I've wanted a 'track since I was a kid watching Combat starring Vic Morrow (not reruns) in the mid '60s.
Lacoda.....I also remember Combat well when it was a prime time series. I spent many hours with my plastic Thompson "Chicago typewritrer"mowing down legions of "dirty Krauts" with my buddies.
We kept ourselves occupied for hours at a time outdoors without video games or other modern amusements. When the weather was bad we moved indoors with our plastic tanks, soldiers, planes and self-invented "special effects".
"Take that you lousey Hun." BURRRAKKKKKKKKK ......BURRRAAAKKKKKKK......BURRRRAAKKKKKKK........
The politically correct crowd would have a heart attack now if this generation of kids played "war" the way we did.
I also remember "12 O'Clock High" with Robert Stack.
I got to fly in a B-17 a few years ago with my youngest son......it was the best money I ever spent.
I manned the waist gun for a while and several imaginary ME-109's bit the dust on my watch
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