 Why is Henry referred to as the First One
The tremendous national interest, the fact that he was the First One, had made them come around. The head of the American Legion and the chief of police, who had escorted him on this trip from the square, didn't ask to go in with him. So he put him down and told himself that it would all change, that everything would loosen up just as his commanding officer, General Carlisle, had said it would early this morning before he left Washington. Carlisle had said his position was analogous to Columbus', to Vasco De Gama's, to Preshoff's when the Russian returned from the Moon—but more so.
 Was the first person pieced back together after death.
 He was the first man to make it back from a Mars mission.  Was the first person pieced back together after death.  He was the first American to walk on the surface of Mars.  He was the first one to make it back alive from the type of trip that he went on.