A forgotten memorial to World War II veterans in Springfield Township is finally seeing the light of day again thanks to a book, an Army veteran, and a couple of phone calls to township leaders.

Wes Girdler has lived in Springfield Township's Finneytown community since 1962, serving in the Army from 1980 to 1992. He was surprised to recently learn there was a World War II memorial in his community .

"A friend of mine, Rick Kennedy, wrote a book about Finneytown ," he explains, "I read it, and I noticed the World War II Memorial over in Parkview Heights. I wanted to go over and see it, being a veteran and everything. When I got over there, it was completely covered with bushes."

Parkview Heights was Springfield Township's first subdivision. It sits along North Bend Road on the southern s

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