Tour of duty. Season one / a Zev Braun production in association with New World International ; Sony Pictures Television ; New World Television ; producers, Ronald L. Schwary [and others] ; writers Steve Duncan & L. Travis Clark [and.others] ; directors, Bill L. Norton [and others].
Publisher:
publisher not identified,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
4 videodiscs (1018 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Full screen presentation. Originally aired as a television series from 1987-1988. Terrence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Franco, Ramón Franco, Kevin Conroy.
Contents:
Pilot -- Notes from the underground -- Dislocations -- War lover -- Sitting ducks -- Burn, baby, burn -- Brothers, fathers, and sons -- The good, the bad, and the dead -- Battling Baker brothers -- Nowhere to run -- Roadrunner -- Pushin' too hard -- USO down -- Under siege -- Soldiers -- Gray-Brown odyssey -- Blood brothers -- The short timer -- Paradise lost -- Angel of mercy -- The hill.
Summary:
Follows one platoon of young U.S. soldiers during their one-year tour of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960s. Full of thrilling combat action, this series goes deeper to portray the dramatic human side of war and the camaraderie of the men who gave their all for their country.
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