As the first television drama series about the Vietnam War, Tour of Duty focuses on a single platoon of young U.S. soldiers through their one-year tour of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960's. While their own country is rocked by a massive anti-war movement, these young men find themselves thrown into combat in Southeast Asia, where they face enemy troops they can not see and sometimes can not kill. They also face their own fears, as they struggle in a hostile environment just to keep themselves and their fellow soldiers alive.
Show Info
Default Runtime: 60 minutes
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
Drama
Action
War
Created by:
Steve Duncan
L. Travis Clark
7.2 (12 votes)
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Payback
Episode 3x21; Apr 28, 1990
Previous Episodes
| Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
|---|---|---|
| 3x21: Payback | Apr 28, 1990 | |
| 3x20: The Raid | Apr 28, 1990 | |
| 3x19: Three Cheers for the Orange, White & Blue | Apr 14, 1990 |
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Several months later, McKay -- mostly recovered -- is told that he will never fly again. Bitter, he tries to get a civilian job flying but is told that Vietnam vets are too freaky. When he finally gets a job flying air-traffic monitoring, he loses it -- not to a ""flashback"" but to sheer irritation. Ruiz returns home to New York but can't find a job. In Montana, Percell is now a carpenter and is nearly freaked' out by finding a Vietnamese worker on the crew. That same night he runs into a peace-activist at a blind date. Bill Griner returns home to North Carolina -- having been blinded. His parents turn to faith healing and Griner retreats to the ""comfort of the fields and a faithful dog"". Back in Vietnam, Taylor meets a new black soldier who tells him that he came back because the world is nowhere for a ""black"". Doc has been sent to a field hospital but gets in trouble even there because he shows compassion for a dying man.