In "Survival" we see White Rook toughing it out after fate sets them free. It's time to acquire food & water while avoiding the Germans en route to their lines.
In a bombed out French town, White Rook is slugging it out with the Germans when they run out of ammunition and are taken prisoner. Marched at high rate to a farm house, they are tied up in the barn when Americans begin shelling the area. Barn on fire, Germans running for dear life, the squad is mercifully set free by the Germans. Sergeant Saunders loses the use of his hands in the chaos and is forced to fend for himself while in a state of shock. Lieutenant Hanley and the rest of the squad head toward their lines in search of food.
The apple tree scenes are very touching & memorable, and contrast the able bodied with poor Saunders.
Private Kelly (played by Joby Baker) is cast in his last Combat episode and proves out Darwin's Natural Selection Theory.
Vic Morrow does a superb job portraying an incapacitated GI in shock, the ending sequence a terrific piece of acting on his part.
Considering a somewhat below average script, Morrow and White Rook carried the episode well.