Tour of Duty - The Complete Series (1987)

TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: The first TV series about the Vietnam War, TOUR OF DUTY focuses on a single platoon of young U.S. Soldiers during their one-year of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960s. Terence Knox, Kevin Conroy, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Eric Bruskhotter, Stan Foster, Ramon Franco and Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. star as the infantrymen who represent diverse racial, cultural and philosophical backgrounds but must ultimately depend on one another to face enemy troops and survive in the hostile Southeast Asian terrain. Full of thrilling combat action, TOUR OF DUTY also goes deeper to portray the dramatic human side of war and the camaraderie of the men who gave it all for their country.

TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON: The courageous soldiers of Bravo Company are back for more action-packed fighting and riveting human drama in the second season of the landmark Vietnam series, "TOUR OF DUTY." When the platoon is transferred to the Tan Son Nhut Base outside of Saigon, it's a whole new war with different battles and new faces, including some beautiful women. Kim Delany (TV's "CSI: Miami"), Dan Gauthier, Richard Brestoff, and Betsy Brantley join series stars Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Stan Foster and Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. Guest stars include Angela Bassett (How Stella Got Her Groove Back), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (TV's "The Cosby Show"). In the second season of "TOUR OF DUTY," the fresh-faced recruits are becoming battle-weary fighters whose personal battles are just beginning amidst the daily grind of warfare. TOUR OF DUTY features a new music soundtrack including songs from the Vietnam era!

TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON: The men face their toughest challenges yet when their platoon (now called Team Viking) is transferred to Camp Barnett to become part of a Special Ops unit. This season delivers extreme combat action and intense human drama focusing on issues unique to the Vietnam era: the devastating effects of chemical warfare, the massacre of Vietnamese civilians, the growing problem of heroin addiction, and the difficulties the soldiers faced returning home to a country bitterly divided by the war. The powerful third season, collected on this five-disc, 21 episode set, is a fitting finale to one of the greatest war dramas ever.

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one of the best veitnm war shows to ever come out julian ben-david independent film maker September 16, 2008

Back to Vietnam

Didn't miss an episode when Tour on Duty was on TV and it's great to have the complete series on DVD. A really good story with nice characters and a mix of war scenes, humour and romance. Since it's pure fiction it doesnt get as good as Band of Brothers, but it's definetely is worth buying if you like war movies. September 9, 2008

BIG HIT!!!

This was a birthday gift for my 30 year old son. He grew up watching 'Tour of Duty' with his Dad. He was thrilled and said that this was the best gift ever!!! He just loves watching it and he and his Dad have planned for a rainy day 'Tour of Duty' fest. Super gift for a guy. August 30, 2008

Where's the soundtrack music, you nickel-squeezing suits?

Actually, I know where the music is. It's somewhere other than on the soundtrack of this otherwise superb TV series, 'cause the manufacturers were too cheap to pony up cash for the music rights. On any show, that's a disgrace. On THIS show, where the music was incredibly integral to the atmosphere and drama, it's a major disaster. No Stones, no Hendrix, no Supremes, no CCR, etc. Result: no sales, at least not to me. And that breaks my heart, because TOUR OF DUTY was probably the best American-made TV drama about soldiers and combat ever aired, at least until HBO's BAND OF BROTHERS came along. If the producers of HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS could afford the rights to the music so frequently featured in their show, then there's no reason beyond sheer cheapness that Sony couldn't do the same for TOUR OF DUTY. Scratch one great television series, deliberately ruined by the studio that released it. July 3, 2008

Tour of Duty

We are enjoying the Tour of Duty dvds tremendously. They are excellent quality. We may have had to wait for a while to receive this set as the first set was apparantly lost in the mail, but the wait was worth it.
June 23, 2008

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