Tour of Duty: Season 1
Tour of Duty is a television series that focuses on a single platoon of U.S. soldiers during their one-year tour of combat duty in Vietnam. The show represents diverse racial, cultural, and philosophical backgrounds of the infantrymen, who must rely on one another to face enemy troops and survive in the hostile Southeast Asian terrain. The series combines thrilling combat action with the dramatic human side of war, p
Season overview
Tour of Duty is a television series that focuses on a single platoon of U.S. soldiers during their one-year tour of combat duty in Vietnam. The show represents diverse racial, cultural, and philosophical backgrounds of the infantrymen, who must rely on one another to face enemy troops and survive in the hostile Southeast Asian terrain. The series combines thrilling combat action with the dramatic human side of war, portraying the camaraderie of the men who served in the U.S. Army during this time. The show explores the experiences of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Episodes
Pilot
Sep 24, 1987 · 60 min
After Firebase Ladybird suffers heavy casualties, Sgt. Anderson goes to division headquarters to make a report and recruit replacements. He selects the best from a group of new rec
Notes from the Underground
Oct 1, 1987 · 60 min
The VC are mauling the American soldiers through their use of the underground tunnels. On their latest trip into the bush, Anderson and the men provide a blocking force, only the G
Dislocations
Oct 8, 1987 · 60 min
Among the villagers being relocated by the platoon is a beautiful woman to whom Goldman is attracted. When they are attacked on the trail, Goldman's life is saved by a VC who turns
War Lover
Oct 15, 1987 · 60 min
The men find themselves assigned to a 'hot shot' sergeant with a mission to destroy an enemy bridge. Tempers reach a breaking point when Anderson finds a living Vietnamese child an
Sitting Ducks
Oct 29, 1987 · 60 min
The company provides security for an irrigation project, but after several successful ambushes on them, the men of B Company suspect their Vietnamese scout of spying.
Burn, Baby, Burn
Nov 5, 1987 · 60 min
In a time of great racial tension and violence in America, the same problems were carried over to Vietnam, where it was not unusual for bars -- or sometimes entire sections of town
Brothers, Fathers and Sons
Nov 12, 1987 · 60 min
Anderson, Baker, and Johnson are shot down while catching a ride in a helicopter, which explodes just after it hits the ground. They are unhurt but the pilot is dead, and VC soldie
The Good, the Bad and the Dead
Nov 19, 1987 · 60 min
A drunken GI steals a chaplain's jeep and goes on a joy ride with a Vietnamese hooker. They nearly collide with a jeep-load of MPs who chase him down. His arrest is witnessed by Ze
Battling Baker Brothers
Dec 10, 1987 · 60 min
Baker insists his fellow squad members follow him to an incoming helicopter. The incoming ""VIP"" turns out to be Baker's twin brother, who brings along a skate board that the whol
Nowhere to Run
Dec 17, 1987 · 60 min
Two sappers make their way into Firebase Ladybird without being detected, but Percell sees the third one, killing him. The other two manage to set off their explosives before they
Roadrunner
Jan 7, 1988 · 60 min
One of a GI's big events is the arrival of his mail. When Zeke opens his mail to find that his ex-wife, it is to find that she is complaining that he is not writing letters home of
Pushin' Too Hard
Jan 14, 1988 · 60 min
Anderson, Goldman, and Captain Wallace are checking out a new weapon that has been added to the platoon's arsenal: a flamethrower. Zeke and Goldman are unhappy that the next missio
USO Down
Jan 21, 1988 · 60 min
A USO band comprised of three female dancers, a sax players, and a singer, completes their performance at an outlying base, and are rushed to a helicopter to be flown to their next
Under Siege
Feb 11, 1988 · 60 min
The men of Bravo are certain that Westmoreland has not yet informed the enemy that they are losing, as Firebase Ladybrid continues to come under daily long-range artillery fire. Su
Soldiers
Feb 18, 1988 · 60 min
The squad is in heavy contact with a group of enemy soldiers, and after taking several casualties manage to be retrieved by two helicopters. Danny hears that his father is hospital
Gray-Brown Odyssey
Feb 25, 1988 · 60 min
Goldman, Horn, Calhoun, and Pointer are retruning to the base after spending two days int he rear. Their jeep hits a mine, wounding Calhoun and Pointer. Goldman is blinded when a f
Blood Brothers
Mar 12, 1988 · 60 min
Retired Major General Goldman arrives by helicopter at Firebase Ladybird on a fact finding mission for Washington brass. Seeing another helicopter landing, he goes to greet and que
The Short Timer
Mar 19, 1988 · 60 min
Bravo company is on another S mission. A new man is on point, and he stops the patrol when he sees some blood, which he follows to a Vietnam booby trap. He's killed. Taylor takes o
Paradise Lost
Mar 26, 1988 · 60 min
The men from Bravo company are patrolling in the jungle when they find a fresh trail, one that leads to a trap by a group of VC soldiers. The Americans are out-numbered and in a ve
Angel of Mercy
Apr 9, 1988 · 60 min
In a small South Vietnamese hamlet, an NVA officer arrives to brief his men that they will soon begin infiltrating towns and villages through-out the country in preparation for the
The Hill
Apr 30, 1988 · 60 min
Goldman and Nikki have a great time on a brief R&R that they spend together on China Beach. Their reunion is marred by the fact that Nikki refuses to marry him, fearing he will be