Barbara Allen Reveals Military's Cover-Up Of Her Husband's Murder In New Book 'Front Toward Enemy'

Barbara Allen, the author of Front Toward Enemy, gives her account into the alledged cover-up of her husband.

Just four days into his deployment in Iraq, June 7, 2005, Lt. Louis Allen, husband and father of four young boys is killed, alongside his commander and friend Captain Phillip Esposito by 700 steel ball bearings erupting from a clay mine fastened to the window frame outside their military headquarters as they were unwinding from a long day of combat .

The killer was a fellow American soldier, Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez, a disgruntled supply Sgt, who had previously been removed from his duties by Allen and Esposito for, among other infractions, unlawful disposition of United States Government property to the Iraqis. What happens next is unbelievable and a frightening miscarriage of justice.

In this new book by his widow, Ms. Allen exposes what she says is a military cover up and blatant failure of our military justice system. Sgt. Martinez is arrested, charged with two counts of premeditated murder. He pleads quilty, goes to trial and is acquitted! He is a free man! Ms. Allen claims the military is trying to keep this case under wraps and has denied her husband The Purple Heart.

The book details the events that unfold after the murders, the trial, the mistakes that were made by the judicial process, and the quest of a loving wife to honor her husband when his own military brothers failed him. Ms. Allen says she cannot let this case go unchallenged and will not stop until she rights the wrongs and untarnishes her husband`s legacy, the only thing he has to offer his children.

Barbara Allen lives in Otisville, New York, with her four sons, aged 7 to 12. She is actively involved in organizations that offer support to military families. She is working on her second book. Ms. Allen is available for interviews in New York. For more details about the book and the murder of Lt. Louis Allen, visit www.unconventionalenemy.com.