Tour of Duty season 1

After Firebase Ladybird suffers heavy casualties, Sergeant Anderson (Terence Knox) goes to recruit new soldiers to replace men he lost. He selects the best from a group of new recruits and meets, for the first time, their new platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Goldman (Stephen Caffrey).

Songs heard during this episode: Going Back Home - John Fogerty, Land of 1000 dances - Wilson Pickett, Its A Groove - Wilson Pickett, When I Was Young - Eric Bruden, All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan.

The platoon gets attacked by the Viet Cong (VC), who strike and then disappear into tunnels. The GIs enter the tunnels to find the missing Taylor (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.), only to get trapped when the tunnel caves in.

Songs heard during this episode: For What Its Worth – Buffalo Springfield, Wipe Out – The Surfaris, Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Four Tops.

Among the villagers being relocated by the platoon is a beautiful woman (guest star Tia Carrere) to whom Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) is attracted. When they are attacked on the trail, Goldman's life is saved by a VC, who turns out to be the woman's husband.

Songs heard during this episode: People Get Ready – The Impressions, I’ve Come A Long Way – Wilson Pickett.

The men find themselves assigned to assist a "hot shot" sergeant (guest star William Russ) with a mission to destroy an enemy bridge. Tempers reach a breaking point when Anderson (Terence Knox) finds a Vietnamese child and the sergeant wants the child killed.

Songs heard during this episode: Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye / Tammi Tyrell, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals, What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye.

The company provides security for an irrigation project, but it seems the VC know the Americans' every move. The platoon is assigned a guide named Tran (guest star Mako), but every time the Americans leave the village, they are mysteriously ambushed.

Songs heard during this episode: Louie Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders, A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procul Harum.

Racial tension leads to violence when a militant black soldier named Tucker (guest star Ving Rhames) and a white racist named Innes (guest star Mark Rolston) both end up in Bravo Company. When the white soldier is killed with a bayonet belonging to Johnson (Stan Foster), black and white members of the company clash.

Songs heard during this episode: Mama Tried – M. Haggard (sung by the cast), Rock Me Baby - Otis Redding, Ball Of Confusion – The Temptations, Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Anderson (Terence Knox), Johnson (Stan Foster), and Baker (Eric Bruskotter) are shot down after catching a ride in a helicopter. As they head back to base, they encounter a woman giving birth as she is dying. Anderson ends up taking care of the baby, and the three soldiers end up battling with the VC—with tragic results.

Songs heard during this episode: Rock A Bye Baby – performed by the cast (Stan Foster as Marvin Johnson), Baby Love – performed by the cast (Terence Knox as Zeke Anderson)

A drunken GI steals a jeep and gets arrested. Anderson (Terence Knox) recognises him as his former drill sergeant Aubrey Decker (guest star Tim Thomerson). Anderson helps to get him acquitted and gets him drafted into the squad, but his old friend immediately begins to disobey orders.

Songs heard during this episode: Spanish Eyes - Al Martino, Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds, Ring of Fire – Performed by the cast (Tim Thomerson as Aubrey Decker), Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedance Clearwater Revival.

When Baker's (Eric Bruskotter) twin brother Karl (guest star Karl Bruskotter) shows up, the two end up fighting and nearly destroy the base. When his brother's helicopter goes down the next morning, Baker goes after him but gets captured by the VC.

Songs heard during this episode: Baja Astronauts, My Girl - The Temptations, Soldier Boy - The Shirelles, My Girl Has Gone - The Miracles, I Get Around - The Beach Boys.

Purcell (Tony Becker) has just received a "Dear John" letter. After that, the bridge he was assigned to secure gets blown up. When he escorts a dying baby and its mother to a med evacuation center, Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) is reunited with an old flame; an Army nurse named Lt. Nikki Raines (Pamela Gidley).

Songs heard during this episode: Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye / Tammi Tyrell, Baby Please Don’t Go - Them, Here Comes The Night - Them, Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville, Something About You - The Four Tops.

