Bibliograph

A soldier's promise, the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy, by Daniel Hendrex with Wes Smith

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A soldier's promise, the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy, by Daniel Hendrex with Wes Smith

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A soldier's promise

Oclc number

64487110

Responsibility statement

by Daniel Hendrex with Wes Smith

Sub title

the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy

Summary

Documents how a fourteen-year-old Iraqi boy sought refuge with an army unit in exchange for information that led to the capture of Iraqi insurgents, in an account that describes the boy's losses of his family and his fight to move to the U.S

Table Of Contents

KIA on the front page -- A child of war -- A delayed entry into war -- Son of the insurgency -- Death before dismount -- Forced to fight -- Club paradise lost -- Coins for fighting -- Baghdad and beyond -- Jamil and the Da Baba -- Through the arches of Husaybah -- The archangels of Husaybah -- Escape plans -- Border catch -- Crossing the line -- In harm's way -- A boy among men -- Fingers and toes -- A soldier left behind -- Unfinished business -- A new mission -- A promise kept -- Danger in the desert -- A new life

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