• “The U.S. Navy didn’t have much to work with at first,” Mandell said, laughing. Pictured above, Boot Camp Great Lakes, Illinois, 1966.
    “The U.S. Navy didn’t have much to work with at first,” Mandell said, laughing. Pictured above, Boot Camp Great Lakes, Illinois, 1966.
  • Mandell with a ship clock.
    Mandell with a ship clock.
    One of the ways Perrysburg recognizes its veterans is through the Way Public Library’s participation in the Library of Congress Veterans Project, its purpose to preserve veterans’ service memories.Recently, the library recorded an interview with longtime Perrysburg resident Larry Mandell who served in the U.S. Navy from 1966-1970. Much of his time was spent on the USS Cascade as inst...

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