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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]
| image =
| caption =
| season = 5
| episode = 10
| airdate = {{Start date|1963|12|06}}
| production = 2606
| writer = [[Rod Serling]]
| director = Alan Crosland Jr.
| guests = {{plainlist|
* [[Ron Foster (actor)|Ron Foster]] as Sgt. William Connors
* [[Randy Boone]] Pvt. Michael McClusky
* [[Warren Oates]] as Cpr. Richard Langsford
* [[Greg Morris]] as Lt. Woodard.
* Jeffrey Morris as Finnigan
* Wayne Mallory as Scout
* [[Robert Bray]] as Captain Dennet
}}
| music = Stock
| season_article = The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 5)
| episode_list = List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes
| prev = [[Probe 7, Over and Out]]
| next = [[A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain]]
}}

"'''The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms'''" is episode 130 of the American television [[anthology series]] ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''. It originally aired on December 6, 1963 on [[CBS]]. In this episode, a group of soldiers travel back in time to take part in the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]].

==Opening narration==
{{cquote|June twenty-fifth 1964—or, if you prefer, June twenty-fifth 1876. The cast of characters in order of their appearance: a patrol of General Custer's cavalry and a patrol of National Guardsmen on a maneuver. Past and present are about to collide head-on, as they are wont to do in a very special bivouac area known as....the Twilight Zone.}}

==Plot==
The show's teaser, set June 25, 1876, depicts an army scout, a sergeant and a trooper finding evidence of Indians. An arrow strikes the scout in the back while the regular soldiers fire their carbines at an unseen foe. The time jumps ahead to the present, June 25, 1964, the 88th anniversary of the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]]. Three [[United States Army]] [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] soldiers (Connors, McCluskey and Langsford) are in a M3 Stuart tank participating in a [[Military exercise|war game]] near the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where General [[George Armstrong Custer]] made his last stand. Their orders coincide with the route of Custer and his men. As they follow the route, they hear strange things such as [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] battle cries and horses running when nobody is there. Connors wonders if they've somehow gone back in time. When they return, Connors reports to his Captain Dennet what occurred and is reprimanded.

The following day the trio go out and again experience strange phenomena. The captain contacts them via radio and orders them to return to base when Connors tries to explain what is happening. Connors breaks contact and the captain sends his lieutenant and two men to bring them in. However, the tank crew abandon their tank and continue on foot with their modern weapons. They find a group of [[teepee]]s and McCluskey investigates. He soon returns with an arrow protruding from his back. The three men climb a ridge where they see a battle taking place below. They join it and are never seen again.

Later, Captain Dennet enters the [[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument|Custer Battlefield National Monument]]. Lieutenant Woodard, the officer sent to find the tank and the three soldiers, reports that all they found was the abandoned tank. Later, both the captain and the lieutenant notice the names of their missing soldiers on the monument with the names of Custer's men. Captain Dennet states that it was a pity the missing soldiers couldn't have taken the tank with them to the battle.

==Closing narration==
{{cquote|Sergeant William Connors, Trooper Michael McCluskey, and Trooper Richard Langsford, who, on a hot afternoon in June, made a charge over a hill—and never returned. Look for this one under 'P' for phantom, in a historical ledger located in a reading room known as the Twilight Zone.}}

==Cast==
* [[Ron Foster (actor)|Ron Foster]] as Sgt. William Connors
* [[Randy Boone]] as Pvt. Michael McCluskey
* [[Warren Oates]] as Cpl. Richard Langsford
* [[Greg Morris]] as Lieutenant Woodard
* [[Jeff Morris (actor)|Jeffrey Morris]] as Finnigan
* Wayne Mallory as Scout
* [[Robert Bray]] as Captain Dennet
* Lew Brown as Sergeant
* Jacques Shelton as Corporal

==References==
* DeVoe, Bill. (2008). ''Trivia from The Twilight Zone''. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. {{ISBN|978-1-59393-136-0}}
* Grams, Martin. (2008). ''The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic''. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-9703310-9-0}}
* Zicree, Marc Scott: ''The Twilight Zone Companion''. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)

==External links==
* {{IMDb episode|id=0734627|episode=The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms}}

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