An Incredible Saga of Seaman Hegdahl - American Hero - Page 21

Prison Guard

The physician made a grand entrance worthy of a world-famous brain surgeon. The effect was somewhat spoiled by the face mask protecting her chin rather than covering her mouth; she really had no ideas what the face mask was for. The exam, after looking in all the holes in your head and listening your heart, consisted of "feeling you up" under the guise of palpitating your internal organs while the translator asked, "The Doctor wants to know if you miss your wife (girlfriend)? Wouldn't you like to be with her now?" Then they would pull Doug out for interrogations sounding him out for an early release. They told him not to tell me as I was an officer who did not care about his welfare like they did. They informed him: "Stratton would never even speak to you if you were in America." Doug would come back from each go around and immediately tell me everything that was said. One time he plaintively asked: "Beak, you'd speak to me if we're home now, wouldn't you?"