Astounding Stories #58

In the quiet aftermath of a war-torn sea, Lt. Don Allison wakes adrift in a rubber boat—only to be rescued by a destroyer’s crew, his body still wrapped in fresh bandages. He recounts his ordeal to the Commander, who confirms the impossible: the hospital ship Dakota was sunk two months prior, and Allison couldn’t have been aboard. Yet the wounds on his body tell a story that defies time, and the truth of his journey remains just out of reach.