There he saw the horrors of war. When his tour of duty was up in 1969, he returned to the United States, eventually landing a job with a large company in Ohio.
मग, डिसेंबर १९६७ मध्ये त्याची भरती अमेरिकन सैन्यात झाली आणि जून १९६८ मध्ये तो व्हिएतनामला गेला.