[1] The series premiered on NBC on 13 February 1955 and ended its first run with the 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957.

[citation needed] It was shown for many years in syndication on American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.

The studio was one owned by Sophia Loren and was just outside the gates of the US Army base, Camp Darby, near Pisa.

Directors were Marcel Crevenne, Sam Newfield, Pierre Schwab, and Jean Yarbrough.

[3] Three episodes were spliced together as a film released in the United Kingdom called Desert Outpost (1954) directed by Sam Newfield.