Wheeling IntelligencerMARTINS FERRY — Terry Wildman will tell you that he believes he stayed alive in Vietnam because he still had a mission to fulfill — making sure veterans are remembered.
“I believe I got through for a reason,” Wildman said. “There was a reason for me to come home: to accomplish something.”
Today, over five decades since Wildman was sent off to fight in the Vietnam War, he sits in his living room, the walls filled with accolades and photographs. They are reminders of the 18 months he spent in combat – and the years after, which have been both plagued by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and filled with achievements.
Wildman successfully pushed legislators to rename a section of Ohio 7 “Ohio Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.” He had a veterans memorial installed at a cemetery in Marti
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