By HOLLY ZACHARIAH | The Columbus Dispatch | Published: March 2, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Tribune News Service) He wore a Buffalo Soldier hat. He had the emblem of his all-African American cavalry regiment emblazoned on his T-shirts. And when Mr. John B. Williams introduced himself to you because that is always how he said it his historic service to his country during World War II inevitably came up. But Williams never bragged. He had no bluster, no puffed-out-chest blow. And he always asked about you first. Yet the pride he had for all that he had done was clear. Williams was a public servant. A patriot. A history-maker. A civil rights fighter.
Looking Back – December 21
NTN Driveshaft announced its intention to hire 115 new employees immediately to meet an increase in business.
1995
The Crump Theatre, closed earlier in the year because of boiler problems, was reopened for two showings of “Miracle on 34th Street.”
1970
Postmaster Elmer Tekulve reported more than a half-million pieces of mail were processed at Columbus Post Office on two different days during the peak Christmas mailing period.
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