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Welcome to the Tour of Duty Information page, a writer's resource of details pertaining to the television series Tour of Duty.

This site will be constantly evolving. It is our hope to provide the fans and fanfic writers with a solid, well-researched and easily accessible resource pertaining to the show's characters, the episodes themselves, and eventually a detailed Time Line of "real world" events based against Tour of Duty's episodic time line.

A section entitled "TOD Advisor's Notebook" presents a series of essays for writers of Vietnam War fiction, written by TOD advisor Lee Russell (1987-1989). These essays emphasize the actual "soldier experience" rather than military details.

With input from Lee Russell, we have and will continue to compile a set of detailed Character Biographies. These biographies are extensive and comprehensive. Several of these have been completed, including the two main characters of Sgt. Zeke Anderson and Lt. Myron Goldman. All of these biographies will include the characters' ages, backgrounds, and previous assignments before they came to Vietnam. Many of these have additional comments from Mr. Russell on the characters themselves.

A detailed and comprehensive Episode Guide will eventually include not only a synopsis of all 58 episodes, but also a listing of the guest stars, the writers, and the director. Also to be included will be a complete listing of all the music used throughout the series as it pertains to each episode. First season episodes include episode notes from Lee Russell. Video captures from the episode will be used to illustrate each synopsis.

Finally, another section is entitled "Other Resources". There is so much information we cannot easily include in the biographies and other sections, but that we feel is useful and important. "Other Resources" will hopefully fill in those gaps and provide some interesting references and details for fanfic writers and fans alike. Presently there are recommended movies, a detailed list of major and supporting characters' ranks and a table listing "Who, When, and Where" for major, supporting, and guest characters.

Please, do check back with us often as we continue to add more biographies, update the Episode Guide, and provide other fascinating details.

Disclaimer:

Tour of Duty and its characters are the property of Zev Braun Productions and New World Productions. No copyright infringement is intended.

Although these fictional biographies are deduced or inferred from the original programs, all conclusions about the characters are my own.

I would like to thank Mr. Lee Russell, military advisor to Tour of Duty, 1987-1989, for his assistance with my efforts.

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