For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school; decision to enlist in U.S. Army; experiences in basic training at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; deployment to Kuwait and Iraq; experience of being reunited with sister at Balad Air Base outside of Baghdad; duties guarding and transporting confiscated weapons caches, including stress of participation in truck convoys; experience in mortar attack at Camp Anaconda; return to Ft. Sill; general discharge from Army; opinions regarding military service.