He was a Vietnam veteran who as a result of the emotional stress of seeing so much death had suffered a nervous breakdown during his military service. He had been sent from the front line to a camp base.
Redzot tik daudzu cilvēku bojāeju, viņš pārdzīvoja lielu emocionālu satricinājumu, un viņam iestājās nervu sabrukums, kura dēļ viņu no frontes līnijas aizsūtīja uz kara bāzi.