From the just-plain-weird files... Jack Kerouac in the military.

A decade before 'On the Road' was published, Jack Kerouac evinced 'strong schizoid trends' that led military officials to declare him unfit for service. Details of Kerouac's 1943 honorable discharge--after just ten days of active duty--are contained in the late writer's official U.S. Naval Reserve file...

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