A Call to Duty: Sgt. Michael Benjamin Roberge
Michael Roberge, a Marlborough mailman, spent seven years in the U.S. Army after being motivated by the attacks of 9/11.
When Michael Roberge enlisted in the U.S. Army in December of 2001, it was in part a reaction to the attacks of Sept. 11. "Ya, I was angry," said Roberge, now a Marlborough postman. "But I didn't want to react completely out of anger, so I waited a bit before I joined." Recently retired from the military after seven years of service both in the Army and National Guard, Roberge, who was discharged with the rank of sergeant, served two tours in Iraq and participated in the second battle for Fallujah in November 2004. "I guess I was first struck by the heat," said Roberge with a laugh of his immersion into the Iraqi war zone. It was several months before he found himself in the heart of a battle, but once he did, there was no mistaking it …
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Rebecca Love
3:36 pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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