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Citizen Soldier
a.k.a. - "The Big Attack"
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger
Burt Wilson (acted in "Defense of St. Vith")
references:
TV Guide
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Georgetown University

Produced by Ron W. Alcorn
Filmed in Germany
for First Run Syndication

US Military Anthology series 1956-57 39 episodes x 30 min bw

Premise:
Dramatized true-life incidents during World War II and the Korean conflict.

Recurring Cast:
John Erwin (the voice of "Morris the Cat" on TV, & drover Teddy on "Rawhide")
(appeared in 5 episodes of "Citizen Soldier" playing different roles
in one a paratrooper and another a chaplain).

Directed by Charles Marquis Warren - "Defense of St Vinth"
Music by Bert Grund

 Some syndicated airdates ...........
23Jan60 Ch 4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM
06Feb60 Ch 4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM ..St Vith Juncture
20Feb60 Ch 4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM
12Mar60 Ch.4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM
19Mar60 Ch.4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM
14May60 Ch.4 Pittsburgh PA, Sat 7:00PM

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Syndicated Program
Episodes Listed in earliest known airdate order

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): ROUGH RIDERS
(18Nov58 ABC, CBS, NBC Affiliate WHDH-TV Boston, Mass, Tue 10pm ET)
Synopsis:
True descendants of the Rough Riders were responsible for surprise,
lightening attacks that did much to confuse the enemy. (film) [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): AID MAN
14Jul59 NBC Tue WCSH-TV Boston Mass
Written by Jack Bennett
Synopsis:
In order to be allowed to join the Army, a young man must promise
his mother not to hurt anybody. Pfc. Pee Wee Donovan [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier: (unknown title)
26Jul59 ABC, CBS, NBC affiliate WHDH-TV Boston Mass, Sun)
Synopsis:
During the American occupation of Germany, American soldiers are
robbed and assaulted by a band of orphaned children. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier: SURRENDER OR DIE
02Aug1959 ABC, CBS, NBC Sun affiliate WHDH-TV Boston Mass, Sun)
Synopsis:
The American commander of an infantry battalion leads the first attach
on German soil September 1944. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): BIG SWAP
13Oct59 NBC  Boston, Tue 7pm ET
Synopsis:
A Red Cross Field Director bluffs his way behind enemy lines to
distribute supplies to American POW's. There he devises a plan
for a prisoner swap. Andrew G. Hodges, Red Cross Director, 94th
Infantry Division re-enacts his own story. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): THE WAR AND MIKE BRAY
(14Feb60)
Synopsis:
American soldiers find themselves robbed and assaulted by a band of
orphan children. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): DEFENSE OF ST. VITH
(15May60 NBC WCSH-TV Portland Maine, Sun 11:15pm ET)
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Guest Cast:
Burt Wilson ......... Captain
Paul Geil (all-American half-back from Minnesota)
Synopsis:
The events leading up to the suicidal German counter-attack in December,
1944 are dramatized. Troop B, 82nd Cavalry [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): (Unknown title)
(10Jul60)
Synopsis:
The American commander of an infantry battalion leads the first attack
on German soil in September 1944. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): MME. FROU FROU
(24Jul60)
Synopsis:
A pretty French girl trying to get to her prisoner of war husband helps
a platoon of Americans. [RF]

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): (Unknown title)
(10Mar62 ABC WKRC-TV Cincinnati, Sat)
Synopsis:
Late in the war, a home-front medic is transferred to the battlefields
and finds himself looked down upon as a "nursey" by the men in his
outfit. [RF]

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[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): FIRE FOR EFFECT
Written by Chas O'Neal,

[--] Citizen Soldier (anthology): THE LIE
Written by Jack Bennett,

[--] Citizen Soldier(anthology): MCGONICLE'S MIRACLE
Written by R.W. Alcorn & Chas O'Neal.

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