Canadian Armed Forces

Guided by rules of engagement, Mr. Williams expresses the certain degree of helplessness the medics felt witnessing confrontations amongst the locals.

Locals get control of the hospital and commit numerous acts of violence and destruction. Mr. Williams explains his inability to intervene.

Mr. Williams tells of the drastic measures some of the locals would resort to because of extreme poverty.

Unlike Bosnia, Mr. Williams speaks of how the medics main responsibility was to treat their own soldiers rather than contribute to the medical needs of the local population.

Mr. Williams describes the type of ambulance driven providing very little protection in times when rebellious acts would be exercised by the locals.

Mr. Williams talks of a very tense tour re-supplying the troops in the north.

Mr. Williams talks of the dangerous trips in a soft skin ambulance and the conditions the medics faced.

Deployed to Kosovo, Mr. Williams speaks about the difficulty in picking up where other medics have left off in an unknown and devastated environment.

Although anxious to get back to Canada, Mr. Williams expresses the feelings he had for leaving a country where a positive change was evident.

Travelling the countryside providing medical care, Mr. Williams expresses the awareness he had that his life was always at risk.