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Tour of Duty
Format	Vietnam War/Drama
Created by	Steve Duncan L.Travis Clark
Starring	Stephen Caffrey 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.

Contents 1 Series Overview 2 Music in Tour of Duty 3 Filming 4 Screenings 5 Cast members 6 Awards 6.1 Won 6.2 Nominated 7 DVD 8 Soundtrack 8.1 The Original Soundtrack Albums 8.2 The Compilation Soundtrack CD 9 External links

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).

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.

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.

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. One first-season episode, "USO Down," used "live" versions of Wooly Bully and We Gotta Get Out of This Place as performed by a USO band, the latter song being used also for ironic comment. 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.

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.

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.

• 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)

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

• 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)

Season	Release dates
	Region 1
The Complete 1st Season	June 8, 2004
The Complete 2nd Season	December 28, 2004
The Complete 3rd Season	July 5, 2005

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:

Tour of Duty Soundtrack, Volume 1 (1988) Baby Love - Diana Ross and The Supremes Here Comes The Night - Them We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Itchycoo Park - Small Faces All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan Time Of The Season - Zombies And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears War - Edwin Starr Ball Of Confusion - Temptations What's Going On - Marvin Gaye Time Has Come Today - Chambers Brothers I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone Groovin' Is Easy - The Electric Flag Oye Como Va - Santana Ball And Chain - Janis Joplin Ballad Of Easy Rider - The Byrds

Tour of Duty Soundtrack, Volume 2 (1988) Paint It Black - Performed by the Rolling Stones, Chris Farlowe (?) Tin Soldier - Small Faces Stone Free - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops People Get Ready - The Impressions Jennifer Juniper - Donovan Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Groovin' - The Rascals Eight Miles High - The Byrds Cloud Nine - The Temptations I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Al Kooper & Stephen Stills Ring Of Fire - Eric Burdon & The Animals Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin

Tour of Duty Soundtrack, Volume 3 (1989) White Room - Cream Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix Lazy Sunday - Small Faces Gloria - Them Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane The Weight - The Band Go Now - The Moody Blues San Francisco - Scott McKenzie Draft Morning - The Byrds Evil Ways - Santana Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone Tell Her No - The Zombies Barabajagal - Donovan Killing Floor - The Electric Flag Black Night - Deep Purple Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Tour of Duty Soundtrack, Volume 4 (1989) This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll Rag Mama Rag - The Band On The Road Again - Canned Heat Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago American Woman - Guess Who Race With The Devil - The Gun Down The Dustpipe - Status Quo Living In The Past - Jethro Tull Bird On The Wire - Leonard Cohen Tears Of Rage - Bob Dylan Save The Country - Laura Nyro To Love Somebody - The Bee Gees There Won't Be Many Coming Home - Roy Orbison Melting Pot - Blue Mink Hi De Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears Chestnut Mare - The Byrds Sweet Baby James - James Taylor Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers

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.

The Best of Tour of Duty (1992) Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) Tin Soldier - Small Faces This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll Barabajagal - Donovan Time Of The Season - The Zombies The Weight - The Band Get Together - The Youngbloods Chimes Of Freedom - The Byrds A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin Evil Ways - Santana 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago Killing Floor - The Electric Flag Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears On The Road Again - Canned Heat American Woman - The Guess Who Race With The Devil - The Gun Shapes Of Things - The YardBirds Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals

• 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