A force of Australian soldiers serving in the Vietnam War have little experience of combat and spend their days hiding in the jungles or drinking and gambling at their base camp. However, towards the end of their tour of duty, a fatal incident changes their attitude to the conflict, while their return home holds other surprises in store. Drama, starring John Hargreaves, Graham Kennedy and Bryan Brown.

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.