Box 1

Scope and Contents Entered the service in 1967 after college. A friend killed in action in Vietnam (Andy Crispin) inspired him to join the Medical Corps as a surgical tech. Serving with the First Air Cavalry out of Saigon on a surgical team, he specialized in treating head, chest and abdominal wounds. Declined to carry a weapon out of principle. Discusses coping with combat and the loss of friends. R and R in Sydney and then in Bangkok, where he spent twenty days AWOL. Describes difficulty in returning to the...