Two For One Raid

"Two for One Raid" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of The Rat Patrol. It first aired on January 16, 1967.

Synopsis
After attacking a decoy ammo depot, the Rat Patrol find a seemingly mute teenage boy (Mark de Vries). Sergeant Moffitt assumes the boy's an Arab, and tries talking to him in various Arab dialects. They place the boy on one of the jeeps. The boy sabotages the jeep by pouring sand into the fuel intake. They haven't gone very far when the jeep stalls out. As the Rat Patrol try to diagnose the problem, the boy steals the other jeep and almost gets away.

When the Rat Patrol finally wrestle the boy down, he shouts something in German, and Moffitt realizes his mistake trying to talk to the boy in Arabic. Moffitt then interviews the boy in German, learns the boy is 16-years-old and his name is Peter Seidner.

Sergeant Troy recognizes the surname Seidner as that of Colonel Seidner (Karl Swenson). And Peter reveals he also speaks pretty good English, too. The Rat Patrol's current mission might require the death of Colonel Seidner.

As we know, Troy can kill a random Nazi, but he can't kill a boy's father. Troy decides to remove Colonel Seidner from his post, even though such an ill-advised rescue could jeopardize the mission. But of course the Rat Patrol are able to complete the mission all the same.

Main cast

 * Christopher George as Sergeant Sam Troy
 * Gary Raymond as Sergeant Jack Moffitt
 * Hans Gudegast as Hauptmann Hans Dietrich (credit only)
 * Lawrence Casey as Private Mark T. Hitchcock
 * Justin Tarr as Private Tully Pettigrew

Supporting cast

 * Karl Swenson as Colonel Seidner
 * Mark de Vries as Peter Seidner