The entire account is quite possibly fictional.
It’s how the NYT does business.
Scoff at it and it’s no-win.
“fictional”
I haven’t heard of ghosts before. But mental trauma among combat troops, including artillery units is real. But for most there is a God-given mechanism called memory loss that properly heals.
Fiction, fantasy, fooling the masses with outright lies, the NYT has done that for a long time. I had a two semester course that REQUIRED each of us to subscribe to the NYT.
It was during the time that Fidel Castro and company were killing their way to Havana. Hiding in the mountains but openly rooted for by the New York Times.
Subtle, but as plain as can be.
The Times has been communist club flunkies for a long time.
I have not read the paper for a long time. The paper is better used for insulation or starting small fires and barbecues.