“Here’s the situation. The general is thinking of dropping all charges against the rest of you because Crowe was acquitted. In your own case, you’d have to plead guilty to the third charge and accept a letter of reprimand from the general. What do you want to do?” “You mean if I plead guilty to charge three, there’s no court-martial?” “Unless you want one.” “Of course I don’t want one. Okay, I’m guilty.”

