Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1972-73. Decision to enter nurse training, the military; anesthesia school at William Beaumont Medical Center, 1972; attitudes toward Vietnam War; assignment to 95th Evacuation Hospital, China Beach, Vietnam; camp living conditions; work at Da Nang and Pleiku; treatment of battle casualties; work with Montagnards; work with Vietnamese medical personnel; social life and recreational activities; morale and drug problems; personal relationships among camp personnel; communications with home; decision to stay in military; effect on Vietnam experience on his later life.