Sugar Ray Robinson's Escape from the Military

[GrandpaBernard]

anyone have more details for how he went about leaving the military?

[TBear]

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Robinson served with Joe Louis, and the pair went on tours where they performed exhibition bouts in front of US troops. In late March, 1944, Robinson was stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, waiting to ship out to Europe, where he was scheduled to perform more exhibition matches. But on March 29, Robinson disappeared from his barracks. When he woke up on April 5 in Fort Jay Hospital on Governor's Island, he had missed his sailing for Europe and was under su****ion of deserting. He himself reported falling down the stairs in his barracks on the 29th, but said that he had complete amnesia, and he could not remember any events from that moment until the 5th. According to his file, a stranger had found him in the street on 1 April and helped him to a hospital. In his examination report, a doctor at Fort Jay concluded that Robinson's version of events was sincere. He was examined by military authorities, who claimed he suffered from a mental deficiency. Robinson was granted an honorable discharge on June 3, 1944.

[Scott9945]

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Robinson served with Joe Louis, and the pair went on tours where they performed exhibition bouts in front of US troops. In late March, 1944, Robinson was stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, waiting to ship out to Europe, where he was scheduled to perform more exhibition matches. But on March 29, Robinson disappeared from his barracks. When he woke up on April 5 in Fort Jay Hospital on Governor's Island, he had missed his sailing for Europe and was under su****ion of deserting. He himself reported falling down the stairs in his barracks on the 29th, but said that he had complete amnesia, and he could not remember any events from that moment until the 5th. According to his file, a stranger had found him in the street on 1 April and helped him to a hospital. In his examination report, a doctor at Fort Jay concluded that Robinson's version of events was sincere. He was examined by military authorities, who claimed he suffered from a mental deficiency. Robinson was granted an honorable discharge on June 3, 1944.

Nothing su****ious about that story.

And nice to know that someone who allegedly suffered a head injury and a "mental deficiency" had no problem getting a boxing license anywhere he wanted. Times sure have changed.

[GrandpaBernard]

Nothing su****ious about that story.

And nice to know that someone who allegedly suffered a head injury and a "mental deficiency" had no problem getting a boxing license anywhere he wanted. Times sure have changed.

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