It was his life and we weren’t going to stop him. We just wanted to be sure that was what was in his heart. There’s no doubt. In fact, we would have been surprised if...

He was willing to accept that risk.

We last heard from him around the first of the year, although he tried to call us last week but we weren’t home.

I went with him to the recruiter’s office. We had talked about it a lot. He knew that it meant he was going to war and he joined the infantry.