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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 92-year-old Mike Martinez of Fort Collins, CO appears on episode #446 of Hometown Heroes, airing November 18-20, 2016. A native of rural western Colorado, Martinez served on a .50-caliber... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #445 of Hometown Heroes airs throughout Veterans Day weekend, preparing you for the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with the accounts of five men who experienced that... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Alberto Bertoli of Belmont, CA appears on episode #445 of Hometown Heroes, airing November 4-6, 2016. A lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bertoli served with the 84th... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Denny Thompson of Sonora, CA appears on episode #443 of Hometown Heroes, airing October 28-30, 2016. A native of Fargo, ND, Thompson grew up in Staples, MN, where he trapped mink and... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Chester “Ski” Biernacki of Jamestown, CA tells his story of survival on episode #441 of Hometown Heroes, airing October 14-16, 2016. A native of New Bedford, MA,... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Ed Hall passed away November 2, 2022 at the age of 99. Click here to read his obituary from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old Ed Hall of Las Vegas, NV appears on episode... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Delton Walling passed away January 8, 2020 at the age of 98. Click here for his obituary from legacy.com. Use controls above or click here to open part I of Wally’s interview a new window Use controls above or click here to open part II of Wally’s... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old Harold Hart of Raymond, CA appears on episode #437 of Hometown Heroes, airing September 16-18, 2016. A native of Winterset, Iowa, Hart served with the 4th Marine Division in the... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Martin Medellin passed away July 24, 2019 at the age of 93. 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 90-year-old Martin Medellin of Madera, CA appears on episode #436 of... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Turk passed away December 15, 2016, surrounded by his children in the home he lived in for 61 years. A memorial was held at North HS in Bakersfield, at the football field named in his honor. Here is his obituary from Bakersfield.com Use controls above or click here... Read More