TOLEDO, Ohio — A local World War II veteran received an early 100th birthday celebration on Thursday, as friends, family and community members gathered at Friendship Park Community Center to honor JC Coffman’s remarkable life and service.
Coffman, who will turn 100 on Oct. 21, served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He was drafted into the Army at just 18.
“I was taken out of high school at Scott High School and drafted,” Coffman recalled. “And I went from there to Liverpool, England.”…