Ouch. But that seems to be pretty close to the truth. If they went to the wall with a regular POW, can you imagine what they did to CINCPAC’s son?
It is why I try not to judge him too harshly.
I am not going to condemn someone who was broken by what would surely break me too, but I am not going to ignore the fact that he was deliberately broken and maliciously reconditioned to his captors’ preferences.