Iraq vet promoted while treated for cancer
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 19, 2008 18:01:35 EDT
BOSTON — A Massachusetts soldier being treated for terminal cancer has been promoted to sergeant in the room in which he receives chemotherapy.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Carter, Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, presented Spc. Scott Miller with his promotion papers, stripes and a plaque during a ceremony at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Miller has served in Iraq, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
Members of his unit, family, doctors and other caregivers packed the room Tuesday to witness the emotional ceremony.
The 34-year-old spoke of his pride of being the backbone of the army as a noncommissioned officer.
Scott was diagnosed with a blood clot in the leg while serving in Iraq just over a month ago.
Further tests showed the Newton, N.H. resident had colon cancer.
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