• Jimmy Stewart’s letter of condolence.
    Jimmy Stewart’s letter of condolence.
  • Sarah (Snuggs) McConnell and Richard Baranowski look through photographs and letters.
    Sarah (Snuggs) McConnell and Richard Baranowski look through photographs and letters.
  • Elbert Williams earns his wings, 1942.
    Elbert Williams earns his wings, 1942.
  • This photo of Williams and his mother, Lillian, was taken while he was on leave in front of their Perrysburg home at 322 East Indiana Avenue.
    This photo of Williams and his mother, Lillian, was taken while he was on leave in front of their Perrysburg home at 322 East Indiana Avenue.
    On Perrysburg’s war memorial in Hood Park, the name Elbert Williams Jr. appears among the 18 village men lost in World War II.To some, it may be just a name faded to history, glanced by those who pass by this monument while strolling the grounds. But there was a life attached to this name and a story, of course, about this young man from Perrysburg who went off to fight WWII.Wil...

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