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Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and was paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, and his daughter Anastasia arrive at Lancaster High School for a meeting with members of Operation All The Way Home (OATH) on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

With a tattoo that reads in Chinese "warrior" on his face, Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and is paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, drinks soda with the help of his stepfather Dirrick Benjamin at his mobile home on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was stuck in a modest mobile home for months, unable to travel the 70 miles to the nearest VA hospital in Los Angeles to have his bedsores treated or his rotting teeth fixed the class, who each year raise a few thousand dollars for veterans, decided to make Hancock their cause. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( APTOPIX It Takes a Village )

Photos from 27-year-old Iraq war veteran Jerral Hancock 's deployment in Iraq hang on the wall as Hancock sits in an electric wheelchair at his mobile home on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

27-year-old Iraq war veteran Jerral Hancock, sitting on an electric wheelchair, and members of Operation All The Way Home (OATH) chant their slogans after a meeting at Lancaster High School on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

Anastasia Hancock, 27-year-old Iraq war veteran Jerral Hancock's daughter, hugs Lancaster High School student Joseph Mallyon as members of Operation All The Way Home (OATH) gather for a meeting at the school on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

With a tattoo that reads in Chinese "warrior" on his face, Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and was paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, looks out the window at his mobile home on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

Volunteer Rose Sliepka removes a flag after a yard sale held to benefit Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and was paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

Students and volunteers from Lancaster High School load items onto a trailer after a yard sale held to benefit Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and is paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

Vietnam War veteran Fred Johnson, 73, watches people shop at a yard sale held to benefit Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and is paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )

Volunteer Charlene Johnson is reflected on a frame at a yard sale held to benefit Jerral Hancock, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who lost his left arm and was paralyzed from the waist down in a bomb explosion in Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Lancaster, Calif. When the seniors in Jamie Goodreau's high school history class learned Hancock was once stuck in his modest mobile home for months when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, they decided to build him a new house from the ground up. It would be their end-of-the-year project to honor veterans, something Goodreau's classes have chosen to do every year for the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( It Takes a Village )