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MIA-Presumed KIA In Iraq

Will anything help John Douglas’s heart heal? Seemingly unable to recover from the grief he feels after the US Army notifies his family that his father is listed as presumed KIA in Iraq, this high school football player learns hard life lessons with the help of his mother, his football coach and his friends.

"Noooo!!" John Douglas screamed as he jerked awake, sweat drops running down his face. His chest heaved up and down as he tried to get air. The dream had come again. The dream, when it came, was always the same. The dream never changed. It was a dream of his father, Major James Douglas, flying his US Army Apache. It haunted him. It made him fear sleep. He did not want to dream the dream; it came of its own volition. Against his will, the dream forced itself upon him......the dream was always the same, always. "Dad," he whispered to the darkness, as a large, single tear slowly wound its way down his cheek.