William “Bill” Ferris E-5 United States Army 1967-1969 Video Log 0:06 Introduction 0:54 War/Service Branch 1:09 Volunteered for Draft 1:39 Parents Thoughts 1:52 Family History of Military Service 3:05 Home, Tampa, FL, Born in Denver, CO 4:17 Brother Served in Vietnam 5:25 Father in the Navy 7:43 Jacksonville Naval Air Station, FL, Fort Benning, GA 8:04 Medical Training at Fort Sam Houston, TX, History of Military Medics in Family 9:24 Desmond Doss 13:59 Fort Lewis, WA 18:00 30 Day Leave 19:04 Expected to Survive 20:18 Travel to Vietnam 21:13 Tokyo International Airport, Japan 21:35 Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam 22:53 Blast of Heat 23:29 Pleiku, Vietnam 24:14 de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou 25:04 Canine Units 26:24 Tent/Orientation/Firing Range – M16s 27:48 Short Tempered 29:08 Some Medics Carried 45s 29:30 Problem of Being Unarmed 30:47 Guard Duty 32:24 Respect of Fellow Soldiers 33:45 KP 34:44 KP Pusher 36:29 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment 37:10 LZ Dogbone 38:48 The Self-Styled Audie Murphy 40:22 Typical Mission 41:47 Search & Destroy 42:12 Dakto to Kontum to Chupa 42:42 Ho Chi Minh Trail 43:12 Tunnels/Bunkers 45:01 LZ Mickey Mouse 45:37 Mission of United States in Vietnam 47:02 Interaction with Villagers 48:56 LZ Turned Red 50:25 Medic’s Equipment & Supplies 51:30 Special Protection From GIs 52:33 Average Lifespan of Medic 6 Weeks 53:33 Head on a Stick 54:54 Ambushes 56:36 Sleeping on a Mission 58:26 Disliked Medics 59:41 Crossing River/Hearing Vietnamese 1:00:44 Monsoons 1:01:24 Food on the Mission 1:01:37 Leeches 1:01:52 Morale/Hypochondriac 1:04:36 Perimeter Guards 1:04:58 Sleeping on a Mission 1:05:53 Communication with Home 1:08:55 Chaplain 1:09:19 Guard Duty 1:10:14 Middle of NVA Regiment 1:11:40 Mortars Incoming 1:12:33 Enlarging the Foxhole 1:13:23 Faith/Calls for Medic 1:16:40 Audie Murphy Wannabe Killed 1:17:53 Philip Wounded 1:20:23 Wounded/Jolly Green Giant 1:25:10 Getting to CCP/War’s Over for Me 1:27:09 Medevaced Out 1:28:06 Captain Steps on Leg 1:28:51 NVA Sniper in a Tree 1:29:57 Battalion Aid Station/Transferred to 71st Evacuation Hospital 1:30:38 Lieutenant Charles Jones 1:33:22 Casualty Count 1:35:14 Vietnam War Protesters Today 1:36:23 71st Evacuation Hospital, Rocketed, Mortared 1:37:53 12th U.S. Air Force Hospital, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam 1:38:27 C141 Starfighter to Camp Zama, Japan 1:38:52 Family Informed of Injury/Dad’s Premonition 1:41:27 Five Surgeries 1:43:22 Bad Medical Care Once 1:44:02 Rocky Not Responsive to Treatment 1:46:24 Choice of Hospitals 1:47:22 Convalescent Leave 1:47:48 Arriving in the United States 1:48:57 Physical Therapy 1:49:45 Reassigned 629th Medical Company, Fort Ord, CA William “Bill” Ferris Interview Video Log p.2 1:50:23 629th to War Games in Europe 1:51:54 A Congressional 1:52:43 Headquarters Company 1:53:04 Requested to Return to Vietnam 1:53:53 Discharge 1:54:18 Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA 1:55:20 Arizona State Universtiy, Tempe, AZ 1:55:40 Job Offer, Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1:56:30 Veterans Administration Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1:57:29 Right Foot Numb/Neuroma 1:59:57 Jonathan Wainwright Veterans Administration Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA 2:00:18 Marriage 2:00:26 General Manager, Ramada Inn, Williams, AZ 2:01:50 Children 2:02:48 Met Current Wife/Seafood Industry 2:03:37 Stayed in Touch with Buddies? 2:03:48 Vietnam Wall 2:04:14 GI That Knew He Wouldn’t Survive 2:05:51 Relationship with Jesus Christ 2:06:57 Good 7th Day Adventist