"I'm doing the job I was trained to do. I have to take care of my boys."
— Alwyn Cashe

January 1, 1970

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Comment in 2003 before his second and final deployment to Iraq, speaking to his sister. As quoted in American Heroes (2024), New York: Little, Brown & Company. Written by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann, with Tim Malloy & Chris Mooney, p. 96