Heat Advisory issued June 26 at 9:17PM EDT until June 27 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 100.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Consecutive days of high heat and humidity can be especially hazardous as warm overnight temperatures will provide little relief.
73° 73° slight chance Fri 91° Fri 91° chance 72° 72° chance Sat 85° Sat 85° chance likely
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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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