Dana Delany as First Lieutenant (later Captain) Colleen McMurphy, USA – a Catholic girl from Lawrence, Kansas, and army nurse with the 510th Evac Hospital in Vietnam during the late 1960s, she has five brothers only four of them ever appear on camera, Brian, Brendan, Conor, and Daniel.The show was cancelled before it could fully address McMurphy's PTSD issues. The book takes the reader from Van Devanter's wish to serve her country through the adventure she thought her deployment to Vietnam would be, her culture shock upon returning to "the States", and her struggles with PTSD. The show's character Nurse Colleen McMurphy roughly follows Van Devanter's experiences as a nurse in Vietnam. The show is based on the book Home Before Morning (1983) written by the former U.S. The show does not shy away from showing the brutality of war it provides a gritty view of the experience and its aftermath.
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The series also features the experiences of the characters when they return to the United States, either on leave or at the end of their tours of duty. Set in a Vietnam locale nicknamed "Bac My An Beach", at the 510th Evacuation Hospital and R&R (the "Five-and-Dime" Rest & Recreation) facility, the series' cast of characters includes US Army doctors and nurses, officers, soldiers, Red Cross volunteers and civilian personnel (American, French, and Vietnamese). John Wells took over most of the series beginning with the second season and many of the show's cast members appeared later on another Wells production, ER.
and John Sacret Young, the series looks at the Vietnam War from unique perspectives: those of the women, military personnel and civilians who were present during the conflict.
My thanks to the producers and writers and crew (and, of course, the actors!) - you all should be really proud of what you did.Created by William Broyles Jr. Anyway, I couldn't love it more, and I've never seen another show like it. I think it was partly the subject matter and the shooting everything(?) on location (as opposed to a sound stage - I know it wasn't shot in Vietnam )), but it felt so deceptively REAL. There was really something special going on in that show. The dialogue is great, but there's so much said in just a look, and that, my friends, is acting. While, at times, it's cheesier than I remembered it (and that was mostly just in some season 1 episodes), you can't do better than Marg Helgenberger and Dana Delany and Jeff Kober as K.C., McMurphy, and Dodger (respectively). A few months ago I started borrowing videotaped episodes from a friend (thank you, History Channel!), and re-experiencing it.
I was watching a lot of shows back then that I was probably too young to watch(!), and there was a lot of stuff I didn't get, but I knew, even as a middle schooler, that "China Beach" was something special. I was eleven when I started watching this show, and it left an indelible impression on me.
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