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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Al Blumer of Fresno, CA appears on episode #621 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 26-30, 2020. This episode was recorded in Clovis, CA at the weekly “Stories of Service”... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #620 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 19-23, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Varsity with memories from three men who were involved in that massive airborne assault on... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Roger Bain of Las Vegas, NV appears on episode #619 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 12-16, 2020. A native of Rhinelander, WI, Bain served with Company I, 120th Regiment, 30th... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #618 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 5-9, 2020, serves as a tribute to USS Arizona survivor Don Stratton, whose body was returned to his native Red Cloud, NE this week after a 400-mile... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 100-year-old Jane Boote of Fresno, CA appears on episode #617 of Hometown Heroes, airing February 27 – March 2, 2020. Born Jane Kissinger in Erie, PA, Boote joined the Army Nurse Corps in... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #616 of Hometown Heroes, airing February 20-24, 2020, highlights the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) on February 21, 1945. Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #615 of Hometown Heroes, airing February 13-17, 2020, prepares you for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, through the memories of three Marines who survived that legendary... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Glen Stenson of Denver, CO appears on episode #613 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 30 – February 3, 2020. A native of Holyoke, CO, Stenson served as a Navy corpsman aboard... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 95-year-old Leo Griego of Albuquerque, NM appears on episode #612 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 23-27, 2020. Griego served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division during... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #611 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 16-20, 2020, comes in time for the 75th anniversary of a tragic day aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), and examines the legacy... Read More