Combat Zone
Each episode of Combat Zone focuses on a single battle, mission or moment of armed conflict from recent history. Tales of heroism, courage and valor - including stories from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq - are told by the men who fought them.
- 2007-2007
- 1 season
- DCI
- Documentary, Action & Adventure
Each episode of Combat Zone focuses on a single battle, mission or moment of armed conflict from recent history. Tales of heroism, courage and valor - including stories from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq - are told by the men who fought them.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2007
Episode 1
A Tight Spot: Operation Desert Storm, Iraq
Fri, Jan 5, 2007 44 mins
Iraq, 1991 - Eight Green Berets from US Army Special Forces go deep inside Iraq to gather info on a key Iraqi location when they are suddenly attacked. It's a harrowing encounter with sleek coordination between air and ground support.
Episode 2
Rescue in Panama
Mon, Jan 8, 2007 44 mins
Panama, 1989 - Dictator Manuel Noriega ordered captors to kill American prisoner Kurt Muse if any rescue is attempted. The fourteen Delta Force commandos sent in faced danger - and disaster.
Episode 3
Battle of Hue
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 44 mins
Vietnam, 1968 - As the war explodes with cities in the south falling like dominoes to the Communist forces from the north, US Marines in the city of Hue quickly find themselves badly outnumbered. They must fight building to building to save the city.
Episode 4
Invasion of Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury 1983
Mon, Jan 15, 2007 44 mins
Leftist rebels seize control of the government of Grenada and execute the prime minister. In just four days, US forces plan Operation Urgent Fury and execute, sending hundreds of elite soldiers to the island in the hopes of saving the 800 American students caught in the crossfire.
Episode 5
Battle of Inchon
Mon, Jan 29, 2007 44 mins
Korea, 1950 - Three months after Communist North Korea invaded the South, thousands of US Marines hit the beaches behind enemy lines to form a fierce counterattack. Joined by Army infantry, in only 2 weeks they recaptured the South's capitol of Seoul.
Episode 6
Battle of Tal Afar
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 44 mins
Iraq, 2005 - For centuries, the city of Tal Afar served as a trading post linking East and West. By 2005, Al-Qaeda's brutal reign turned it into a ghost town. In May, the US Army moves in to wipe them out, restoring Iraqi government control to the city.
Episode 7
Triangle of Death
Sat, Mar 10, 2007 44 mins
Iraq, 2004 - Free elections approach for Iraqis but south of Baghdad beheadings, executions, roadside bombs, robberies and chaos rule the area. US Marines will need courage and heroism to beat the enemy and make it safe for the election.
Episode 8
Ambush in Hawijah
Sat, Mar 24, 2007 44 mins
Hawijah, Iraq 2004 - Fort McHenry, the US Military's Forward Operating Base outside Hawijah, suffered egregious attacks in Operation Iraqi Freedom. To protect the new Iraqi police, on August 7 the Army enters the town square - and into a kill zone.
Episode 9
SLA Gunfight: Los Angeles 1974
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 44 mins
Heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army), then follow with a daring bank robbery. The ensuing shootout was captured on t.v. and viewers wondered if Patty Hearst was inside.
Episode 10
Hill 875
Mon, Mar 5, 2007 44 mins
Vietnam, Thanksgiving 1967 - As Viet Cong forces hid themselves in the jungle, US Airborne Infantry fought hard for "Hill 875". They charged for days to within almost 20 yards of the VC, and just in reach of one of their last sure victories of the war.
Episode 11
Battle of Najaf
Mon, Mar 12, 2007 44 mins
Najaf, Iraq 2004 - The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery.
Episode 12
Ambush of Lake Tharthar
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 44 mins
Iraq, 2005 - A small US/Iraqi team working near Samara come under a fierce attack. Outmanned and outgunned, their call for air support is answered by just two US choppers in the area. The pilots come under heavy enemy fire trying to rescue their troops.
Episode 13
Patrol Boat Rescue
Mon, Mar 26, 2007 44 mins
Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
