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*IN MEMORIAM* Charlie Wadhams passed away May 19, 2020 at the age 93. Click here to read his obituary. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Charlie Wadhams of Fresno, CA appears on episode #380 of Hometown Heroes,... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 90-year-old Jim Roach of Las Vegas, NV appears on episode #379 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 8, 2015. A native of Ogden, UT, Roach earned his wings at the age of 19 and flew 15 B-24... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Marvin Shields of Visalia, CA appears on episode #378 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 1, 2015. Shields served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola during World War II. Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #377 of Hometown Heroes, debuting July 25, 2015, focuses on the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35). At the time of this airing, 32 survivors of the heavy... Read More

LISTEN to Peggy Bergthold on Hometown Heroes 93-year-old Peggy Bergthold of Fresno, CA appears on episode #376 of Hometown Heroes, debuting July 18, 2015. A native of Anadarko, OK, Bergthold served as a surgical nurse at Mare Island Naval Hospital from 1943 until 1946. One of... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old George Christman of Northridge, CA appears on episode #375 of Hometown Heroes, debuting July 11, 2015. Christman joined the Navy at the age of 17, and experienced his first taste of... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* George passed away in November 2015. Read this tribute to George by Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old George Genovese of North Hollywood, CA appears on episode... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old George Hansen of Clovis, CA appears on episode #373 of Hometown Heroes, debuting June 27, 2015. A native of Minnesota who spent some of his childhood in Canada before his family... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Ed Ellington passed away March 24, 2020 at the age of 100. Click here for his obituary from legacy.com. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 95-year-old Ed “Duke” Ellington of Seattle, WA appears on... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Francis O’Brien of Modesto, CA appears on episode #371 of Hometown Heroes, debuting June 13, 2015. A native of Philadelphia, PA, O’Brien was an only child, raised... Read More