China_Beach_The_gift

[@MFM230]

Wow! I had forgotten how beautiful Dan Delaney was when she acted in China Beach.

[@fu4616]

I agree!

[@elainecragel4647]

Her portrayal of a mash nurse so believable. It makes you realize and have respect for those nurses who served in Vietnam. She is an incredible actor.

[@liamroberts9047]

Hello Elaine, How are you doing?

[@joannehines7806]

Dana Delany & this cast of actors were amazing!! Best cinematography, gritty & realistic storylines, fantastic writers & so on!

[@rockyracoon3233]

​@@joannehines7806 . Too bad CB didn't last for at least two more seasons.

[@ZATennisFan]

One of the most powerful shows ever put on TV....

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

great writing, sincere top notch acting, direction was superior and cinematography was excellent. It's like they made sure it WAS the best they could do, to honor all those who served there. Should have been on longer, but the "touchy" subject matter hurt it somehow, maybe US wasn't able to watch it still. I have the DVD set and admired the show so much.

[@BrianHSolomon]

She's such an amazing actress and so beautiful. I remember watching when I was younger and I had a total crush on her.

[@FoggyStillness]

Amazing acting. Films were like this 2-3 decades ago. Totally different sense of space, depth, time and reality. Thank you for putting this scene up.

[@kurts7913]

Having spent 2 1/2 consecutive years on the ground in South Vietnam (1969-71 Arty), I too enjoyed "China Beach'. Though it was a series on TV there were many takeaways that were close to real. I want to thank the Nurses of the 24th EVAC...reasons of my own. I was drafted in 1968. Meat slated for the grinder in FEB 69 but.... before I left, I had some fractures that needed to heal first. I was sent to Letterman Army Hospital near San Fran. I had not yet set foot on the soil of Vietnam but I got a hard to swallow taste of the near future. I would walk through the wards...not full of the norm hospital expectations but full of the damage done to men and they were sent there for more extensive care. Legs and arms missing, devastating burn injuries and wounds that were still open but being cared for. I remember going to the Mess Hall and sitting at the table with some of the patients. One was deliriously happy. As we ate I saw he had his head bandaged and he proclaimed "I got the million dollar wound!!" Perplexed, I was young and dumb so I asked what that was. He smiled and reached up to the edge of his bandaged head and lifted the bandage from his face to show me.... an open hole where an eye use to be. He was waiting for the wound to heal and be given an eye patch and then a prosthetic eye. Maybe grim humor or relief he would never see war up close and personal again. I saw a lot of what the meat grinder could do to young men but, I also saw the Ward Nurses and those who worked with the Doctors trying to piece these guys back together so they could finally go home. I know they saw horrendous wounds and watched as their patients heal enough to continue life. Some had to be victories and ...some had lost the mental capacity to deal with having their loved ones see them as they were now. Nurses were not just caretakers of the flesh, they also had to care for the thoughts inside those torn bodies. Their visions of War were not from an in-country tour, but on the receiving end of the results of war...right here in the USA. For some, they continue in the VA Clinics and Hospitals as we speak. I know "Tour of Duty" is still on re-run tv. While I was at the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" in DC, I ran into Troy Evans ...AKA SFC Bob Pepper..on China Beach. I think he was the only cast member to actually have served in Vietnam. He was in the 25th Infantry Division. We talked and he thought the series was very close to life. He thought Dana Delany did an excellent portrayal. I think ... maybe the new generation should be allowed to watch shows which are now deemed to be "politically incorrect" to see life as it was before. We lose so much when it is buried. Welcome home to all who served, serve now and a hand shake to those who will become a member of the 1% in the future...

[@fatima1009]

Thank you for your service.

[@flix7753]

Served in the 23rd Arty Group from Jan 68 to Sept 69. I thought China Beach portrayed my experiences the best of the movies and tv shows of that era. I don't know for sure on any of this but it seems to me now that the fact most of the cast was in their 30's gave it a more nuanced and mature interpretation of the events of that war. I know acting is acting, but all of the characters played their part in pulling me, yanking sometimes, into the story line of each episode.That show moved me like none before or since. Welcome home, and thanks.

