A Soldier's Promise

"In December 2003 at a checkpoint near the Syrian border, a small 13-year-old Iraqi boy walks up to a group to American soldiers. His father, the boy says, is a powerful local insurgent leader. The boy, dubbed Steve-O, wants to help the Americans, even if it means losing his family forever. His father is eventually arrested, his mother presumed killed by rebels. And Daniel Hendrex vows to find Steve-O a home in America so he will not meet the same deadly fate."@en
"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 of Iraq. It was at this checkpoint, amidst 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 risks everything he knows for a chance at freedom. And after the boy saves countless lives, First Sergeant Hendrex makes it his personal mission to return the boy to safety."@en

"A Soldier's Promise"@en
"A soldier's promise: the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy[CD]"
"A soldier's promise the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy"@en
"A soldier's promise [the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy]"@en