China Beach (1988)
1988 · 4 seasons · Drama, War & Politics
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
Created by John Wells and John Sacret Young. Starring Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Boatman, Troy Evans and Nancy Giles.
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