Saigon, where he follows gunshots to a gambling den, which reminds him of the torture he endured during his captivity. French businessman Julien Grinda persuades him to come inside. Upset, Nick interrupts a game of Russian roulette, aiming the revolver at one of the players, pulling the trigger and then pulling the trigger once more while aiming it at himself. Mike is present as a spectator and calls out to Nick, but Nick and Julien hurriedly leave without hearing him amid the commotion. In 1970, Mike returns home, but experiences difficulty reintegrating into civilian life. He decides not to appear at a welcome-home party organized by Linda and their friends, opting instead to stay overnight alone in a motel. He visits Linda the next morning and learns that Nick has deserted. Mike then visits Angela, who is now the mother of a child, but has slipped into catatonia following the return of Steven, who has been rendered an invalid. Stan, Axel and John did not serve in the military, remaining in the United States during the war, and don't know of the horrors Mike has experienced, treating him in the same manner they did before he left. Linda and Mike find comfort in each other's company. Mike's disorientation is made evident during the subsequent days; he cannot bring himself to shoot a deer during a hunting trip and is outraged when Stan facetiously threatens Axel with his revolver. When Mike witnesses Stan's behavior, to show him the gravity of his actions, he chambers a single cartridge into the cylinder and triggers an empty chamber at Stan's head. Mike visits Steven at a veterans' hospital. Both of Steven's legs have been amputated, and he has lost the use of an arm. Steven refuses to come home, saying he likes the hospital; that it is like a resort. He informs Mike that he has been regularly receiving large sums of money from Vietnam. Mike believes that Nick is the one sending the money and forces Steven to go back home to Angela. Mike then returns to Vietnam in search of Nick. Walking around Saigon, which is now in a state of chaos shortly before its fall, Mike finds Julien and persuades him into bringing him to the gambling den. Mike finds Nick, who has become a professional in the macabre game, but Nick fails to recognize him. Mike attempts to bring Nick