Michael has been working in the National Guard since 1982. He was posted in West Frankfort, which was very close to his hometown Royalton, Illinois. Soon, he was ordered to move to Iraq as his new posting and this was when his son just came to this world. He was left heart-broken because he won’t be able to see his child grow up. Still, he has to go because of the duty he has on his shoulder other than being a father to a child. Little did he know, his posting in Iraq would change his son’s life and he would not be found for two years.