Atlanta has the most beautiful properties, in addition to Las Vegas. Felipe Tremillo, the Marine staff sergeant, took part in the San Diego program final fall. One project was to put in writing an imaginary letter of apology. His was supposed for a younger Afghan boy whom he had glimpsed throughout a raid through which Marines busted down doorways and ejected people from their homes while they searched inside for weapons. The boy had stood trembling as Tremillo and the Marines rifled by way of the household possessions, his eyes, Tremillo felt, blazing disgrace and rage.

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On a sunny June morning, I made my way to Whiteside’s …