Hearts and Minds

<!--smart_paging_filter--><small><b>From SAVEUR Issue #157</b></small><br>I landed in Kuwait on February 28, 2003, less than a month after my 19th birthday, as a private first class with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division. Two years earlier, after an aimless semester of college during which the Twin Towers fell, I'd filled out the information request form on GoArmy.com, looking for some direction in my life. I was thrilled when we were deployed to Iraq. It felt like my chance to do something important. <em><a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/travel/hearts-and-minds">Keep reading &raquo;</a></em>