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Can you match these TV shows to the correct military branch?
Can you sort Gomer, Hawkeye, Bilko, Hogan, Laverne and others into the correct Armed Forces?
The Armed Forces have often served a setting for television series, from action and drama to sitcoms and sci-fi. Even sitcoms set in other spheres feature characters that enlist.
See if you can remember where your favorite TV characters served.
Can you match these series and fictional soldiers to the correct military branch? Try to avoid K.P.!
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Gomer Pyle joined which branch of the military?
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M*A*S*H centered around doctors for which branch?
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JAG was a "Judge Advocate General" for which branch?
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Black Sheep Squadron was based on the real-life career of Greg "Pappy" Boyington, who served in the…?
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The "Heroes" of Hogan's Heroes — Hogan, Newkirk, Kinchloe, Carter, LeBeau — all essentially served in which branches for the respective countries — England, France, and the U.S.?
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Sgt. Bilko served in which branch on The Phil Silvers Show?
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The A-Team had all served together in which branch?
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I Dream of Jeannie's Capt. Tony Nelson served in which branch?
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Men of Annapolis was the 1950s series set at this military academy.
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Steve Austin, a.k.a. The Six Million Dollar Man, served in which branch?
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On Laverne & Shirley, both Laverne and Shirley join which branch in season five — and a spin-off cartoon?
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The dad in Major Dad served in which branch?
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First Lieutenant Colleen McMurphy served in this branch during the Vietnam War on China Beach.
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On The Rifleman, Lucas McCain had previously served in which branch during which war?
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Major Don West of Lost in Space was a major in which fictional branch?
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F Troop was a comedy about which branch?
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12 O'Clock High centered around the men of the…?
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The Sixties sitcom Mona McCluskey was about a woman married to a sergeant in the…?
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* Correction ~> During WW2 Colonel Hogan was in Army Air Corps, a part of the US Army! AFTER WW2 Army Air Corps became US Air Force, a separate branch of US military! In real life Jimmy Stewart was a US Army Air Corps pilot in WW2 but after the war he retained his commission as a reservist in what became US Air Force where he rose to rank of Brigadier General.
You right, but during the show run Hogan always said Air Force. No. #17 12 O'clock High answers is United States Army Air Forces it was the same war.
14 of 18. Not bad for me.
Last month I told Hubby how I wish someone would re-air CHINA BEACH.
Missed 4 - no idea about Black Sheep Squadron, remember but didn't watch it
6 - confused Phil Silvers Show with McHale's Navy
7 - A Team - liked it but guessed wrong
9 - Men of Annapolis - never heard of (before my time) and guessed wrong
17 - 12 O'Clock High - sounds familiar and guessed wrong
18 - Mona McCluskey - never heard of but guessed RIGHT
Last month I told Hubby how I wish someone would re-air CHINA BEACH.
Missed 4 - no idea about Black Sheep Squadron, remember but didn't watch it
6 - confused Phil Silvers Show with McHale's Navy
7 - A Team - liked it but guessed wrong
9 - Men of Annapolis - never heard of (before my time) and guessed wrong
17 - 12 O'Clock High - sounds familiar and guessed wrong
18 - Mona McCluskey - never heard of but guessed RIGHT
I can’t seem to get perfect score.
4 wrong.
17 out of 18
10 out of 18.
Clean sweep, but I had to make an educated guess on that last one; i've never heard of Mona McCluskey.
Look at his chevrons.
18 of 18
Mona McCluskey ? good guess never heard of it.
Mona McCluskey ? good guess never heard of it.
18/18
I've seen 2 of these in my backyard in the last month.
The first I've seen in years, My favorite butterfly.
50 miles west of Sacramento Ca.
Nice to see them coming back.
The first I've seen in years, My favorite butterfly.
50 miles west of Sacramento Ca.
Nice to see them coming back.
Too easy!
18 out of 18 Nailed it!
Please Bring in Major Dad love Gerald Mcraney if not that show maybe Simon and Simon He should have had a much bigger career great with one-liners!
11/18. Tough one. A few bad guesses
16/18.
12/18
I got 15 should be 16 of 18 damm fat fingers lol
15 of 18....
#5 is wrong. The Air Force didn't exist until after World War II. It was a branch of the Army before that, called the Army Air Corps.
For Hogan, Carter, and Kinchloe, you are technically correct, although at the time it was commonly referred to as simply the "Air Force". Newkirk served in the Royal Air Force, and LeBeau I assume was in the Armee d l'air.
There are two answers in which the technical answer is the U.S. Army. The Americans of Hogan's Heroes served in the U.S. Army Air Corps a branch of the U.S. Army. It would not become the separate branch of the U.S. Air Force until 18 September 1947.
17/18 #17 was a lucky guess