Season 1 Episode Guide

1.1 Pilot After Firebase ladybird suffers heavy casualties, Sgt. Anderson goes to recruit new soldiers to replace men he lost. He selects th ebest froma group of new recruits and meets for the first time their new leader, 2nd Lt. Goldman.

1.2 Notes From the Underground The platton gets attacked by the Viet Cong, who strike and then disappear into underground tunnels. The GIs enter the tunnels to find the mission Taylor, only to get trapped when the tunnel caves in.

1.3 Dislocations Among the villagers being relocated by the platoon is a beautiful woman to whom Goladman is attracted. When they are attacked on the trail, Goldman's life is saved by a VC who truns out to be the woman's husband.

1.4 War Lover The men find themselves assigned to assist a "hot shot" sergeant with a mission to destroy an enemy bridge. Tempers reach breaking point when Anderson finds a living Vietnamese child and the sergeant wants the child killed.

1.5 Sitting Ducks The company provides security for an irrigation project, but it seems the VC know the Americans' every move. The platoon is assigned a guide, but every time the Americans leave the village, they are mysteriously ambused.

1.6 Burn, Baby, Burn Racial tension leads to violence when a militant black soldier and a KKK member both end up in Bravo Company. When the white soldier is killed with a gun belonging to Johnson, black and white members of the company clash.

1.7 Brothers, Fathers, and Sons Anderson, Johnson and Baker are shot down after catching a ride in a helicopter. They head back to base and enoucnter a woman giving birth as she is dying. Andreson ends up taking care of the baby and the three soldier end up battling the VC, with tragic results.

1.8 The Good, the Bad, and the Dead A drunken GI steals a jeep and gets arrested. Anderson (Terence Knox) recognises him as his former drill sergeant. Anderson helps to get him acquitted and gets him drafted into the squad, but his old friend immediately begins to disobey orders.

1.9 Battling Baker Brothers When Baker's wild twin brother shows up, the two end up fighting and nearly destroying the base. When his brother's helicopter goes down the next morning, Baker goes after him, but gets captured by the VC.

1.10 Nowhere to Run Purcell has just received a "Dear John" letter. Then the bridge he was assigned to secure gets blown up. When he escorts a dying baby and the mother to an evacuation centre, he is reunited with an old flame.

1.11 Roadrunner Anderson's confidence is shaken when he is almost killed by a barrage of mortar fire. When the soldiers are ordered to rescue downed pilots from an occupied valley, Anderson questions his ability to lead.

1.12 Pushin' Too Hard Bravo company is sent on a reconnaissance mission to capture a prisoner. With them is an attractive female reporter who is intent on getting combat footage, but who becomes a distraction to the men.

1.13 USO Down A USO band, including three female dancers, are rushed to a helicopter to be flown to their next destination. The helicopter is shot down and the entire crew is killed, leaving the troupe's lives in the hands of Bravo Company.

1.14 Under Siege A captain joins the platoon as the new leader and is immediately popular with the men. His arrival is fortuitous because there is evidence that the North Vietnamese Army is planning a big push right over Firebase Ladybird. But Anderson is wary of the new captain's tactics.

1.15 Soldiers Purcell is given emergency medical leave to visit his sick father in Hawaii. When he arrives, he learns his father has taken up with a much younger woman. Meanwhile, Taylor and Ruiz get sent there from some rest and relaxation and witness negative reactions to the war.

1.16 Gray-Brown Odyssey When Goldman and Horn are ambushed in their jeep, their companions are killed and they are separated. Coldman is temporarily blinded, but manages to capture a female VC whom he forces by gunpoint to lead him to safety.

1.17 Blood Brothers Goldman's estranged father arrives, a retired general on a fact-finding misison for Washington. Meanwhile, Ruiz begins to suspect there is a heroin supplier on the base.

1.18 The Short Timer Taylor must address his mixed emotions about his return home. His hatred for the war conflicts with the strong bond he has with his fellow soldiers and his uncertainty about life back home.

1.19 Paradise Lost The squad meets a mysterious ex-GI living among the natives. Goldman follows orders to help fortify the natives against the VC, but what follows is exactly what the mystery man warned him about.

1.20 Angel of Mercy A wounded NVA colonel is captured by the platoon and Goldman and Anderson are hit in a fire fight. All three are taken to the nearby hospital, where Goldman once again meets up with his former girlfriend and hears some unexpected news.

1.21 The Hill Goldman has a brief rest and relaxation with his former girlfriend, but she refuses to marry him. When he returns to base, he finds out his unit has been assigned to help take Hill 1000, which they've taken before and lost. Meanwhile, Horn Joshua D. Maurer refuses to follow orders at the risk of court martial.