Groundbreaking television for its time. Tour of Duty was one of the first tv series to explore what life was like for the men on the ground during the Vietnam War. It has a variety of engaging characters, accurate historical storylines, and has some topics that really were not widely discussed until this series came out, such as PTSD.
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I loved this series back in the late 80's as a positive take on the Vietnam Nam conflict. My father, who had done two tours in the Vietnam delta as a Navy PBR gunner on the rivers, thought the show was a good representation of the challenges and issues soldiers dealt with at the time. As far as the DVD themselves, they are poor quality in sound and video. The background music tends to drown out the dialogue at times. And it appears that the compression rate is too high, as a lot of the scenes seem to be "skippy". This is especially noticeable in the action scenes the movements of the characters have a lot of flicker like an old silent movie. But, since this series isn't readily available elsewhere, I still enjoy the episodes despite the poor quality.
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Very good messaging in most episodes. Great for US History in high school to show the many sides of the Vietnam War. Action is corny in spots with rubber guns and 100 yard grenade toss through trees. If you love American History this series is well worth the money especially years one and three. Biggest disappointment is the lack of music from the television series. Really miss the Paint it Black from the Stones in the beginning of each episode.
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I had recorded every episode when show was on, but I changed Tv providers and had to return my DVR so I lost all my recordings. So finding this set gave me all the episodes back on disk so now I will treasure them for years. Shows are really great. Thanks.
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Reminds me of friends and times overseas. The true camaraderie we shared. No matter where we were while there. Makes me think of my age at the time I arrived in country and then the age of those who followed me in to country. Sound quality is great. I do have to lower volume during battle scenes.
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