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I Pronounce You Both Man and Wife

No sooner had we all sat down around the fire of my heart’s desires, to con­tem­plate my next move, than Michael shot up with the sug­ges­tion that he ’n’ I go fly­ing, of all things. “I believe you ’n’ I … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Force of Truth

Just then,“ inter­rupted my men­tor, “you recalled how dur­ing that one brief moment, last spring, while stand­ing alone in Lt. Smith’s state­room, you’d expe­ri­enced the incred­i­bly pow­er­ful force of truth, which you were unable to hold onto for very long, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Ways of the Underworld

Hav­ing been dis­missed by the XO, I went back down to my locker, where I soon found myself sur­rounded by those anx­ious to hear the out­come of my Captain’s mast. While I hadn’t really expected the Cap­tain to find me … Con­tinue read­ing

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Letter of the Law

Just then, the XO began to read the charges against me. “Drury, you’re being charged here, today, with hav­ing vio­lated Arti­cle 86 of the UCMJ, in hav­ing failed to go at the time pre­scribed to your appointed place of duty … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Price We Must Pay for Our Actions

After we’d pulled out of Yokuska, later that morn­ing, I was ordered by the master-​​​​at-​​​​arms to report, in dress whites, to the Captain’s state­room for a Captain’s Mast. With my entry into the Captain’s state­room on the heels of the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Walking on Water

Hav­ing been relieved of my duties, I was sent below, never to stand another watch while I remained in First Divi­sion. Even I had to laugh as vari­a­tions of the story, about how I’d hit the old man in the … Con­tinue read­ing

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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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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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