Primarily documents Alice Fairbrother's service in the U.S. Army as a physical therapist from 1965 to 1968, and her experiences as an army wife during the Vietnam War. Alice Fairbrother tells of her early life in Raleigh and her education at Woman's College (now UNCG), particularly campus social regulations and her favorite teachers. She also discusses her decision to join the army's physical therapy program and the rigorous nature of the training school at Fort Sam Houston. " Fairbrother describes treating wounded soldiers from Vietnam at Fort Bragg and Fort Knox, deciding to leave the army when her husband received orders for Vietnam, and her fear for him during the year he was there. She tells of publicly hiding his involvement in the war and of her own resentment towards the antiwar movement. " Other subjects include the civil rights movement, where she was when Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy were assassinated, the women's rights movement, her view on women in combat roles, army benefits, and her work as a teacher's assistant.