Retired Major General Goldman arrives by helicopter at Firebase Ladybird on a fact finding mission for Washington brass. Seeing another helicopter landing, he goes to greet and question Anderson and his soldiers about the mission they have just returned from. They later learn that the general is Goldman's father but it is clear when they meet that the two don't have a good relationship. They were estranged when Myron's mother died five years before and haven't spoken since. The Major general finds that his son's leadership methods appall him. Ruiz befriends a new man who joins the team, mainly because he is also a hispanic. But the man manages to get himself killed due to his careless attitude. Dalby orders Goldman's men into an impossible attack which Myron refuses to go on. Zeke and Goldman realize that the new man was on dope and set out to cure the problem themselves.

Le général Goldman, qui est en tournée d'inspection au Viêt-Nam, retrouve son fils. Il s'aperçoit alors que la guerre sur le terrain n'est pas telle qu'il l'imaginait. Les hommes sont, en effet, confrontés à un nouvel ennemi : la drogue...

Goldmans Vater, General-Major A.D. Goldman, kommt im Auftrag Washingtons an die Front, um eine Untersuchung durchzuführen. Seit Goldmans Mutter vor sechs Jahren Selbstmord verübte, haben Vater und Sohn nicht mehr miteinander gesprochen. Für Goldman Senior ist sein Sohn die personifizierte Schlappheit