Winter Weather Advisory issued February 5 at 3:16AM EST until February 6 at 5:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 5 AM EST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Difficult travel conditions are possible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesday evening commute.
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
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Eichler at age 19 stands in front of an Army tank while stationed in Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam, in 1967. Several months later he and another soldier were were shot several times by a Viet Cong sniper while assigned to an observation post in the jungle.

Related online story:
Local veteran's war wounds still linger years later
Vern Eichler's life changed forever when he left his hometown in God's country and landed in the jungles of Vietnam.
He will always bear a reminder of the half dozen sniper bullets that ravaged his body and still cause him pain almost 48 years later, he said. [More]
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