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Staff Sgt. Daniel Metzdorf wasn't willing to give up his Army career just because he only has one leg.
The 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper had his right leg amputated above the knee in January after being injured in a homemade bomb blast near Baghdad.
Metzdorf, 27, underwent rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center this spring and looked forward to returning to his unit, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
This summer, however, the Army deemed him unfit for duty.
Metzdorf appealed twice and on Friday learned that he would be allowed to stay in the Army and with his unit.
"I hope guys can learn from my situation, and I feel very grateful that I can stay with this organization," Metzdorf said.
"I'm pretty pumped up about it." More
Then-Maj. Andrew Lourake talks with Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Metzdorf (center) and Army Sgt. Maurice Craft about their progress learning to use their prosthetic legs during physical therapy. Sergeant Metzdorf, an airborne infantryman, lost his leg when his fire team was ambushed while on patrol in Iraq.