A conversation with Steve Etzel

Colonel Etzel in Germany, 1990. “I spent 30 years wearing my country’s uniform. It seems like a whole different life today.”
Colonel Etzel in Germany, 1990. “I spent 30 years wearing my country’s uniform. It seems like a whole different life today.”

By Richard Baranowski

One of the ways Perrysburg recognizes its veterans is through the Way Pubic Library’s participation in the Library of Congress Veterans Project.

The purpose is the preservation of veterans’ service memories. Recently, Way Library staff recorded an interview with Perrysburg resident, Steve Etzel. Colonel Etzel served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1994, including two tours of dut…