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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 97-year-old Bob Otto of Bakersfield, CA appears on episode #589 of Hometown Heroes, airing August 15-19, 2019. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, Otto moved to Kern County with his family at the age... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Walter Glenn of Dinuba, CA appears on episode #588 of Hometown Heroes, airing August 8-12, 2019, just head of his 99th birthday. A native of Gowen, OK, Glenn spent more than 500 days in combat... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 95-year-old Calvin Pascetta of North Las Vegas, NV appears on episode #587 of Hometown Heroes, airing August 1-5, 2019. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Pascetta enlisted in the Navy in October,... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old Charlie Wilson of Bakersfield, CA appears on episode #586 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 25-29, 2019. A native of West New York, NJ, Wilson served with the 1503rd Air Transport... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 89-year-old Tom Davis of Grover Beach, CA appears on episode #585 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 18-22, 2019. Davis operated a Browning Automatic Rifle while serving with the 1st Cavalry... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #584 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 11-14, 2019, continues the World War II memories of Purple Heart recipient Richard Grantham of Arroyo Grande, CA. If you missed the first part of the... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open Part I of Dick’s story in a new window Richard Grantham of Arroyo Grande, CA appears on episodes #583 and 584 of Hometown Heroes, airing July 4-7 and July 11-15, 2019, before and after his 93rd birthday. Grantham served on the attack... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old Frank Ormerod of Auburn, CA appears on episode #582 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 27-30, 2019. A native of Fall River, MA, Ormerod served aboard the destroyer USS Ordronaux... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Ray McClure of Sanger, CA appears on episode #581 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 20-23, 2019. Still a Gold Seal Certified Flight Instructor at age 95, Ray has flown over 60 different aircraft... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 99-year-old Bill Kendall of Henderson, NV appears on episode #580 of Hometown Heroes, airing June 13-16, 2019. A native of Boston, MA, Kendall saw himself as “Lucky Billy” after... Read More