JD Wetterling's Bio
JD Wetterling
is an ordained elder and deacon in the Presbyterian Church in America
(PCA)
and retired Resident Manager of
Ridge Haven Conference and
Retreat Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
He's had over 250 op-ed columns
and essays published in
The
Wall Street Journal, the
Los Angeles Times, the
St. Petersburg Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Tampa Tribune,
The Des Moines
Register,
Newsweek.com,
World magazine,
The American Legion Magazine, Mig Sweep
and numerous other periodicals. His novel,
Son of Thunder, based on his experiences as a fighter pilot in Vietnam,
is a timeless story about love and redemption in America's only lost war. His
latest book,
"No
one...," is an
invitation to eternity, published by
Christian Focus
Publications.
In 1968-69, he flew 268 combat missions in an
F-100 in
Vietnam and was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, fourteen Air Medals, and the
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He was Top Gun in every fighter squadron in which he served
in the USAF.
Since mid-1998, JD has
addressed over
100 audiences in all walks of life in all parts of the country, including the Sons and
Daughters of the American Revolution, business, civic and professional groups and
conventions, church groups, military groups—active duty and retired—and radio
and TV audiences. His motivational messages cover politics, current affairs, business,
history, ethics, patriotic themes and "eternal truths."
He is well received everywhere.
Radio credits include KNX/CBS, Los Angeles, Jim
Mancow Show on KQWX, Chicago, KZZE, Medford, OR, WTAN,
Clearwater, FL, Talkspot (Internet), WHBC, Canton, OH, KVAN,
Vancouver, WA, and WTBF, Troy, AL, Decision Today--Billy Graham's
nationally syndicated radio ministry, and Heads Up America on WZNN,
Asheville, NC.
His roots go back to a farm in western Illinois and a
one-room country schoolhouse where he was the only student in his class all eight years of
grade school. On that foundation he built a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of
Illinois, an MBA from the University of Utah, summa cum laude, and a career as a fighter
pilot, businessman, speaker, and writer. JD is a veteran entrepreneur, CFO,
CEO, financial consultant, director of profit and non-profit organizations and business
columnist.
Other memberships:
Authors Guild,
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots
Association ("River Rats"),
and the
Super Sabre Society.
A personal Invitation A Tribute to
Aviator Friends
Reviews & letters
Fighter Pilot
reviews
Speaking & Media
Dates
Speaking
Testimonials
Interview with JD
Another hero, another war
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