[@charleswhitson463]

Very well said I'm a former seabee luckily I never had to goto war. Which no war or good I loved China beach and had many friends that were or are Vietnam vets, I've been told stories that were both funny and very scary Kids this day and age need to realize what life is truly like They need to learn our history even if it's from a TV show that just might spark and interst

[@leslieroycroft3569]

Welcome home to you sir. Much respect. You and so many others have seen and lived through too much to comprehend as a civilian.Thank you for the story.❤

[@1veryreal]

Thank you for your service and the testament of how bad it was for our veterans. I remember watching this show as a kid with my dad, an army capt. and medic 173rd airborne ‘68, finished at 71st evac hospital pleiku which I’ve heard was pretty bad. He never talked too much about it. my mom told me he would have nightmares at times and that he saw some horrendous things. I was just a dumbass kid and never appreciated what he really went through, it’s amazing to think these men and women went through such horror and came home to such disrespect. Thank you to all veterans.

[@dracogirl33]

This gives me chills. I first watched this show when I was 14. I’m 47 now, it still packs the same punch.

[@conorwhite2066]

Me too.. 14 and 47

[@veterannz]

I binge watched this and had tears in my eyes in pretty much every Ep. So sad

[@markmiller3308]

Seeing this now is as disturbing as seeing it then when I was 12 and am now 45. I do remember my Dad who was a Korean and Viet Nam War vets being visibly upset at how close to home it hit him. Never talked about either war but I knew he went through hell in both and this hit him like a ton of bricks and brought back memories he didn’t want.

[@donahi9538]

@@markmiller3308 Tell your Pop thanks for all his service. Being a army vet who served during the Vietnam "conflict" I was so enraged/fed up when the jerks up in DC refused to call it a war. & I'm so sorry that he served in the Korean "conflict." He & others who served during Korea must be so heart broken & disappointed in America's governments. But we citizens still appreciate his sacrifices. Hoorah🎖🍻😤

[@dougball328]

One of, if not THE best actresses to ever be on television.

[@davidvillarreal7569]

Dana killed it, brought tears to my eyes.

[@MrDarryl61]

China Beach was one of the best shows about that war and the people who fought it. Great actress

[@timhoovermusicman]

Tour of duty was another outstanding show

[@kimberlybrownmy5]

@@timhoovermusicman yes , I totally agree .Tour of Duty was another fabulous show!!

[@f4tweet]

Her character was based on 5 Vietnam Nurses. God Bless them.

[@marianotalavera8494]

✝️ 🤝 🙏

[@mocowan6642]

This is why Dana Delaney won two Emmy awards for this show.

[@keithsnyder7197]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN TREMENDOUS AND POWERFUL! !

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

I saw several episodes: she pretty much CARRIED the entire show all by herself, unlike MASH that had many major stars doing their work for the bigger picture.

[@fatima1009]

I loved this show. I couldn't watch one episode without crying.

[@facedown9754]

Exactly that..I cried at the end of every last one…The impact was phenomenal…There will never be another China Beach..😢

[@restinHim38668]

This show is pure gold! Thank you to cast and crew.

[@karenwhite7194]

She was so great in this show. One of my favorites.

[@joannehines7806]

ABC-TV wonderfully honored the Viernam War veterans with this series!!! Eternally thanking them for their tremendous service & sacrifice!

[@johnwalsh4857]

watched this show when it first came out in the late 80s, I said at the time wow this show was ahead of its time, very powerful stuff. watching it again 40 years later, it still packs a powerful emotional punch. One of the best tv shows ever

[@ekinnard]

i want to watch it now!!! is it available anywhere?

[@robertgonzales8320]

Damn. One of my favorite shows, Dana kills this scene. wow

[@cherylhurst7093]

I appreciate these nurses so much. They also had to keep smiling and never let a soldier know they were dying. My great grandfather was in Ardennes in France during WWI. He was shot and a nurse literally nursed him back to health. Her name was Madeline and he named my grandmother ( his first daughter) Madeline.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

this show was way ahead of its time.... it feels like a cable show of today.

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

no, there would of been 114 different camera takes as it spun around her. why is it when they make a show these days they have Michael J. Fox holding the camera?

[@7389]

What a great show. Wish the re-runs are on to watch.

[@jamielancaster01]

This why China Beach was an excellent show!

[@jerryfrederick6610]

Dana Delaney is truly one of the most beautiful woman on the planet. Just gorgeous.

[@rockyracoon3233]

A great actress too!

[@johnnychinstrap]

One of my favourite scenes from the show. So spot on that she vividly relives hell every day in graphic detail. True hero's.

[@garybaker1422]

This was one of the best shows ever aired about what some people went through in Vietnam, and some of the horrors of war. Dana Delany was excellent.

[@imHippisummer]

The burn in the back of my throat and eyes as invoulantary tears begin...just listening to this actress portray A mash nurse is beautiful/ painful so perfectly touching...it hurts.

[@Matty11209]

I never watched China Beach. I recently watched Band of Brothers and and The Pacific. Somehow I came across this video. This was as powerful as anything in those two great war series.

