George Foster Case Study

George Foster had been a Navy pilot in the Second World War. While carrying out an attack on a Japanese carrier fleet in the Battle of Midway, his radioman was wounded by gunfire from the ships below. George was faced with the choice to land and save his friend, or continue attacking the Japanese fleet. He chose to stay with the planned attack, and shortly after was shot down above the ocean. George had enough luck to eject from the airplane, but was forced to watch his plane crash into the water while still containing his wounded friend. After hiding under his seat cushion to avoid detection by the Japanese, George inflated his life raft once he thought the sky was dark enough to do so. George spent over 30 hours in the water before being spotted and rescued by an American ship passing through the area. After he was taken care of and discharged back to the US, George was told that he was the only surviving member of the squadron he had belonged to.
George agreed to receive help from a counselor to allow him to better cope with his current mental state or to create a new and better state