IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Private First Class Raymond Henry, twenty-one, of Anaheim, California, watches a group of
schoolboys playing basketball while his commander meets with their principal. The night before,
an American patrol had been hit by a grenade thrown from one of the school windows. Only a few
weeks later, Henry was killed by an IED. He had joined the Army hoping it would increase his
chances of being accepted into the fire department. He had been a standout basketball player
in high school and had taught kids in a summer league.