• “I’m not too happy here. The photo was taken after a full day of basic training, and I look it.” Jack O’Shea, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1969.
    “I’m not too happy here. The photo was taken after a full day of basic training, and I look it.” Jack O’Shea, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1969.
  • “It’s 51 years later, and I’m a lot happier!” said Jack O’Shea when this photo was taken.
    “It’s 51 years later, and I’m a lot happier!” said Jack O’Shea when this photo was taken.
  • “My hootch in Vietnam was like the ‘tiny homes’ of today,” Mr. O’Shea, said, laughing.
    “My hootch in Vietnam was like the ‘tiny homes’ of today,” Mr. O’Shea, said, laughing.
    One of the ways Perrysburg recognizes its veterans is through the Way Library’s participation in the Library of Congress Veterans Project. The purpose is the preservation of veterans’ service memories. Recently, the library recorded an interview with Perrysburg resident Jack O’Shea who served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. Mr. O’Shea served in a mortar gun plato...

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