Battle of Guadalcanal as he relived an experience from the battle where he turned the radio into a transmitter, reliving the scenario in his sleep. In one episode he gets amnesia, and thinks he is on a covert mission behind enemy lines, mistaking the others for Japanese soldiers, including Ginger, whom he mistakenly believes to be a ventriloquist. He claims to be the CO of the 177th Infantry Regiment, which is a U.S. Army regiment, but whether that actually happened or was just a wish-fulfilling fantasy is open to debate, for later on in the series he says that he was simply a cook. In one episode he claimed to have been a Navy Bandmaster and in another he claims to have been the best poker player in the US Navy. References Gilligan's Wake, Tom Carson, External links Gilligan's Island characters Fictional sailors Fictional sea captains Fictional military captains Fictional characters from Hawaii Television characters introduced in 1964