[@carolesabo4785]

My partner is a VN combat vet. Whenever he watches this scene he begins to cry. His memory of a buddy who was vaporized haunts him every day. All that remain of his buddy was a foot in one boot. It was sent back to the US in a closed casket.

[@slatibaadfast]

I have read first hand accounts of guys on the line, the combat, the sights, the PTSD afterwards. And I've read first hand experiences of combat nurses and the PTSD those ladies suffered. Stories of WWII and Vietnam nurses, the sights, the broken and torn bodies. And when it was over, those ladies, simply sent home. The terrors that lived in their minds. Truly brave ladies indeed.

[@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx]

Should try to find a copy of home by morning i believe ia the title old novel but its from a MASH nurse's pov

[@largemarge1603]

​@@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx HOME BEFORE MORNING Lynda Van Devanter.

[@aunatural007]

Dana Delany, I would have gone to the end of the world just to have a a drink with her. Not only she makes my heart beat faster but she was such a wonderful actress in China Beach. She was like an angel taking care of those wounded soldiers.

[@gigimontez8938]

Thank you for your service 🙏

[@brianchandler1966]

I was fortunate to meet Dana Delany at a James Ellroy book signing. Gracious lady.

[@OneBadSSG]

I had such a crush on Dana Delaney when she was on this show.

[@1feral1]

A powerful 4 minutes and;50 seconds! ~ Iraq Vet, nothing changes but the technology. War changes people.

[@sams220guy3]

this is ever so hard & this is why I never miss'd an episode of China Beach

[@debbieroberts5866]

God Bless Military Nurses Everywhere.

[@zabadazidit]

+1000

[@aperezNWO]

You can summarize that dialog as PSTD. All my due respect for thr MASH personell.

[@ninademci1500]

I watched this while my seven broken bones healed. It was, is, and will always be such a good show. American History ended after WW2 at our high school.

[@edge1289]

She’s just as gorgeous now as then!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

She ages well.

[@paulgrubbs3006]

In this series I believe that Dana Delaney was the Most Beautiful Woman that existed. She displayed Beauty and Brawn at the same time. No other Woman has ever been able to do this. She is still in my Dreams. God Bless you Dana !!!!!❣❣❣

[@Mister8224]

Not even close. That's not how it works.

[@louisramosLEFTYLOUIE]

She was great and so talented !my favorite episode !war of the worlds !part 2 !when she visits the men in the hospital and one says "thats my nurse " i cry each time isee it ! Outstanding work by all !especially Nurse McMurphy !

[@jodeanesullens6588]

That was my favorite moment on the show.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

So many stellar moments. So many.

[@kenweitzel2377]

All the years of the past since Vietnam and I passed since this wonderful show don’t change anything I have been to war in Vietnam. In fact, I spent a couple of chairs there, one of them incidentally at marble Mountain outside of Da Nang, where which was the site for China Beach the war never leaves the warrior and never leaves those who have seen it felt it taste it smelled it or been involved in anyway if you were a clerk typist in Vietnam, yeah very much the right for PTSD as the nurse in this particular episode, or for those of us that think that we saw more and experienced more at the time of the show, I didn’t feel that it was doing anything for me other than entertain me watching this particular episode 40 years later makes me realize how powerful it actually was. God bless those 50,000+ people who are no longer with us. God bless those people who work had serious injuries that they’ve lived with their entire life both metal and physically.

[@peterbaldwin1499]

Data Delany, gorgeous then, gorgeous now. Loved then, love her now

[@black1582]

Crispy critters was a snack at the time from like Nabisco. And in 1988 it was a national phenomenon of jokes about anything burned! It’s funny how things like that are forgotten until you hear it again.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

"What comes out of a burning forest?? Crispy Critters"... Was mostly a kid;s joke, they were familiar with the cereal. Stressed medical personnel STILL make up funny sayings, jokes, slang, etc. to help cover up the horror. It's just a natural adjustment for some. Something to mask the horror.

[@brianchandler1966]

Met Dana Daleny at a James Ellory book signing in Pasadena CA. She was a gracious lady.

[@sethvstribbles]

That’s awesome!

[@mariesmith599]

A lot of WACS (Women's Army Corp) has all these memories imbedded still at least in my mind. Being a 91B20 Medical Specialist I saw a lot. Every day I have a flashback like she is talking about.

[@shanehubble]

Thank you for your service. What you did will never be forgotten by those you helped and those who knew that if it was their turn you would be there for them.

[@sharonwalsh7840]

Thank you so much for your service. Your sacrifices are not forgotten.

