PROFILE IN COURAGE--Eighty-nine year old World War II veteran Glenn Lyons, who survived the Batan Death March, attends the ground-breaking of the Ohio Veterans Plaza, on the grounds of the Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 1997. The Plaza will honor Ohio's men and women who have served since World War II, as well as those who will serve in the future. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO VETERANS PLAZA--A visitor to the Ohio Veterans Plaza reads one of seventy letters written by Ohioans to their friends and family, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 21, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STATE FLAGS HONOR VETS--Some of the eighty-eight Ohio flags, representing the state's eighty-eight counties, fly in the breeze while visitors read letters written by Ohioans, at the recently dedicated Ohio Veterans Plaza, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)