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EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK:
Guard Duty And The Diaper Cases
One night, my
drill instructor assigned two of us to guard duty. Our shift was
a four-hour stint from midnight till four A.M. We were taken to
a squad bay where they kept roughly one hundred recruits who
were in the process of washing out.
Their squad
bay, unlike ours was kept locked from the outside. They were
being detained and separate from the general population of
Parris Island, because there was a question as to their sanity.
They were sequestered for observation… to see who had actually
flipped and who was faking.
It was a
fearful situation, there, in the dark armed with only a
flashlight as I walked the center of the squad bay, it was
apparent that I had been thrown in with people who were actually
insane or were motivated to act insane so they could get out of
military service. I wondered, would either group be motivated to
attack me because of insane or devious agendas. There I was,
thrown in with thrashers, screamers, moaners and mumblers.
The squad bay
was filled with men who pulled their own hair, wept and gnashed
their teeth, and the diaper cases that wet their beds and shit
their pants. A few of them were held down by restraints in their
bunk. Too few for my comfort!
It was then
that I one again had my doubts about the Minnesota
MultiPhasic Personality test or any of the tests used to
determine our emotional stability, or our competence as human
beings. I wondered how close to the mark of truth that the Armed
Forces evaluations of me were. I wondered if the Armed Forces
simply gathered information and just conveniently ignored the
truth.
Although, if
truth be told, years later, when I became a landlord, or on more
than one occasion when I had shared a rental with roommates, I
sometimes yearned to have many of those washouts
I patrolled that
night living with me, instead of some of the roommates and
tenants I have been forced to endure.
“Neurosis is always a
substitute for legitimate suffering.” --- Carl Jung
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