Matthew VanDyke always intended to fight in Libya. In February 2011, VanDyke — then a 31-year-old aspiring filmmaker — journeyed to the North African nation in the early throes of revolution. He had told his mother and girlfriend that he would be guarding weapons convoys. In reality, he would enlist in the rebellion, be captured, spend six months in solitary confinement and escape to fight the end of the war.