandon deWilde did play Frank Overtons son, another mixed up kid, in an episode of The Virginian.

As usual, Stovall has insights and knowledge about both troubled men, but Savage isn't pleased with any of it.

The battle scenes area scary and exciting . This episode is a good example that this show is not about the war, but men having to deal with war.