Beverly High School Class of 2002, enlisted during a time of war and knew he would be placing himself in harm's way, [his mother Elizabeth] Crawford and [his Aunt Patricia] Wentworth draw a portrait of a man far different from a gung-ho warrior.A talented artist, he wrote poetry and was planning to enroll in college to become a graphic artist once his enlistment was over.
"He won an award when he was in school for writing and illustrating a children's book," says Wentworth.
Yet, when his mother asked him, upon his enlistment, if he could really kill someone, he answered, "If he were going to do harm to me or to my family or my loved ones, I could."
from Beverly Citizen: Beverly loses native son to roadside bomb
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