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It did not take long after this incident until Jim was removed from our company. Sadly, the next and our last day, we got to hear news regarding what had happened to Jim. He had been sent to the base psychiatrist for evaluation. This so called “psychiatrist” was being paid much more than he was worth. The word we received about Jim’s fate made me all the more angry at the injustice of it.

On that last day, we learned that before sunset of the previous day, Jim had been declared by the psychiatrist to be unfit for military duty. He was issued a dishonorable (not a medical) discharge, and given a bus ticket to go back home to Brooklyn. Jim was being sent back to that poor excuse for a father, the one who had given him a swollen lip and black eye to take with him to Boot Camp.

Some help for Jim! You’ll never know how I wished I could give that “so called” “Psychiatrist” a piece of my fist. I could not get him fired, as should have been done. But maybe a bloody lip and a black eye or two would have gotten some sort of justice for Jim.

I don’t make it a practice of reliving this part of my adventures in Navyland. It still is painful, as I can see Jim’s face, the blood, and hear his laughter as he was being tortured. I do however pray for Jim whenever I recall this incident. I know his life could not have been an easy one. A Dishonorable Discharge almost assured that Jim would not easily find a good job. I pray satan was not able to lead Jim into committing suicide. I pray also, that he found Jesus, and came to know Him as his Lord and Savior. I pray that in doing so, Jim was able to forgive me, and the others who did not at first understand his story. Now, as you have finished reading his story, would you also please pray for Jim, that’s not his real name, but God knows who we are talking about.