Tour of Duty - Season 1 Episode 6 Burn, Baby, Burn
In a time of great racial tension and violence in America, the same problems were carried over to Vietnam, where it was not unusual for bars -- or sometimes entire sections of towns -- to cater only to whites, blacks or hispanics. To wander into the wrong ""territory"" was a mistake that could lead to violence and death. Taylor and three of his brothers encounter such a problem when Percell asks them to meet him at what turns out to be an all-white redneck bar. A fight breaks out between one of the blacks, Tucker and a KKK member, Innis. Both end up in Bravo Co, and while on a patrol, Tucker's friend is killed when Innis fails to provide coverage. Racial tensions mount. As the black soldiers discuss their own people dying at home to obtain some equal rights, they see Innes put up a Confederate flag. Violence breaks out, and, in the end, Johnson gets accused of starting it. A conflict at the brig nearly ends in gunfire but, in the end, Tucker -- the trouble-maker is transfered out and thi
Year: 1990
Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Action & Adventure
Country: United States of America
Studio: CBS
Director: Steve Duncan, L. Travis Clark
Cast: Stephen Caffrey, Terence Knox, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Tony Becker, Stan Foster, Ramón Franco
Crew: Zev Braun (Producer), Joseph Conlan (Original Music Composer), Dorothy Amos (Costume Supervisor), Michael E. Little (Camera Operator), Joseph A. Liuzzi (Location Manager), Stephen L. Posey (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Sep 24, 1987
Last Air date: Apr 28, 1990
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 58 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 8.04/10 by 156.00 users
Popularity: 60.9
Language: Vietnamese, English
Episode
Pilot
Notes from the Underground
Dislocations
War Lover
Sitting Ducks
Burn, Baby, Burn
Brothers, Fathers and Sons
The Good, the Bad and the Dead
Battling Baker Brothers
Nowhere to Run
Roadrunner
Pushin' Too Hard
USO Down
Under Siege
Soldiers
Gray-Brown Odyssey
Blood Brothers
The Short Timer
Paradise Lost
Angel of Mercy
The Hill