Tyler Hill was a history buff who considered Dwight D. Eisenhower one of his biggest heroes. Tyler used to say that, because of his Type-I diabetes, he’d never get to serve in the military, but he could lend his generous hand by traveling as an ambassador of peace. One can imagine the excitement Ty and his family felt the day he received a letter from People to People saying he’d been nominated to do just that.

Unfortunately, all of the excitement soon turned to unbearable sadness, when Tyler’s life tragically ended at the age of 16...