• “I’m making the world safe for democracy, dusting off supplies,” said Beck, at right in above photo, laughing. Photo taken in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1955. Below, “When I went into the Marines, I was 120 pounds, when I got out I was 160. That’s what the Marines do,” he said.
    “I’m making the world safe for democracy, dusting off supplies,” said Beck, at right in above photo, laughing. Photo taken in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1955. Below, “When I went into the Marines, I was 120 pounds, when I got out I was 160. That’s what the Marines do,” he said.
  • Way’s Veterans Project interviews Marine Willis Beck
    Way’s Veterans Project interviews Marine Willis Beck
    With Veterans Day upon us, what better time for a veteran’s story. One of the ways Perrysburg recognizes its veterans is through Way Public Library’s participation in the Veterans History Project. Its purpose is the preservation of service memories.Recently, the library recorded an interview with Willis Beck who served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957.“I w...

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