[@rogerwiddows9919]

Brings tears to this old soldiers eyes.

[@yanni2112]

Sailor 😪

[@willieboy8798]

2:58 excellent acting ...i couldnt do it!!

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I only watched a few episodes of this show and it could be quite intense to watch. Watching this clip I forgot what a hottie Dana Delaney was back in the day.

[@timothyglaserr8791]

This show enlightened you to the fact that not only the grunts couldn’t ever unsee what they went through!!!!

[@mikeb1039]

Dana Delaney was one of the most "quietly sexy" women in cinema.

[@Nam-id7kj]

As a combat Vietnam vet, God bless the angels who cared for us when wounded & some of my brothers' last moments. I know what my nights were like after returning to the world, I can't imagine theirs when the lights went out. 😔

[@polycarphunter2257]

the nurses had one of the most traumatic jobs to do over there. I was there 70-71 and thank God I never had to visit a hospital. and I was stationed at Danang.

[@elainecragel4647]

Polycarp, I had family in the military. I have a cousin who served in the Air Force and stationed in Saigon. You are the hero's and the care you gave to so many. God knows what you did for so many. I am a retired hospital chaplain,, and will always respect nurses and doctors I worked with. Thank you for your service and the sacrifice you made for so many. God Bless

[@amandawhisnant622]

Thank you for your service. I'm a nursing assistant and I take care of a vietnam veteran (early 70s) who has dementia because of head trauma from that war. I feel honored to get to take care of him.

[@polycarphunter2257]

@@amandawhisnant622 i'm sure he would tell you how much he appreciates your TLC.

[@allgood6760]

She is beautiful.. and I don't know how nurses can handle this is real life.. salute!

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

This was a great show...

[@johnhallett5846]

Such an incredible show and a great actress

[@muhittinarabi]

I was in love with Dana. I always liked women who looked like her.

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

when this came out in 1988 i was like 15 and i had a crush on her LOL

[@vatomalo68]

Me too. I was lucky to find a near look-a-like 3 years later. My DD had 42DDs.

[@BrianHSolomon]

I totally had a crush on her as well.

[@chuckhall5347]

This was a great show. It brought a small amount of the real pain of that war to light. If you really want a good cry, look for the interviews President Johnson did late in life where he admitted that most of this war including the escalation was done to protect Johnson's political reputation.

[@jmethene]

This show was incredible 😢

[@Handi2478]

I remember watching this series. I loved it, very good writing & acting.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Delaney should have played a live action Lois Lane..... she did though in the animated form and was brilliant.

[@terrybaird3122]

Military nurses...amazing people.

[@michaelwelch203]

Every ICU nurse goes home thinking about what I should have done? How did I miss that? Hours after your shift you are still thinking and finally sleep. I never went through what these nurses did in those conditions. I worked in a Trauma ICU and had my issues. These brave women were not allowed VA benefits until recently. The jackass doing the questioning never did a shift at the bedside and can never understand what it is to be in that position.

[@scottmcmichael1386]

What ever happened to shows like this? Dana Delaney was amazing in her role and the show was incredible I thought as a young guy when it was on. Watching it made you question and think about what happened to everyone that was affected by the war in Vietnam. I guess nowadays people don’t question anything, they just conform and accept shit they see and hear, very sad.

[@lakelili]

Superb show. Brilliantly acted and taking off the air was unfortunate. Surely enough time has pssed that it can come back.

[@WhocaresWhy44]

This is why DD and John Kerry dated. I would get this on Lifetime at 0300. Nirvana 1993.

[@alexrivier1951]

How come China beach hasn’t come back as reruns

[@rnorth8812]

I think its the music rights. Same as WKRP, The Wonder Years, and others. No one saw what was coming (video, streaming, etc.) and now the cost of the original music is too expensive. The only option is to replace it with generic music and that just doesn't work. Or I could be wrong.

[@kitkeller5831]

Stunning. Wow.

[@slashtopher2193]

That was hard to watch, but I couldn't take my eyes off of Dana.

[@bradlafferty4493]

Great acting

[@dougdrvr]

What an incredible piece of acting, MS Delaney. How did you ever get through this?

[@paulzammataro7185]

How did the real nurses and doctors get through it?? KUDOS TO THEM ALL

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

@Ho Chi Minh was a mass-murderer that's what she said.

[@petewright8220]

As a nineteen yr old,loved the series and was fortunate to land the very small roll as an extra playing a gravely wounded soldier and die in her arms,lord have mercy! Bless her heart!!!

[@Primetome]

@@petewright8220 Try and find the scene and post it up

[@squarecreative7941]

Gerrit Graham, acting royalty right there.

