The Decoy Raid

"The Decoy Raid" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of The Rat Patrol. It originally aired on 22 January 1968.

Synopsis
A Nazi, Captain Wansee (Richard Davalos), shows up at a village under truce to arrest Mrs. Arno (Doreen McLean) and confiscate typhus vaccine doses. He doesn't care that Captain Dietrich (Creator/EricBraeden credited as Hans Gudegast) agreed to the truce.

Sergeant Troy confronts Dietrich about this breach, and Dietrich goes to confront Wansee.

Dietrich captures Sergeant Moffitt and delivers him to Wansee, but Moffitt made a serious attempt to escape (after which Dietrich left a water bag on a milepost). Now Wansee needs to hold up his end of the bargain, and release Mrs. Arno to him. But Wansee's still reluctant.

Troy, Hitchcock and Tully go looking for Moffitt. They find a water bag at a juncture suggesting they should go in a particular direction, but it could also be a red herring. They decide to risk it and go in the indicated direction, and they find Dietrich and Wansee.

Wansee seems delirious. Dietrich can't talk any sense into him, he leaves. The Rat Patrol open fire on Wansee and his men. They successfully rescue Moffitt and Mrs. Arno.

Main cast

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

Supporting cast

 * Richard Davalos as Captain Wansee
 * Jay Novello as La Duc
 * Doreen McLean as Miss Arno
 * Socrates Ballis as Hassam