BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - Dr. Addison Wilson works in an orthopedics office in Beaufort, treating civilians after injuries with cast work and routine procedures.

It’s a different environment from his three decades of Navy service, where Wilson toured the world doing everything from treating deep water complications as a diving medical officer to providing primary care for Navy SEAL gunshot wounds in Iraq.

Wilson retired from military service a few months ago, calling it something he was lucky to do at all.

“I really shouldn’t have been in the military with my cancer history. It is a big disqualification, and so, to join the military with cancer, or with a history of cancer,” Wilson said.

Cancer diagnosis changed his path

At 17 years old, Wilson had his sights set on the Armed Forces whe

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