Overview
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Created by: L. Travis Clark, Steve Duncan
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Pilot
Sep 24, 1987
After Firebase Ladybird suffers heavy casualties, Sgt. Anderson goes to division headquarters to make a report and recruit replacements. He selects th...
Episode 2: Notes from the Underground
Oct 01, 1987
The VC are mauling the American soldiers through their use of the underground tunnels. On their latest trip into the bush, Anderson and the men provid...
Episode 3: Dislocations
Oct 08, 1987
Among the villagers being relocated by the platoon is a beautiful woman to whom Goldman is attracted. When they are attacked on the trail, Goldman...
Episode 4: War Lover
Oct 15, 1987
The men find themselves assigned to a 'hot shot' sergeant with a mission to destroy an enemy bridge. Tempers reach a breaking point when And...
Episode 5: Sitting Ducks
Oct 29, 1987
The company provides security for an irrigation project, but after several successful ambushes on them, the men of B Company suspect their Vietnamese ...
Episode 6: Burn, Baby, Burn
Nov 05, 1987
In a time of great racial tension and violence in America, the same problems were carried over to Vietnam, where it was not unusual for bars -- or som...
Episode 7: Brothers, Fathers and Sons
Nov 12, 1987
Anderson, Baker, and Johnson are shot down while catching a ride in a helicopter, which explodes just after it hits the ground. They are unhurt but th...
Episode 8: The Good, the Bad and the Dead
Nov 19, 1987
A drunken GI steals a chaplain's jeep and goes on a joy ride with a Vietnamese hooker. They nearly collide with a jeep-load of MPs who chase him ...
Episode 9: Battling Baker Brothers
Dec 10, 1987
Baker insists his fellow squad members follow him to an incoming helicopter. The incoming ""VIP"" turns out to be Baker's twi...
Episode 10: Nowhere to Run
Dec 17, 1987
Two sappers make their way into Firebase Ladybird without being detected, but Percell sees the third one, killing him. The other two manage to set off...
Episode 11: Roadrunner
Jan 07, 1988
One of a GI's big events is the arrival of his mail. When Zeke opens his mail to find that his ex-wife, it is to find that she is complaining tha...
Episode 12: Pushin' Too Hard
Jan 14, 1988
Anderson, Goldman, and Captain Wallace are checking out a new weapon that has been added to the platoon's arsenal: a flamethrower. Zeke and Goldm...
Episode 13: USO Down
Jan 21, 1988
A USO band comprised of three female dancers, a sax players, and a singer, completes their performance at an outlying base, and are rushed to a helico...
Episode 14: Under Siege
Feb 11, 1988
The men of Bravo are certain that Westmoreland has not yet informed the enemy that they are losing, as Firebase Ladybrid continues to come under daily...
Episode 15: Soldiers
Feb 18, 1988
The squad is in heavy contact with a group of enemy soldiers, and after taking several casualties manage to be retrieved by two helicopters. Danny hea...
Episode 16: Gray-Brown Odyssey
Feb 25, 1988
Goldman, Horn, Calhoun, and Pointer are retruning to the base after spending two days int he rear. Their jeep hits a mine, wounding Calhoun and Pointe...
Episode 17: Blood Brothers
Mar 12, 1988
Retired Major General Goldman arrives by helicopter at Firebase Ladybird on a fact finding mission for Washington brass. Seeing another helicopter lan...
Episode 18: The Short Timer
Mar 19, 1988
Bravo company is on another S mission. A new man is on point, and he stops the patrol when he sees some blood, which he follows to a Vietnam booby tra...
Episode 19: Paradise Lost
Mar 26, 1988
The men from Bravo company are patrolling in the jungle when they find a fresh trail, one that leads to a trap by a group of VC soldiers. The American...
Episode 20: Angel of Mercy
Apr 09, 1988
In a small South Vietnamese hamlet, an NVA officer arrives to brief his men that they will soon begin infiltrating towns and villages through-out the ...
Episode 21: The Hill
Apr 30, 1988
Goldman and Nikki have a great time on a brief R&R that they spend together on China Beach. Their reunion is marred by the fact that Nikki refuses...
