Broken Arrow: How a Marine Pilot Found New Life After a Crash Took His Legs
Vets
By Hannah Ray Lambert | May 19, 2021
The hospital room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center was cold, dark, and quiet as Maj. Eric Burkett lay in his bed. He stared at his legs — what was left of them, anyway — pinned together like an Erector Set and suspended from the ceiling.
What will I do now? he wondered. How will I take care of my family?
His mind drifted back to his time as a logistics officer, when he was tasked with guiding Marines facing administrative separation, court-martial, or nonjudicial punishment. In short, Marines who had lost command’s confidence in their ability to do their jobs. Burkett would try to comfort the Marines, telling them God’s plan for them in the Corps was coming to an end. They could embrace it and move on to their next missions or try in vain to fight.
Lying in the hospital bed, his own voice echoed in his head.
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