I'm going home, and God willing, I'm going to sit on the porch and play dominos with my grandson

When you're doing combat duty, after awhile, life just becomes snapshots.

Most of them horrible. But not all of them.

I saw an old man sitting on a bombed-out porch, playing a game of dominos with I presume is his grandson.

When I saw that I thought, you know, it's my turn. So, gentlemen. I'm done.

I'm not fighting for anyone or anything anymore. I'm doing my time here, I'm going home,

and God willing, I'm going to sit on the porch and play dominos with my grandson, who I've never met.

<Irwin, The Last Castle, 2001>