China Beach was a TV show, that's for sure - it really made an impression on me, having been part of the later Vietnam draft but never having been called (my Mom said many Rosaries), to the point that just 3 months before the final episode I found myself, unknown to me at the time, to be the location of the final scene in the series - the Vietnam Memorial, on Memorial Day weekend, no less, and to this day it was one of the more significant moments in my life...
In fact, when the final episode did air in August, 1991, it brought me to tears to find that the final scene was filmed at that very same spot - of course that wasn't known to me when there several months earlier (apparently I was there between the filming and the actual date of the last episode), so that was REALLY something, and having been a part of the draft but thankfully not having been called but still feeling a bit "left out", being there meant so much to me that to this day I feel proud to think about it...
Not sure how Dana Delaney will view her career when it's over, but hopefully she'll remember that CB was probably her best and most appreciated role...
P.S. I remember when the Tet Offensive took place - the terrible outcome seemed to make President Johnson realize that our being there was a mistake and probably helped him decide not to run for reelection a short time later - that's one of the peculiar things about getting older (Dana Delaney and I have much in common age-wise) - you're still alive on the Earth but already are a part of history, at least when it comes to being around during events that are now in the history books...
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