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Amputee Refuses To Give Up Army Career
Fayetteville (NC) Observer ^
| September 25, 2004
| Justin Willett
Posted on 09/27/2004 7:09:56 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
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To: SilentServiceCPOWife
I don't think so, This one is using a cane so far.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:33:37 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
To: Former Military Chick
This is one brave young man. I am very proud of him and what he has done. I give him a big courage BUMP!
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:35:25 PM PDT
by
The Real Deal
(Proud member of the VRWC!)
To: Former Military Chick
Hoo-ah! Now THAT is a man! (take note, Poodle Kerry)
That kind of commitment to one's troops... it boggles the mind.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(Uniform of the day: Freepajamas)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
What an amazing story. Come on Rather, Colmes and the rest of you...why don't you air a true story?
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:36:54 PM PDT
by
LakeLady
(Rather, Chrissy, PMStrich, et al..ZOT 'em all! It's their only chance to leave in a blaze of glory.)
To: Endeavor
This guy needs to be on every FoxNews show and campaign WITH the President to counter all the BS and negativity from the Kerry-Kennedy campaign of self-flagellation and depression.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:37:48 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: usmcobra
Oh, I didn't see that.
His story is inspirational also and he's another American that we can proud of.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
What a wonderful story .. thanks for the ping Tonk
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:41:50 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
To: SilentServiceCPOWife; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Anti-Bubba182; DTogo; Rokke; BykrBayb; Stonedog; ...
To: Former Military Chick
Thanks for the ping and the reading material. This man is a true American hero.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:46:21 PM PDT
by
Stonedog
(Mr. Blather... tear down this STONEWALL!!)
To: TheBattman; Jim Robinson
I agree it did not get coverage when it happened and only in the military communities he resided.
Check post #28, I I found a photo and several other articles.
This is one of the wonderful things about FR, we can make it news, and, perhaps this fine soldier will stumble across all the thoughtful posts. Thank you Jim Robinson for giving us this avenue.
To: Former Military Chick
Disability is a state of mind. That is a quote from one of my CO's in the Coast Guard who walked with a limp because of polio. He could have had a disability discharge, but he stayed in and became a four-striper. I also knew of a pilot who had an artificial leg. More power to Staff Sgt. Metzdorf. My hat is off to him.
To: Former Military Chick
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:46:58 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(The stops of a good man are ordered by the Lord as well as his steps. —Müller)
To: Former Military Chick
Thanks for the picture and info.
This kind of story makes me so proud to be an American.
To: Stonedog
You are most welcome. As most here say, there is little good news in the MSM, if this is the only other place to get it .. then I say post -- we deserve to hear about this fine men and women.
To: Former Military Chick
This is a true Patriotic American, and I am humbled by his service to country............This is the type of human that can make a difference in this world we live in. God Bless him and all the Warriors......
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:50:47 PM PDT
by
marmar
(Faith is a beautiful thing.....)
To: Former Military Chick; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Cannoneer No. 4; TEXOKIE; xzins; Alamo-Girl; ...
May 14, 2004
Warriors' women stand by their men
by Michael J. Minardi
Medical Hold Company
....Teresa Metzdorf said she would like the news services to report how many of the war's wounded are amputees. Walter Reed has treated approximately 100 amputees since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and several others from Operation Enduring Freedom.
"I want people to know there are wounded Soldiers and there
![](http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/stripe/newspics/1826_ssg_metzdorf_n_wife.jpg) |
Teresa Metzdorf talks with her husband Daniel as he exercises his abdominal muscles in the Physical Therapy Clinic. |
is an aftereffect. This is for the rest of his life," she said referring to her husband's amputation of his right leg in Iraq. "You don't think of 'wounded' as amputees. Nobody talks about it."
Staff Sgt. Daniel T. Metzdorf, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Fort Bragg, N.C., was wounded Jan. 27 southwest of Baghdad when he and his men stopped to investigate a pile of trash on the supply route, Highway 1. The enigma of the tragedy is that three team members were killed, Dan's leg was ripped off, and another Soldier was peppered with shrapnel. They think the IED under the trash was an artillery shell that was remotely detonated when Metzdorf and his team approached.
Everything happened rapidly for Metzdorf. Since his leg was already severed, he immediately called Teresa from the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad.
"'Hi Honey, I lost my leg,' Dan said, and then the phone connection went dead," Teresa recalled. "I started to hyperventilate, and thought 'What do I do now?'
"I called my mother, but I was so upset I couldn't speak," Teresa said. Her brother had answered the phone but didn't recognize her voice. She finally was able to tell the bad news and ask her mother, who also lived in Fayetteville, N.C., to come over. "I had an hour to cry before my mom arrived," Teresa confessed.
Teresa was worried when Dan went to Afghanistan, but she was very uneasy about him going to Iraq. "It was different. I had a real bad feeling."
As well as Dan losing 50 pounds (20 pounds was his leg), the couple had to buy a new vehicle and adapt their house. They traded in Dan's stick-shift sports car for a specially-modified pickup truck. "It was the only vehicle Dan could fit in," Teresa said with a smile. "We also had to install bars for the shower and low-pile carpet throughout the house."
The 2/505th PIR is scheduled to return to Bragg soon and they have asked Metzdorf to walk with his unit from the plane to the hangar when they arrive. Dan has been training for the last three months for that challenge. He said it means a lot to him to be able to do that. He also wants to remain in the Army.
"Dan thinks he has a lot to offer the Army," Teresa said. "Just because this happened to him doesn't make him stop being a Soldier.
"I support him," she added. "It's going to be good for him."
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Dear American free reporters, meet your good neighbors.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:53:43 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat -- it is to prevail."- Pres. Bush, CinC, 9/21)
To: Former Military Chick
Great story. A true HERO!!
I love that he did not just say I want to stay with my brothers, but he fought to and triumphed. Inspirational.
To: Former Military Chick
Even in civies, soldiers just have a certain look about them. I used to think I had a thing for guys in uniform, but no, it goes deeper. Soldiers have something that transcends the uniform, and all other superficial things. There's a lot to be said for military bearing. I know they don't master it just so I'll have something good to look at, but sometimes... I think they do.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:59:40 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
To: Former Military Chick
If the Army let General Franks stay with one leg, then they can let a SSG stay.
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posted on
09/27/2004 8:01:23 PM PDT
by
Tailback
To: Former Military Chick
Thank you for posting this great story.
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