Jon Krakauer's Inside Story of Pat Tillman: By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
September 11, 2009

He made a three-year commitment and he wanted to live up to it. That was his point of view, and it was entirely in keeping with his character.

In addition to being a superb athlete, he was an iconoclast -- a free-thinker who read widely and admired those who challenged the status quo.

In many ways, Pat Tillman became the public face of a new generation's commitment to country and service.