Joe's relationship with Nick also takes a sour turn when Nick learns that his older brother, who Nick has been in the shadow of his whole life, was deployed to Vietnam as an alternative to prison for injuring a young woman as a result of a DUI while joyriding.
Nick's bond with Joe suffers after discovering that his older brother, who had always been overshadowed by him, was sent to Vietnam instead of going to jail due to injuring a young woman in a DUI accident during a joyride.