the former officer also claimed to have served as an instructor in san pedro california where he trained fifteen thousand naval personnel by the end of his career in either NUMBER_TOKEN or NUMBER_TOKEN he was supposedly a revered officer sprinkled with metals besides that he was said to have also endured flash burn injuries to his eyes and even been pronounced dead twice he then declared to have used his own revolutionary mental therapies to heal and miraculously recover only to be reclassified for full combat duty furthermore he allegedly healed NUMBER_TOKEN patients from severe war-related conditions ultimately the church promoted the idea that hubbard had served in all five theaters of world war ii receiving either NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN or NUMBER_TOKEN awards investigation hubbard's claims about the oregon incident were seriously considered given that only three months prior an enemy submarine had reached the vicinity of santa barbara california and assaulted an oil refinery vice admiral frank jack fletcher commander of the northwest sea frontier investigated the matter and taking into account the NUMBER_TOKEN-page report hubbard submitted in addition to all other reports from the other ships he concluded there was never a submarine in the area the implication was obvious as fletcher pointed out there was a well-known magnetic deposit somewhere in the area a site where depth charges were usually dropped pc-NUMBER_TOKEN had chased and engaged a magnetic deposit for two entire days the future founder of the church of scientology never accepted this conclusion moreover his reputed military service became dogma for all his followers ultimately several navy documents describe hubbard as not being temperamentally fitted for independent command and to be lacking in judgment leadership and cooperation qualities a superior court judge presiding over a church of scientology lawsuit in NUMBER_TOKEN even expressed that hubbard was basically a pathological liar during one of his lectures hubbard alleged that his suffering was causing trouble to fishermen in the coast of oregon adding that quote the moment i heard about this i felt contrite i like fishermen they're friends of mine and the next thing you know i was asking for the address of the fishermen's association up there to write them a letter of apology to this day no japanese submarine wrecks have been reported on the u.s west coast thank you for watching my video if you enjoyed it please hit the like button and let us know your thoughts in the comments below and for more historical content from the world wars subscribe to all our dark documentaries channels stay tuned
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