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Tom Wiseman

Journey to Vietnam is healing quest

Although it had been nearly 33 years since Tom Wiseman, political science, served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, the demons that took up residence within him during that war continued to haunt him.

Neither the passage of time nor the many accomplishments over three decades of service to his community and fellow veterans had healed the wounds inflicted upon his psyche, he said. Perhaps out of an unexpressed need to regain inner peace, he continually thought about going back to the war-torn country he had left behind upon his return from the service.

As it turned out, Wiseman was not alone in his urge to revisit Vietnam. In 2002, he and two veteran friends made the journey back in an effort to reclaim their souls. Wiseman wrote about the experience in a book by the same name: Reclaiming the Soul, co-authored with Theresa Bowen, was published last summer by PublishAmerica.

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