[@AChavez-p5k]

Sweety babyluv baby

[@ritathomas3926]

God Bless our Nurses

[@aunatural007]

Even though I have the serie on a burn DVD which the quality is not that great, I really wish it would have come out on bluerays.

[@billklee7065]

Wow

[@johndemeen5575]

Just remember the hippies/democrats spit on returning veterans. St.Paul,Minnesota.

[@KateLicker]

she had maybe a slight Barbara Feldon thing going on..both had a legion of male admirers..

[@Northtide]

About what I expected. This and the "Tour of Duty" series are the ONLY TWO realistic stories to come out of the Vietnam war. They are sold short by the political correct crowd. I could not find any full length episodes. A very dear friend of mine was a navy nurse on the Hospital ship Repose 1968-1969. She never fully recovered from the experience. I still love you, and think about you often Annie.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

I bought the full DVD set when it finally came out. I bet there are some used and new sets available. Wish you were close, I'd lend them.

[@blue83galant]

Heartbreaking....

[@taylorw]

They (the nights) were all like that.

[@texansoul78]

Those quonset huts are pretty sturdy structures.

[@wencroom]

Those nurses saw more blood, guts, and gore than any 10 "super troopers" ever did.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

The aftermath of war is horrific. When Nurses returned to home, there were no parades, PTSD treatments for t hem. So hard.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

She's good.

[@alonsocamilo]

My crush.

[@philipadriance8974]

Dana Delany is a fantastic actress but she’ll always be Colleen McMurphy to me.

[@timburr4453]

beautiful woman

[@pirpirpir-os7ms]

Dana great thank you Dana ❤

[@TheJer1963]

9 nurses were killed in action in Vietnam, you can find their name .on the wall.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

they were forgotten and not given the PTSD help they needed right away. Finally a memorial is up and their names were added to the wall. But the soldiers remember.

[@timburr4453]

Lt. Hedwig Orlowski, 2nd Lt. Carol Drazba, 1st. Lt.Sharon Lane, Capt. Mary Klinker, Capt. Eleanor Alexander, 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Jones, 2nd Lt. Pamela Donovan, LTC Annie Graham

[@luisbohorquez7096]

❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🇺🇲🙏😇😇😇😇❤️😇😇😇😇

[@swagmanexplores7472]

Man that was powerful...

[@shayneoneill1506]

Remember the nurses. I'm hearing stories like this , (perhaps with less exploded limbs), from Covid doctors and nurses I know. Real tragic horrifying stuff. These people are on the frontline, whether its war , humanitarian disaster or pandemic, patching people together, sometimes in vain, sometimes successfully, but always at terrible personal cost.

[@miltonbroome9725]

Can't imagine the horror of each war. God bless all their memories.

[@josephkondrat7084]

The maggots eat away the dead flesh. Some doctors would put maggots under the edges of cast to ease the constant itching.

[@jhonyermo]

They are sterile medical raised maggots. Not just a bunch of fly shit

[@amlor]

And we have a natural aversion to seeing them , their presence indicates rotting flesh and disease.

[@cherylhurst7093]

They still use them to treat certain wounds. They only eat the dead flesh away and leave fresh skin underneath alone so the wounds can heal.

[@JasonSmith-q6u]

You almost forget she’s a beautiful actress playing a part. Her representation of the PTSD that combat nurses experience is gut wrenching. I don’t disagree that shows like this…..as well as Saving Private Ryan, and even MASH should be required viewing for High School and College students in America. But I also think they should be mandatory viewing for anyone elected to Congress and the White House, because they need to know how there decisions, words, and actions (or inactions) have consequences.

[@aaronblue76]

I've been looking for this show. They are not showing it on any streaming platform.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

it's for sale. Maybe you can buy it used as well. It takes some research.

[@timd5343]

i love this lady what an actress so believable

[@ElectronicsTech09]

Vietnam was a horrible time in history.

[@frankieseward8667]

I keep thinking there's an alternate universe Vietnam was already independent and was a neutral ally in the Cold war.

[@bogartwilley]

Who else can here from Jenna's Vampire Diaries video?

[@whiskey6actual]

the greatest scene

[@jimlasswell4491]

I hope she got an Emmy for this

[@lancegoodthrust546]

Shit she was wicked hot!

[@TheJer1963]

She still is. She is on Twitter and talks to fans there.

[@slashtopher2193]

Dana never married. Any man who had a shot with her, and didn't take it, is a fool.

[@rockyracoon3233]

A shame she never had children.

[@rockyracoon3233]

A shame she never had children.