 Hubbard 's military career has attracted comment from a number of journalists and writers over the years . The claims made by the Church of Scientology were not challenged by some early writers ; C.H. Rolph quoted without comment a 1968 Scientology biographical sketch circulated to British Members of Parliament in which Hubbard 's war service was summarized , and in 1971 Paulette Cooper described as " true " the claim that Hubbard " was severely injured in the war ( and in fact was in a lifeboat for many days , badly injuring his body and his eyes in the hot Pacific sun ) . " Others were more skeptical . George Malko attempted to verify Hubbard 's " revealing , anonymously authored , and totally unsubstantiated biography " in 1970 but reported that " I was unable to confirm a single one of [ Hubbard 's ] critical claims : that he had been crippled and blind , the nature of his ' discoveries , ' and the medical records stating he had ' twice been pronounced dead . ' " His inquiries were frustrated by the Navy 's refusal to provide Hubbard 's service record " without the written consent of the person whose records are concerned . " 
