jrsjhfla
We (America) left Vietnam in 1975 as North Vietnam took over the country. Although I was a kid, I recall the evening news with Walter Conkrite providing such vivid imagery as did the coverage of the protests and riots against the war. Our country was almost torn apart by the contrasting opinions about the war and the loss of so many Americans and Vietnamese. Our healing process was very slow and continues even now. The Tour of Duty TOD - show was the first TV show that took on the war. TOD was developed and aired at a point in the healing process were the show was more acceptable than one or two years earlier. TOD had a good cast and the writing was very good. The TOD sound track was fabulous and to this day when I hear "Paint It Black" I usually think about TOD. I'm surprised that no station or network has thought to rerun the series. TOD is more than worthy of your time to watch it. CWO, USMC, Retired
René (puje12)
Being from Denmark, I had never heard of this series before I was about 20 years old. In 2006 I was deployed to Iraq with the Danish Army, and I found the TOur of Duty complete series DVD in a store on base. I bought it and I am so glad I did. As I watched it on my own "Tour of Duty" it really made me care a lot about the people in the show. I even recognized a few of the issues the soldiers in the series faced. Further more I was really impressed with the military accuracy the series had. Of course some things were a bit far fetched, but generally it is very realistic. One negative thing about the show is probably what they used too many "redshirt" characters.
Screen-7
"Tour of Duty" still is the best TV series about war ever made for American TV.The mood is perfect, the acting is great and the story lines are interesting. I haven't see it since it originally ran so I can't tell you if it has aged well but I'm guessing it has. Also, I'm not a Vietnam veteran so I can't tell you how accurate it is. I'm guessing they take some serious liberties with reality!It's not a good choice if you've seen all the episodes of MASH or Hogans Heroes and want something similar--- it's a completely different than those.But it perfectly elicits the mixed mood of agitation, melancholy, moral ambiguity yet optimism of the 60s.
jcara
This show is fantastic! Great stories, interesting characters. You really felt an attachment to bravo company as they lived through the hell of nam. Its a shame its not on dvd still. It is a thousand times better than the crap that gets shoved to us these days cause it has good acting, great scenery, and high quality production. Each episode is like watching a mini movie about the Vietnam War. If only they would get rid of all the cheap and crappy reality TV stuff today and make shows like this again. One gets a feeling that we'll never see anything made like this on TV again...