Tour of Duty
Format	Vietnam War/Drama
Created by	Steve Duncan L.Travis Clark
Starring	Stephen Caffery Terence Knox Kim Delaney
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	58
Production
Running time	approx. 1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 24, 1987 – April 28, 1990
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Tour of Duty was an American television drama series on CBS which ran from September 1987 to April 1990. 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 Vietnam and was one of several similarly-themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film, Platoon. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark, and produced by Zev Braun. It ran for three seasons as 58 one-hour episodes. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Terence Knox (16 December 1946 - ) is an American actor. ... Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1959 in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1987. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1990 in television involved some significant events. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I Infantry or footmen are very highly disciplined and trained soldiers who fight primarily with small arms(rifles), but are trained to use everything from their bare hands to missle systems in order to neutralize... In the military, a tour of duty is a period of time spent at sea or assigned to service in a foreign country. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. ... Zev Braun (born 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American motion picture producer. ...

Series Overview

Not simply an action program, Tour of Duty was also groundbreaking as it addressed the issues of racism, suicide, fragging, terrorism, civilian deaths, drug abuse, and the shattered lives and confused feelings of those troops who finally made it home alive. The story focuses mainly on Bravo company's third squad under the command of Lieutenant Myron Goldman (Stephen Caffrey), and Staff Sergeant (later Sergeant First Class) Zeke Anderson (Terence Knox). Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... Frag is a term from the Vietnam war, most commonly meaning to assassinate an unpopular member of ones own fighting unit by dropping a fragmentation grenade into the victims tent at night. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Collateral damage is a U.S. Military term for unintended or incidental damage during a military operation. ... Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction treatment[1] This article is an overview of the nontherapeutic use of alcohol and drugs of abuse. ... Terence Knox (16 December 1946 - ) is an American actor. ...

The first season opens in 1967 and follows a standard light infantry platoon. In the second season, the troops found themselves relocated to a base near Saigon while conducting the typical "search and destroy" missions. Production staff interviewed in VIETNAM Magazine cited this change as a change in premise that doomed the series, as female characters were also introduced (in hopes of gaining more female viewership) and the show ceased to be a realistic chronicle of life in the field for the average line infantryman in favor of being more romance- and action/adventure-oriented. In the third season, the remaining female character was killed off and the platoon was transferred to a SOG (Studies and Observation) unit under the command of Colonel Brewster, conducting covert operations in Vietnam and in Cambodia, culminating in the fictional version of the raid on Son Tay Prison. The third season was the show's last. Search and Destroy, or Seek and Destroy, or simply S&D, refers to a military strategy that became a notorious element of the Vietnam War. ... The infamous moment when Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water skis. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with MACV-SOG. (Discuss) The Studies and Observations Group (SOG) was an extremely secret American special force which conducted unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. ...

Music in Tour of Duty

The theme song in the first season consisted of an instrumental, synthesized tune with a distinctive Asian sound mixed in with acoustic guitar (It was performed by Joseph Conlan, and simply titled "Opening Theme" and was never released for public consumption). That music was used as background music for most of the series. At the beginning of season two, the shows most familiar theme, a condensed version of The Rolling Stones' hit Paint It Black, was introduced; this was used for the remainder of the run. On DVD most of the original music was replaced by instrumental bits to cover the blank spots of music. It is most likely that the original score was not available due to copyright issues. The show was known for its classic American rock soundtrack including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane. 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. For copyright reasons, the VHS and DVD soundtracks were replaced with more generic music by lesser-known bands -- a move which was widely protested by buyers, and resulted in a significantly lower sales volume for the third-season DVD set than for the first two. Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Also the title of Janet Fitchs new book, Paint It Black. ... For the magazine, see Classic Rock (magazine). ... Creedence Clearwater Revival (commonly referred to by its initials CCR or simply as Creedence) was an American rock band, which consisted of John Fogerty (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano), Tom Fogerty (guitar, vocals, piano), Stu Cook (bass guitar, vocals), and Doug Clifford (drums, percussion, vocals). ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... An Emmy Award. ... Not to be confused with copywriting. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Filming

The first season was filmed on location in Hawaii in the Schoffield Barracks. For the second and third seasons the series was filmed around Los Angeles, California in order to reduce costs. This also enabled the producers to redress a studio backlot as Saigon. The move also meant reusing the same locations, notably a small river with grass on one bank and woods on the other which turns up in a number of episodes. A lot of filming was undertaken on the old set of M*A*S*H. Helicopter scenes with McKay were filmed on the ground with the rotors running. Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... M*A*S*H title screen from the television series M*A*S*H was a media franchise active, in various forms, from 1968 to 1986. ...

Screenings

In the United Kingdom Tour of Duty was screened regionally among the 14 contractors of the ITV Network. The show was typically shown with two commercial breaks inserted around 1.20am on a Sunday morning by Central Television and at 11.35pm on Tuesday nights by Yorkshire Television. The Yorkshire time was the most commonly adopted among other ITV regions. In 1998 the show was screened in the UK on television channel Bravo. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Central TV logo, 1985_1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Virgin Media Television. ...

Cast members

• Terence Knox as Clayton Ezekiel "Zeke" Anderson
• Stephen Caffrey as Myron Goldman
• Tony Becker as Daniel "Danny" Purcell
• Ramón Franco as Alberto Ruiz
• Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Marcus Taylor
• Kim Delaney as Alex Devlin (1989–1990)
• Steve Akahoshi as Randy "Doc" Matsuda (1987–1988)
• Betsy Brantley as Dr. Jennifer Seymour (1989)
• Richard Brestoff as Darling (1989)
• Eric Bruskotter as Scott Baker (1987–1988)
• Kyle Chandler as William Griner (1990)
• Michael B. Christy as Duncan (1989–1990)
• Kevin Conroy as Rusty Wallace (1987–1988)
• John Dye as Francis "Doc Hoc" Hockenbury (1989–1990)
• Stan Foster as Marvin Johnson
• Dan Gauthier as John McKay (1989–1990)
• Patrick Kilpatrick as CIA Agent Duke Fontaine (1989–1990)
• Lee Majors as Thomas "Pop" Scarlett (1990)
• Joshua D. Maurer as Roger Horn (1987–1988)
• Maria Mayenzet as Sister Bernardette (1989–1990)
• Alan Scarfe as Stringer (1990)
• Peter Vogt as Elliot (1989–1990)
• Carl Weathers as Brewster (1989–1990)

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Awards

Won

• Emmy Award
  • 1988: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (for "Under Siege")
• Founders Award
  • 1989: Terence Knox

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Nominated

• Emmy Award
  • 1989: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (for "I Wish it Could Rain")
  • 1990: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (for "And Make Death Proud to Take Us")
• Eddie Award
  • 1988: Best Edited Episode from a Television Series (for the pilot episode)

DVD

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Soundtrack

The Original Soundtrack Albums

The Tour of Duty television series soundtrack was released by CBS on Columbia Records as four different compilation albums during 1988 and 1989. The original albums are now out of print. Their track listings are as follows:

The Compilation Soundtrack CD

In 1992, Sony Music released a compilation CD titled "The Best of 'Tour of Duty'". It contains only twenty of the songs featured in the four original "Tour of Duty" Soundtrack albums.

External links

• Tour of Duty at the Internet Movie Database
• Bravo344.com, a Tour of Duty fan site
• Tour of Duty at TV.com
• HUM90 Tour of Duty pages
• Tour of Duty fanpage
• ToD Advisor's Notebook
• Bravo-Company.De (German); part of the Tour-Of-Duty-Fan-Project