 even at 14 years old, and I felt committed to doing something. And then, although I was naive in 1964, at the time of the Tonkin incident, I was anxious to do my part for the Americans and for the South Vietnamese people and against communism. Three years later, I did as an infantryman in the field, and I often witnessed the effect of communist atrocities and did what I could to help those South Vietnamese people I encountered.