SBAND Seminar Materials 2013 Free Ethics: Echoes of War The Combat Veteran | Page 8

into
 peace.

 Only
 when
 the
 warrior
 was
 ready
 to
 reunite
 with
 the
 tribe,
 and
 the
 tribe
 with
  the
 warrior,
 did
 the
 reunion
 occur.22

  Industrialized
 nations
 and
 their
 militaries
 have
 historically
 taken
 a
 tougher
  approach
 with
 the
 psychologically
 injured.

 Soldiers
 suffering
 psychological
 injuries
 have
  often
 been
 stigmatized
 and
 even
 punished.

 During
 WWII,
 General
 George
 Patton
 famously
  struck
 at
 least
 two
 psychologically
 injured
 soldiers
 he
 came
 across
 in
 Army
 hospitals,
  calling
 them
 cowards
 and
 malingerers.

 The
 press
 picked
 up
 on
 the
 story,
 causing
 a
 swell
 of
  anger
 among
 the
 American
 people
 and
 Patton
 was
 nearly
 relieved
 of
 his
 command.23
  Some
 psychologically
 injured
 troops
 received
 the
 ultimate
 punishment.

 The
 British
  government
 recently
 issued
 posthumous
 pardons
 to
 306
 of
 its
 soldiers
 from
 World
 War
 I
  who
 were
 executed
 without
 trial
 at
 the
 battlefront
 for
 cowardice
 or
 desertion,
 recognizing
  today
 that
 they
 likely
 suffered
 from
 PTSD.24
  Not
 only
 were
 psychological
 injured
 soldiers
 killed
 during
 WWI,
 they
 were
 also
  tortured.

 Dr.
 Lewis
 Yealland
 working
 at
 a
 French
 hospital
 was
 taking
 over
 treatment
 of
 a
  24
 year
 old
 private
 who
 had
 received
 nine
 months
 worth
 of
 the
 following
 types
 of
  treatment
 for
 war-­?related
 mental
 illness:
 “he
 had
 been
 strapped
 in
 a
 chair
 for
 20
 minutes
 at
  a
 time
 while
 strong
 electricity
 was
 applied
 to
 his
 neck
 and
 throat;
 lighted
 cigarettes
 had
  been
 applied
 to
 the
 top
 of
 this
 tongue
 and
 hot
 plates
 had
 been
 placed
 at
 the
 back
 of
 his
  mouth.”25

 The
 goal
 of
 such
 treatment
 was
 “necessary
 to
 supply
 the
 disciplinary
 element
  which
 must
 be
 invoked
 if
 the
 patient
 is
 one
 of
 those
 who
 prefer
 not
 to
 recover.”26

 Dr.
  Yealland
 apparently
 believed
 that
 the
 failures
 of
 this
 young
 private’s
 treatment
 were
 only
  the
 result
 of
 too
 little
 electro-­?shock
 therapy.

 Speaking
 of
 his
 own
 treatment
 of
 the
 private,
  he
 said
 “after
 a
 few
 more
 hours
 of
 electricity
 the
 patient
 could
 say
 ah,
 then
 whisper,
 then
  stammer.
 But
 just
 when
 it
 seemed
 to
 be
 working,
 the
 patient
 developed
 a
 tremor
 in
 his
 left

 GROSSMAN
 &
 SIDDLE,
 supra
 note
 11,
 at
 210?16.

 Private
 Wrote
 Family
 About
 Being
 Cuffed,
 PORT
 ARTHUR
 NEWS,
 Nov.
 24,
 1943,
 at
 6;
 Reprimand
 for
 Patton
 is
 Denied,
  FRESNO
 BEE,
 Nov.
 22,
 1943,
 at
 1;
 Patton
 Regrets
 Slapping
 Soldier,
 SAN
 ANTONIO
 LIGHT,
 Nov.
 23,
 1943,
 at
 1;
 Gen.
 Patton
  Slap
 Haunts
 Former
 GI,
 CHARLESTON
 DAILY
 MAIL,
 Mar.
 25,
 1970,
 at
 12;
 GI
 Slapped
 by
 Gen.
 Patton
 in
 Sicily
 Is
 Dead,
  CEDAR
 RAPIDS
 GAZETTE,
 Feb.
 2,
 1971,
 at
 7.
  24
 Richard
 Norton-­?Taylor,
 Executed
 WWI
 Soldiers
 to
 be
 Given
 Pardons,
 GUARDIAN,
 Aug.
 16,
 2006,
 at
 1.
  25
 BEN
 SHEPARD,
 A
 WAR
 OF
 NERVES:
 SOLDIERS
 AND
 PSYCHIATRISTS
 IN
 THE
 TWENTIETH
 CENTURY
 77
 (2001).
  26
 Id.
 at
 76?77.

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