"Clem had suffered a nervous breakdown after being drafted into the army during World War II and had been given a medical discharge. Martin said he had refused to put up with being in the army; his soul had simply rebelled against it. Martin told me he rather admired Clem for it. He himself had fitted too well into the army for four and a half long years. Clem had a second breakdown when the two brothers were editors at Commentary. Martin and his first wife had taken him into their Great Neck home for quite a while until he recovered."
~ Paula Fox, page 33
News from the World: Stories and Essays
When I thought about the dream of being in an office where I was shown the document that was pale green which said the words Trump and SS on them and a military fellow in the corner was smiling at me as I read it, I wondered if he was more like "Martin" in that passage.
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