Tour of Duty
Season 1, Episode 18: The Short Timer
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Bravo company is on another S mission. A new man is on point, and he stops the patrol when he sees some blood, which he follows to a Vietnam booby trap. He's killed. Taylor takes over point, even though he is a short timer. Later, he manages to survive an encounter with an NVA machine gun nest after he destroys it. Taylor must address his mixed emotions about his near return to home. His fear and distaste for Vietnam is equaled only by the darkness of the life waiting for him at home. Taylor, after a ""Dear John"" phone call from home, signs up for another tour.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Pilot
Episode 2
Notes from the Underground
Episode 3
Dislocations
Episode 4
War Lover
Episode 5
Sitting Ducks
Episode 6
Burn, Baby, Burn
Episode 7
Brothers, Fathers and Sons
Episode 8
The Good, the Bad and the Dead
Episode 9
Battling Baker Brothers
Episode 10
Nowhere to Run
Episode 11
Roadrunner
Episode 12
Pushin' Too Hard
Episode 13
USO Down
Episode 14
Under Siege
Episode 15
Soldiers
Episode 16
Gray-Brown Odyssey
Episode 17
Blood Brothers
Episode 18
The Short Timer
Episode 19
Paradise Lost
Episode 20
Angel of Mercy
Episode 21
The Hill