[1] Sergeant Nelson's orders, which came from General Harrison, led him into spying on Germans, coordination of efforts of various Allied military forces, and other activities.
[5] Combat Sergeant was produced by National Telefilm Associates, and had originally been intended as a first-run syndicated program; it was offered to individual television stations in March 1956,[4] but saw no sales.
[6] The trade publication Broadcasting called Combat Sergeant the "purest form" of "the classic TV formula" of good versus bad, as the U. S. Army took on Nazis and their associates.
"[3] A review of the episode "Flight Into Eternity" in the trade publication Variety said that it began "as a semi-documentary" but soon had its hero "in and out of more unlikely anti-climactic scrapes than Man Called X, Range Rider, and Hotshot Charlie together.
"[8] It said that the episode achieved "a rather high degree of suspense and action" and concluded by calling the show "a good series, well produced, smartly directed.