Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part column about Dr. Theodore Dake. Part one was published on Sunday, Sept. 8.
Dr. Dake said his military experiences are ultimately what lead him to pursue psychiatry.
“There were two reasons I became interested in a medical psychiatric specialty: First, when assigned to the Air Commando unit, I was curious as to why and how men managed the courage to volunteer for dangerous assignments,” Dake said. “Second, while in the CIA Special Unit ‘Blackbird’ project, I was enamored by the pilots who had the courage to fly over hostile countries to collect vital intelligence information. I wanted to understand the nature of their unselfish courage.”
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