The memoir of one pacifist's "dance" with the United States Army in the era of Viet Nam and Woodstock. Being a patriot, he was not one to run off to Canada to escape the draft, but still his determination to resist taking anyone's life put him through more than he truly bargained for in the US military. From basic training to advanced individual training, his aversion to violence and spilling anyone else's blood, as is revealed in this remembrance, led to placing his own life in jeopardy.