L. Ron Hubbard: Blind and crippled?
[work in progress]
Channel 4 (UK, 1997): "Secret Lives - L. Ron Hubbard" @
Xenu TV
Excerpt of "Secret Lives - L. Ron Hubbard" (hosted at
XenuTV)
| «HUBBARD IN 1968: "By 1948, through my own
processing, and use of the principles I had isolated up
to that time, was able to pass a 100% combat physical,
which was very mysterious to the government, how had I
suddenly become completely physically well, from being
blind and lame." «It was an odd story, because
Hubbard's war record shows his recurring problem was a
stomach ulcer. There are mentions of conjunctivitis, but
none of blindness. Indeed, none of his navy medical
reports, before, during, or after the war, contain any
suggestion of blindness, only short-sightedness and
astigmatism.» |
Chris Owen:
"Ron the 'War Hero' - 3.9 'Crippled and blinded'"
| «In fact, there is no evidence anywhere in Hubbard's
records that he was, at any time in the war, engaged in
a combat action or sustained injuries resulting from
combat. Nor is Hubbard recorded as having made any claim
through official channels relating to such injuries. He
made the specific claim that "my service record states:
'This officer has no neurotic or psychotic tendencies of
any kind whatsoever,' but it also states 'permanently
disabled physically.' " No such statement appears
anywhere in his medical records.» |
Toronto Globe and Mail (Jan. 1980): "The hidden Hubbard"
by John Marshall
| «[L. Ron Hubbard] had served as a U.S. Navy
lieutenant from 1941 to February, 1946, ending up in the
military police in Korea. Published Scientology
mythology about him suggests that he was a hero and that
he ended the war crippled and blind and that he twice
had been declared dead. Through his discoveries, his
followers were told, he cured himself.
However, Scientology leaders know better. According
to documents from files in their U.S. headquarters that
became part of the Washington trial record, government
medical records tell a different story:
Mr. Hubbard was hurt in 1942. He fell from a ship's
ladder and injured his back, right hip, left knee and
right heel. He spent a few days in hospital that year,
in part for treatment of an eye infection. In 1943 he
received both hospital and outpatient treatment for his
eyes and for ulcers and back problems. There were no
reports about his being declared dead or even being in
any kind of serious condition.» |
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