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A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy

Hendrex, Daniel

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A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy

After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, First Sergeant Daniel Hendrex was dispatched along with his unit, Dragon Company, to Husaybah, a small town bordering Syria in the Sunni-dominated Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Their mission was to plug the bottleneck at the border checkpoint, where foreign fighters and weapons smugglers were filtering through daily to join the increasingly menacing insurgency growing rapidly in the region. It was at this checkpoint, amid relentless attacks, that Daniel and his men found the most effective ally of the war effort in the most unlikely of sources. In December 2003 a skinny Iraqi kid about fourteen years old approached one of the soldiers at the border and said simply, "Arrest me." Jamil, as he was called, claimed to have valuable information about the insurgency, but First Sergeant Hendrex was skeptical -- especially when the boy announced that the man he wanted to turn in was his own father. The story that unfolds is one of heartbreaking tragedy, remarkable courage, and unprecedented resiliency, as this child of the insurgency takes it upon himself to fight back with the help of the U.S. Army...and loses everything in the process -- his country, his home, and his family. But through the power of his own conviction and his finely honed survival skills, Jamil (who was quickly nicknamed Steve-O by the soldiers of Dragon Company) sought refuge with the U.S. military in exchange for information. He risked everything he knew for a chance at freedom -- a choice few men, let alone children, have to make in their lifetimes. And after Steve-O helped save countless lives, First Sergeant Hendrex made it his personal mission to repay his debt and get the boy to safety. A Soldier's Promise is an incredible story of sacrifice and courage by an Iraqi boy and the U.S. soldiers who protected him from certain death by bringing him to the United States. It's an astonishing tale of two countries and two very different kinds of people joining together against terror and tyranny, and of the young man who, against all odds, gave Dragon Company what they desperately needed -- hope.

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Title of ebook: A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy
ISBN: 9781416934998
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Internet download file size: 4477 kb
Released online for download: 07-01-2006
Author of eBook: Hendrex, Daniel,
Author: Smith, Wes,

A Soldier's Promise

The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy

IN HARM'S WAY

JOURNAL ENTRY: DECEMBER 3, 2003

Kid's got an amazing story. Fourteen years old and his father wants him dead. Great life.

Unlike most kids who showed up at the gate, this one didn't want money or candy. He wanted to be cuffed, blindfolded, and arrested. But S.Sgt. Guetschow, who was in charge of the outbound traffic at the border checkpoint, had his hands full trying to control the long line of cars and their drivers pushing to get into Syria. At first, the soldier ignored the scrawny boy walking through the mobs, but then something in his determined stride caught his eye. The kid was moving against the flow toward the border, coming directly toward him and the fortified entrance to the American encampment. The guards were trained to regard anyone who approached our camp as a potential threat. They stopped the boy at gunpoint and called S.Sgt. Guetschow. He summoned an interpreter, who briefly questioned the boy. ... read full excerpt from A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy ebook