Neville uses the Today show to set his aging watch

Neville describes his morning routine: rising between five and five-fifteen, switching the Today show on at seven to set his watch against it, because his old living-room clock was his mother-in-law's wedding present and the little watch his wife gave him when he was drafted into the Army now loses time.
Date (happened)
c. November 1942
probable
  1. c. November 1942 conclusion · probable
    Why dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
    Reasoning All 2 claims agree on c. 1942-11: passage:538348; hist_event:823.
  2. between 1942 and 1943 stated · preferred
    Source The Remnant ¶50"when I was drafted into the Army", told in The Remnant (nid 1366)
  3. c. November 1942 estimated · probable
    Source Neville Goddard serves in the U.S. Army and is dischargedcorpus anchor: Neville enlists in the U.S. Army, New York, 1942-11-12 (hist_event 823), combined with passage 538348 'when I was drafted into the Army'
    Reasoning Passage 538348 dates the watch-gift only relatively ('when I was drafted'), so the actual year figure is worked out, not stated; that makes the existing d0 claim (type stated, confidence certain) mistyped and over-confident. The corpus's own enlistment anchor (hist_event 823, 1942-11-12) is the tightest fact this can be tied to, and per the brief no Army-derived claim may exceed probable since the anchor rests on Neville's own platform recollection, not a service record. This also narrows the reading from the whole 1942-1943 service span to the drafting moment specifically, which is what 'when I was drafted' actually describes.
Place
Los Angeles possible
Persons
Told / reported
  1. 10 June 1968 conclusion
    Why dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
    Reasoning 1 claim, no conflict: 1968-06-10 (node:1366).
  2. 10 June 1968 stated
    Source The RemnantThe Remnant (nid 1366), telling 1366-9, told 1968-06-10
Sources

Source

  • The Remnant ¶50 (I have an old, old clock in the living room…it’s my mother-in-law’s wedding present, well, that goes away back as you know. And this little watch that my wife gave me when I was drafted into the Army, it sort of is tired, so it loses and loses.)