![]() The Pirosh-written pilot, "A Day in June," was shot over six days in December 1961. Seligman's Selmur Productions was intrigued, and parent network ABC ordered a pilot. His proposal for an hour-long drama, called Men in Combat, would follow a small squad of enlisted men from their arrival in mainland Europe on D-Day to the liberation of Paris. Those factors were central to Pirosh when, in 1961, he approached producer Selig Seligman with an idea for a television series. He won an Academy Award for his 1949 screenplay Battleground, and directed 1951's Go for Broke! Both were noted for their realistic depictions of war, accuracy and portraying soldiers grappling with human vulnerabilities and ethical dilemmas. After his service in World War II, his focus changed to telling the stories of lower-rank soldiers. ![]() Creator Robert Pirosh's early career in film was defined mainly by comedy movies. ![]()
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