the Other Wes Moore (2010) (23 page)

Fifteen-year-old Wes (wearing his headset) with family members in Dundee Village.

Tony at sixteen years old. By then he had gained a fierce reputation in Baltimore.

Wes and Tony at a Baltimore club.

Tony with his oldest child.

Wes with his daughter when she visited him in prison.

Woody visiting Wes in prison.

With two other members of my regimental staff during my last year at Valley Forge. That year I was the highest-ranking cadet on campus, with more than eight hundred cadets under my command.

Nikki, Shani, and I after a Johns Hopkins football game.

My host family and I in their home in South Africa.

Preparing to go on a mission with Lieutenant Anthony Delsignore, a good Marine and friend.

Meeting with a group of middle-school kids I worked with in Baltimore.

Moving toward the apex of Mount Kilimanjaro. Unfortunately, altitude sickness kept me from the top.

I proposed!

Cutting the wedding cake with my bride, Dawn. Our wedding day was one of the most amazing days of my life.