I lived in Saigon in the 1960's and found this show very realistic and it totally held my attention. I wish it would be shown again -- at least the repeats. I always wondered if Terence Knox is the same Terry Knox who lived in Saigon and was evacuated with our family in Feb 1965. Terry had a twin brother named Randy. I tried to google them just now, but didn't come up with anything. Is it the same Terry? I'd love to know and get back in touch with you guys. My maiden name was Kotzebue and we lived in Carmel and had Easter together the spring after the evacuation. It would be very cool if you are the same Terry . . . Anyway, I don't really watch much TV any more -- I don't find much that I care to watch. If shows like Tour of Duty came on again it would be another story. Recently we had an amazing Viet Nam experience. My cousin was shot down over Laos right before the end of the war 35 years ago. His body was not recovered,but the government kept looking for him and brought his remains home this fall -- We had an incredibly moving burial at the Air Force Academy in Nov and it was amazing how many of his comrades from Laos and classmates from the academy came out to pay him tribute. That was the worse of times and the best of times . . .

"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.

This was a pretty good, well acted and directed 80's war drama based in Vietnam. Well the first season was excellent, but afterwords, while still remaining quite watchable just wasn't as compelling as that first season due to the fact that 'the Powers that be' seemed content to make the show more like the lesser artistically, yet bigger ratings-wise, "China Beach". China Beach while being a good show in it's own right, was detrimental to this show which was a shame. So in summation, you can't go wrong with Season 1 of this one. Just don't get it on DVD, as with all the music that's omitted and changed, it just doesn't feel the same which is very sad indeed.My Grade: A

And if anyone show even few of the episodes i think that they will agree with me. Tour of duty is about the Vietnam war.It has everything... War,Action,Agony but what makes it unique and complete is that it stresses out all problems a society has, reflected upon the Vietnam Military society(such as drugs and racism). It made me really feel what war is, and at that time I was only 14 years of age. It is not about a macho guy go kill all Vietnamese and leave a winner no matter the casualties. It is about morality and all horrible aspects of war and the main hero, Surgeant Zeke, doing the best he can dealing with all the problems he faces(either saving his men lives or disapproving and dealing with all problems that now most of them exist in all societies all over the world). I did not write this to make you watch it. It was just something I owed to me.