Tour of Duty (1987)

Genre

war television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 58 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 180 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American infantry platoon serves a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. The series follows the soldiers through combat and life in the field.

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What happens

Tour of Duty is an American military drama television series based on events in the Vietnam War, broadcast on CBS. The series ran for three seasons, from September 24, 1987, to April 28, 1990, for a total of 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark and produced by Zev Braun. The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It was the first television series to regularly show Americans in combat in South Vietnam and was one of several similarly themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film Platoon (1986). The series won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, and it was nominated again in 1989 and 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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