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 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #692 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 31 – August 5, 2021, continues our conversation with 99-year-old Jim Parker of North Las Vegas, NV, and centers around December 19, 1943.... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 99-year-old Jim Parker of North Las Vegas, NV appears on episode #691 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 24-29, 2021. A native of McCaulley, TX, Parker completed 53 missions as a B-17 pilot... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Wayne Bailey of Turlock, CA appears on episode #690 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 17-22, 2021. Born and raised in Minnesota, Bailey enlisted in the Navy at age 17 in 1944, and... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #689 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 10-15, 2021, coincides with the 78th anniversary of the launch of Operation Husky, the 1943 invasion of Sicily. You’ll hear the memories of... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 99-year-old Bill Biggers of Fresno, CA appears on episode #688 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 3-8, 2021. This episode was recorded at the Veterans Memorial Museum, home of the Legion of... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #687 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 26 – July 1, 2021, recorded at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, CO, sheds light on the museum and other... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Bill Roche of Colorado Springs, CO appears on episode #686 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 19-24, 2021. This episode was recorded at the National Museum of World War II Aviation... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Doug Johnson passed away April 25, 2022 at the age of 98. Click here for his obituary from the Fresno Bee.  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 97-year-old Doug Johnson of Fresno, CA appears on episode #685 of... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #684 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 5-10, 2021, marks the 77th anniversary of D-Day in the invasion of Normandy with the memories of two men who were there, and explains a new way... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #683 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 29 – June 4, 2021, is a special Memorial Day edition detailing one Gold Star Family’s mission. Beuran O’Kane was just 19 years... Read More