When World War II takes a turn for the worse, a young unnamed male college student is excited to be drafted as an aidman at a South Carolinian camp. However, he sees that while he is one of the few draftees receiving a college education, he soon realizes that he is the worst at his job as he struggles to give injections and tend to wounds.  The young man is quick to butt heads with Joe Witty, one of the only other college students, who scorns him for fumbling at their work. When he doesn’t get out of the way in the shower room, Witty shoves him against the wall. The young man challenges Witty to fight him in the gym, and Witty says he is available any time. The men later attend a dance, and the unnamed college student watches Witty dance with a hostess. In his hotel room that night, he offers the bellhop five dollars to bring him a woman and stays awake all night, but no one comes.  The two men soon have their fight in the gym, and although they end in a truce, Witty gives the other man a black eye, making him feel like he still needs revenge. Falling asleep later that night, the unnamed man dreams of someone shouting for an aidman and him coming to the rescue. When he wakes up, however, he realizes that the dream is real, and a man’s leg has been blown off. He struggles to tend to the wound but successfully gives him morphine and receives praise from the ambulance driver.  Afterwards, Witty invites him for a beer, and he tells Witty that he needs to pay for his black eye. Witty apologizes, saying it was truly an accident, and the other man finds himself feeling disappointed.