wade span is a veteran from virginia making an amazing journey to reconnect with his fellow service members and our very own bob journey. take a look. >> i went to new jersey, to maine, to new york, to pennsylvania, to ohio. >> reporter: he traveled throughout the midwest and great plains. >> to colorado, to wyoming, to montana, to washington, to oregon, california. >> reporter: a 15,000-mile journey to reconnect with his marine buddies. >> i didn't want to wait until we were 60 or 70 so i made the effort to do it other make sure everybody was doing all right -- okay and really, you know, just do a check on them. >> reporter: wade span is a 34-year-old iraqi war veteran who grew up in burke virginia. >> this is wilkinson who i visited in new jersey. >> reporter: wade says he suffered a traumatic brain injury in fallujah in 2004 when his unarmed humvee was blasted by a roadside bomb. >> all of us got blown up together actually about a month after that photo was taken. >> reporter: now, 13 years later and still suffering from posttraumatic stress, span says he decided to reach out to his marine buddies to ask som