Dana DelanyColleen McMurphy
Marg HelgenbergerKC Koloski
Michael BoatmanSamuel Beckett
Troy EvansBob Pepper
Nancy GilesFrankie Bunsen
Jeff KoberDodger Winslow
Series1988–1991
China Beach
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.
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History: Part I: The Big Bang
In 1985, a reunion between Boonie and Dr. Richard stirs up memories of their first meeting in Vietnam in 1966. It also brings up questions for Boonie's 18-year-old adopted daughter, Karen.
History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells
Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.
You, Babe
In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.
Escape
While attending his father's funeral in 1985, Beckett reflects on his childhood and his tour of duty in Vietnam with the Graves Registration Unit.
Fever
In 1970, McMurphy returns home to Lawrence, Kansas to make peace with her mother and try to settle down into civilian life, but finds both goals beyond her grasp.
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