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 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 97-year-old Vic Walters of San Diego, CA appears on episode #682 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 22-27, 2021. Born in Canada and raised in New Hampshire, Walters spent 20 years in the U.S.... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Carl Berghofer of Embudo, NM appears on episode #681 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 15-20, 2021. Wounded while serving on Iwo Jima with the 3rd Marine Division, Berghofer remains active in... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 102-year-old William Sanchez of Monterey Park, CA appears on episode #680 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 8-13, 2021. Sanchez survived more than three years as a prisoner of war after the... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 99-year-old Ralph Graham of Waco, TX appears on episode #679 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 1-6, 2021. A native of Athens, TX, Graham completed 33 missions as a B-17 radio operator with the... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 92-year-old Leonard Blake of Whittier, CA appears on episode #678 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 23-26, 2021. Seriously wounded at age 16 aboard the merchant vessel SS Mary Ann Livermore,... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #677 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 17-19, 2021, includes the rest of 96-year-old Joe Peterburs’ story, covering from the moment he became a prisoner of war, to the reunion... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Joe Peterburs of Roseville, CA appears on episode #676 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 10-12, 2021. Born in St. Paul, MN and raised in Milwaukee, WI, Peterburs amassed 36 years... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 95-year-old Eugene “Jake” Jacobsen of Shaver Lake, CA appears on episode #675 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 3-5, 2021. A native of Selma, CA, Jacobsen was wounded while... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Arthur Rinetti of Rio Linda, CA appears on episode #674 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 27-29, 2021. A lifelong resident of the Sacramento area, Rinetti served aboard the... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Lester Burgwardt of Henderson, NV appears on episode #673 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 20-22, 2021. A native of Hamburg, NY, Burgwardt spent parts of five different decades... Read More