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An Underlying Instability

MR. HART: I believe this par­tic­u­lar psy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tion appears as page thir­teen of the clin­i­cal record. RESPONDENT: Yes, dated 14 April 1967, it reads as fol­lows: This 20-​​​​year-​​​​old, sin­gle SA/​​USN with two years active ser­vice was referred by the Naval … Con­tinue read­ing

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True Nature of this Spirit

Alone and iso­lated, I grew despon­dent. I didn’t care if the Navy broke my spirit. I hated the pain this spirit caused me. I hated the ten­sion it cre­ated in my life, between what’s in the flesh and what’s not, … Con­tinue read­ing

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How It Feels to Forget about One’s self

In many ways, I was just like the other guys on the ship, for I was still too much into the habit of putting down my feelings—a pat­tern of behav­ior I’d acquired from my step­dad who, in turn, had acquired … Con­tinue read­ing

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Some Soulless Beast

What I saw, in many of the crew, were men with bro­ken spir­its, hol­low men who had sold their souls to the Great Gray Mother for a mere pit­tance. Hav­ing been granted the intox­i­cat­ing drink they sought to ease their … Con­tinue read­ing

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