'Twice they tried, twice they failed;' Marine veteran recounts close calls while in the service

'Twice they tried, twice they failed;' Marine veteran recounts close calls while in the service

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn.- There was no doubt Michael Nygaard was going to serve his country; it was just a matter of how. "I've known since I was a little boy that I was going to be in some sort of service-whether it was the Army or Marine Corps," he said. "I hadn't really set my sights on a service. My grandfather was a marine, fought in World War II and Korea, and was also a drone shooter in the Korean War. And speaking with him is kind of what push…