Anderson's (Terence Knox) confidence is shaken when he is almost killed by a barrage of mortar fire. When the soldiers are ordered to rescue downed pilots from an occupied valley, Anderson questions his ability to lead.

Songs heard during this episode: Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder, War - Edwin Starr, It Takes Two – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston Performed by the cast (Tony Becker as Danny Percell & Miguel Nunez Jr. As Marcus Taylor), All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix.

Bravo company is sent on a reconnaissance mission to capture a prisoner. With them is an attractive female reporter named Vickie Adams (guest star Talia Balsam) who is intent on getting combat footage, but she quickly becomes a distraction to the men.

Songs heard during this episode: Get Ready - The Temptations, Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf, I’m Your Puppet - James and Bobby Purify, Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin.

A USO band, including three female dancers, are rushed to a helicopter to be flown to their next destination. The helicopter is shot down and the entire crew is killed, leaving the troupe's lives in the hands of Bravo Company.

Songs heard during this episode: Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (Performed by the cast), Just My Imagination - The Temptations , I’m A Man - Bo Diddley, Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals (Performed by the cast).

A captain joins the platoon as the new leader and is immediately popular with the men. His arrival is fortuitous because there is evidence that the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) is planning a big push right over Firebase Ladybird. However, Anderson (Terence Knox) is wary of the new captain's tactics.

Songs heard during this episode: Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown.

Purcell (Tony Becker) is given emergency medical leave to visit his sick father in Hawaii. When he arrives, he learns his father has taken up with a much younger woman. Meanwhile, Taylor (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) and Ruiz (Ramón Franco) get sent there for some R&R and witness negative reactions to the war.

Songs heard during this episode: Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas, Come on Up - The Young Rascals, The Star Spangled Banner.

When Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) and Horn (Joshua D. Maurer) are ambushed in their jeep, their companions are killed and they are separated. Goldman is temporarily blinded, but Horn manages to capture a female VC, whom Goldman forces at gunpoint to lead him to safety.

Songs heard during this episode: I Feel Good – James Brown.

Goldman's (Stephen Caffrey) estranged father arrives, a retired general on a fact-finding mission for Washington. Meanwhile, Ruiz (Ramón Franco) begins to suspect there is a heroin supplier on the base.

Songs heard during this episode: Let’s Work Together - Wilbert Harrison, The Sun Is Shining - Elmore James, Let’s Work Together - Wilbert Harrison, Gloria - The Shadows Of The Knight, Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny, You Can’t Hurry Love - Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Taylor (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) must address his mixed emotions about his return home. His hatred for the war conflicts with the strong bond he has with his fellow soldiers and his uncertainty about life back home.

Songs heard during this episode: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Performed by the cast, Detroit City - Bobby Bare, The Fightin’ Side Of Me - Merle Haggard, Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis, Sock It To Me Baby - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The squad meets a mysterious ex-GI living among the natives. Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) follows orders to help fortify the natives against the VC, but what follows is exactly what the mystery man warned him about.

Songs heard during this episode: Shoot Your Shot - Jr Walker & The All Stars, Hip Hug Her - Booker T & The MG’s, Please Please Please - James Brown.

A wounded NVA colonel is captured by the platoon and Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) and Anderson (Terence Knox) are hit in a firefight. All three are taken to the nearby hospital, where Goldman once again meets up with his former girlfriend, Nurse Lt. Nikki Raines, and hears some unexpected news.

Songs heard during this episode: Constipation Blues - Screamin Jay Hawkins, When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge.

Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) enjoys a brief R&R with Nikki, but she refuses to marry him. When he returns to base, he finds out his unit has been assigned to help take Hill 1000, which they have taken before and lost. Meanwhile, Horn (Joshua D. Maurer) refuses to follow orders at the risk of court martial.

Songs heard during this episode: Your All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammy Tyrell, The Weight – The Band.