Then, after his plane exploded over the Pacific Ocean during World War II, Zamperini used mental exercises ... 4 at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma. Zamperini filled Tri-C’s 450-seat theater.

Holding a private first-class rank in the 8th Infantry Division, 45th Field Artillery Battalion, Zaderecky served in World War II’s European ... Zaderecky serve as a Parma city councilman ...

An 88-year-old World War II veteran died doing what he loved Saturday ... single-engine plane crashed on his air strip off Route 104 in Parma, according to Sgt. Robert Murphy of the Monroe County ...

Parma, Ohio (WOIO ... “I grew up on the east side of Cleveland. My mom was a World War II baby, we had nothing. I know what it’s like to have nothing,” said Innocenzi.