Jan 6, 2006 5:52 pm US/Eastern
Local Guardsman Heading Off To Iraq
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
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Sgt. Nick Miccarelli
CBS 3
Instead of getting ready to go back to class, a local college student is getting ready to go to war. Karen Adams reports on one young man who is answering the call to duty.
"I'm able-bodied, so I feel like it's my responsibility," said Sgt. Nick Miccarelli of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Miccarelli, who served in Kosovo in 2003, volunteered to join his fellow guardsmen with Philadelphia's 1st City Troop in Iraq.
"It's come to the point where so many of my friends and my comrades are over there, and that they need help. And I would feel remiss if I didn't go," he said.
Three guardsmen with his troop have paid the ultimate price fighting for democracy in Iraq.
The University of Pennsylvania senior comes from a long list of servicemen, so it is no surprise that he is following in those footsteps.
"My Uncle Miccarelli drove Patton's Jeep," said Miccarelli.
His father fought in the Korean War, another uncle served in Vietnam, and the list goes on.
Miccarelli leaves for Camp Shelby in Mississippi for training next Sunday before heading to Iraq. His friends and family threw a party this past Wednesday to wish him well.
"He's got that patriotic streak down his back like the Miccarelli's and I feel very proud," said his father, Nick Miccarelli, II.
His mom is proud as well, but she also has a mother's concern.
"As a mother, I don't want him to go," she said.
Miccarelli will only be serving six months in Iraq and his family will be looking forward to the day they welcome their son home.
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