Lieutenant Donald Francis Draper was an engineer originally from California and his birthday was June 2, 1917. Draper a soldier assigned to build a field hospital in 1950 during the Korean War. Dick Whitman is the only soldier assigned to this duty, and works under Draper's command.

While working outside, they hear mortar explosions get closer until gunfire erupts and bullets zoom by their heads. They duck for cover, and after the short round of shooting ends, they light up cigarettes. No sooner do they realize that the gasoline has spilled everywhere when a huge fireball engulfs the ground.

When Dick wakes up, he sees that Lt. Draper has been killed, burned beyond recognition. He finds Don's dog tags and pulls them from the body and replaces it with his own. The next day at the military hospital, Don receives his Purple Heart and news that he's going home.^[1]

Later, Lt. Draper's real wife Anna realizes that Dick is impersonating him and confronts him.

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