Questions Answered:
"Lt. Burrows, why are you refusing to deploy?" Reporter #1 asked.
"Lt. Burrows, why were you seen arguing with a Naval CO?" Reporter #2 asked.
"Lt. Burrows, what do you have against the Army?" Reporter #3 asked.
"Lt. Burrows, what is so bad that you won't talk to us?" Reporter #4 asked.
I looked at them. My story would never be heard in a court of law & I knew that. Nor would it ever be heard it the Supreme Court. The Navy & Army would see to it that my story never be heard. The press was better than anything. I took a deep breath & began.
"I don't have anything against the Army. It's the Navy that let me down. I was a Naval Pilot for ten years. You don't usually see me complaining about it, but I can't… I won't keep quiet anymore. The man you saw me arguing with was my Naval Commanding Officer," I paused & looked back at Michael Holden & everyone from the Court Martial, then proceeded to tell my story.
"Four years ago, I retired from the Navy & came into the Army. And so far I have no complaints. But the Navy, the Navy wouldn't let me retire unless I was dishonorably discharged even though I had done nothing wrong in the first place. The C.O. you saw me arguing with was my old Naval Commanding Officer & he shot me down over North Korea four & a half years ago. The day before, he raped me. The Navy forced me to bury this secret, so an Officer wouldn't get his name blemished. They said it was a mishap that wasn't his fault. But I have proof that he purposely had me shot down. I was tortured for a year and a half. I can't get that year & a half back. But he can pay for what he did to me. Besides, he'll also be tried fro Treason, for conferring with a terrorist country. He asked the North Koreans to shoot me down & torture me. That much I remember hearing while I was detained in that country. Now, if you'll excuse me, my Attorney needs to be looked at by a doctor."
I left before anything else could be said and left those that were in the Court Martial wondering why I hadn't told them sooner.