When Jimmie’s brother travels from Oregon to visit, Sacks describes their encounters as deeply emotional and moving to observe. Sacks finds no explanation as to why the cut-off to Jimmie’s memory is 1945, although it seems like this year was a high point in Jimmie’s life. Jimmie has Korsakoff’s, a degenerative illness caused by years of heavy drinking that causes both amnesia and short-term memory loss. He is confused as to why he is in a hospital and becomes terrified whenever he looks in a mirror. Although he is charming and intelligent, he perpetually thinks that the year is 1945. is admitted into hospice care at the age of 49. The subject of “The Lost Mariner,” Jimmie G.
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