retired editor for TAMU. His input and feedback were very helpful. Thanks to Bill Wills, editor of our local newspaper, The Pantagraph, for his helpful tips and advice. Three friends read some of the manuscript and offered excellent criticism in a supportive manner.

Garold "Bud" Cole is a retired librarian at Illinois State Univer- sity who is the authority on Civil War literature. He has written three Civil War reference books over the years. He looked over my preliminary efforts and offered excellent suggestions to improve the continuity and flow of the work. Karen Zangerle is the head of one of our local social service agencies. I call her "Our Lady of PATH." She is a kindhearted genius who generously spent time she didn't have to spare helping me make the book readable. Jerry Parsons was willing to read the manuscript and give me the benefit of his wisdom and experience.

Walt Smith was one of my social work/psychology technicians in Vietnam. He is a brilliant, courageous person of great integrity. He helped me in Vietnam and more recently when we discussed our memories of Vietnam by e-mail. I know he disagrees passionately with my political views, but we have remained friends despite our political differences. I appreciate his sharing his views on Vietnam, our work there, and our current political situation.

During the writing I located and started corresponding with my good friend and mentor in Vietnam, John Hamilton. We hadn't been in contact since Vietnam. Since returning home in 1970, we both have been divorced, both have had open-heart surgery, and both have returned to our churches and have been trying to live Christ-centered lives. I also heard from Ross Guarino recently, and we were able to share memories. Ed Colbach ran into Bert, my agent, at a Northwestern University alumni picnic and learned of the book. He got in touch, and we were able to compare notes on our experiences as psychiatrists in Vietnam and have remained in contact ever since.

I would like to acknowledge and thank a couple of locals who made it in Hollywood-the late McLean Stevenson (star of M*A *S *H) and Mike Laughlin (movie producer)-for taking the time and making the effort to visit me in the hospital after my heart surgery in 1992. The nurses gave me much better service after their visit.