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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 90-year-old Arnald Gabriel appears on episode #370 of Hometown Heroes, debuting June 6, 2015. A retired Air Force colonel, Gabriel is one of the world’s foremost musical conductors, having... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Jerry Countess passed away March, 18, 2020 at the age of 99. Click here to read his obituary from DignityMemorial.com.  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Jerry Countess of Las Vegas, NV appears on... Read More

LISTEN to Jim Escalle and Bill Beigel on Hometown Heroes Debuting on Memorial Day weekend, 2015, episode #368 of Hometown Heroes features author Jim Escalle and World War II researcher Bill Beigel. Thanks to Hometown Heroes affiliate KNZR in Bakersfield, CA for providing space to... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Chuck Betty of Modesto, CA appears on episode #367 of Hometown Heroes, debuting May 16, 2015. A lifelong resident of the Modesto area, Betty joined the Navy in the immediate... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Thousands crowded onto the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on May 8, 2015 to mark the 70th Anniversary of V-E Day, watching as dozens of vintage World War II airplanes flew in a parade of... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Eugene Mould of Modesto, CA appears on episode #365 of Hometown Heroes, debuting May 2, 2015. A native of Concord, CA, Mould completed 43 missions over Europe as a bomber pilot... Read More

LISTEN to this edition of Hometown Heroes On April 18, 2015, the only two surviving Doolittle Raiders marked the 73rd anniversary of their daring mission by presenting their recently commissioned Congressional Gold Medal to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 92-year-old Seth Irving of Rio Rancho, NM appears on episode #363 of Hometown Heroes, debuting April 18, 2015. Born and raised on the Oglala Lakota reservation in Pine Ridge, SD, Irving served... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Legendary sports announcer Lon Simmons passed away April 5, 2015 at the age of 91, and episode #362 of Hometown Heroes serves as a tribute to the World War II Coast Guard veteran, who shared... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Leon Christensen of Clovis, CA appears on episode #361 of Hometown Heroes, debuting April 4, 2015. He grew up on a farm in Easton, CA, with three brothers and two sisters, waking up... Read More