WTF was wrong with the Navy, taking away a wounded soldier's disability benefits and medals and putting him in jail after he'd served so bravely in a deadly sea

WTF was wrong with the Navy, taking away a wounded soldier's disability benefits and medals and putting him in jail after he'd served so bravely in a deadly sea battle? And why did it take until the 1980's for this man to get disability benefits restored? That doesn't exactly renew my faith in government.