Injured in Iraq, he wants to go back

CORTLAND — Getting a blast of metal, gravel and other debris from a homemade bomb on a building roof in Iraq won’t stop David Mickey from continuing with his military career.

If his foot and arm are better within a few months, he might even return to his Army parachute infantry regiment in time to return to Iraq before its tour of duty ends in December.

“I want to go back, but I have some doubts about whether I’ll get back in time,” he said from his home on Wae Trail in Cortland, where he is spending 30 days recuperating from surgeries on his heel and arm before heading to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. June 5 for another surgery on his arm.

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