In a travesty of military justice, Colonel Wilson went from HERO to ZERO based on one false allegation of sexual assault from a drunken and deranged military dependent wife. A cowardly jury of general officers, fearing that they would never see another star on their collars, convicted Colonel Wilson on one count of sexual assault, but only sentenced him to 1/5 of what the sentence called for. Colonel Wilson spent nearly 3 years in three different military prisons, before being unanimously exonerated “with prejudice” by the judges of the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal of Appeals. Vengeful military lawyers and brass got their “pound of flesh” in the end by pleading with the Secretary of the Navy’s office to retire Colonel Wilson with the pay of a Lieutenant Colonel and with an “Other Than Honorable” characterization of his extraordinary 39 years of service. This, after being promised “no punishment” by his duplicitous Convening Authority. Rising from the ashes, like the proverbial Phoenix, Colonel Wilson went from Victim to Victor, and is now a prolific author and motivational speaker.
“Colonel Wilson’s story is a classic example of gross military injustice. The Marine Corps should be deeply ashamed for railroading an innocent man into prison! We have been observing examples of military injustice for over 50 years, but nothing, and we mean nothing quite compares to the abomination of justice that Colonel Daniel H. Wilson suffered at the hands of the United States Marine Corps…A great man who was stabbed in the back by his own people. What happened to Colonel Wilson should never happen to anyone!”
A 110 PERCENT MENTALITY-THE COLONEL'S CORNER 