Dark Liberty Don't Ask, Don't Tell

by Witte, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781098302375
• ISBN10: 1098302370
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-05-13
• Publisher: Bookbaby

Summary

As seen on the Discovery ID TV series "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and on "The Lifetime Channel" the 1997 award-winning TV movie "Any Mother's Son" which revolved around the murder of a gay US Navy service member Allen Schindler and his mother. Written by the witness himself, he provides a glimpse of life in the Navy visiting ports, meeting women and even saving a sex-trafficking victim. During one of his liberties, he coincidently witnesses one of the most political, horrendous murders about a homosexual sailor, Radioman Allen Schindler which began the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The writer and witness to the murder is a young, 18-year old man growing up in Texas struggles growing up learning how it is to be a man, getting into trouble, fights, selling drugs and then hits rock bottom, homeless and penny-less. His family feared that he would become a failure and never make it in life. ??He learns that his only realistic option is to join the United States Navy which changes his life completely around for the better. He meets a few close friends and hundreds of brothers who serve together in the 7th Pacific Fleet.He and his shipmates journey across the Pacific Ocean on Liberty to discover new worlds - strange, frightening, fun and dark...especially when he stumbles upon the murder of a homosexual shipmate, Allen Schindler. The writer shares detailed, never published account of the murder of Allen Schindler before, during and the aftermath.

Author Biography

Jonathan Witte is a US Navy Veteran who was stationed in Sasebo, Japan in the early 1990's aboard the USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 Amphibious Assault Ship in the US Navy's 7th Pacific Fleet.Upon receiving his Honorable Discharge soon after the murder, Jonathan Witte had lived his story and life in silence about the murder and its cover up. Since then, he has found many forms of creative outputs such as writing short stories, poems, producing music. He has shared his story about the murder on the Investigation Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Decades 1990s" Don't Ask, Don't Tell, providing his side of the Allen Schindler story that he may finally close the book for many who had wondered "Why was Allen Schindler murdered?"in 2004, he found his profession where he could combine creative arts with technologies working as a Senior Product Designer with some of the largest fortune 500 companies.Such creative expressional outputs have helped him work through his PTSD symptoms as traditional therapy hasn't. He has resided in Tokyo, Seattle and Austin with his family yet unsure where to call home. When he isn't designing digital products, he spends time with his loving wife and two boys, Ian and Johan.  To learn more, please visit www.JonathanWitte.com