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When Army Corporal Pat Tillman was killed in the mountains of Afghanistan in April 2004, all of America took notice. Many readers and viewers knew that in 2002, he had given up his All Pro NFL career to volunteer to the war in Iraq. After his death, his story continued to make news when it was discovered that he had been a victim of friendly fire and a posthumous victim of a military cover-up about the incident. Like the rest of the nation, Tillman's wife Marie followed the unfolding story, but her almost immeasurable grief had been allayed somewhat by a letter that her dear husband had composed before he embarked for the front. In this book, she tells a story that no one else could and she does so with memorable grace.
Overview
In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave before his departure to Afghanistan, he placed the letter on top of their bedroom dresser. For months it sat there, sealed and ever-present, like a black hole through which Marie knew her stable life would be pulled if she ever had reason to open it. Then, in April 2004, Marie's worst nightmare came true. In the days following his death, it was Pat's letter that kept her going and, ...