China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The series originally ran on ABC for four seasons from April 27, 1988 to July 22, 1991. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of ?à N?ng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australian soldiers. The show was inspired in part by the book Home Before Morning written by former U.S. Army Nurse Lynda Van Devanter.