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*IN MEMORIAM* Bob Bower passed away May 23, 2017. Read his obituary here. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Bob Bower of Delano, CA appears on episode #337 of Hometown Heroes, debuting October 18, 2014. Bower flew... Read More

LISTEN to Atilano David on Hometown Heroes 93-year-old Atilano “Al” David of Albuquerque, New Mexico appears on episode #336 of Hometown Heroes, debuting October 11, 2014. David was born and raised in the Philippines, and joined the U.S. Army there in August, 1941.... Read More

LISTEN to Augie Paolercio on Hometown Heroes – PART I —OR—LISTEN to PART II of Augie’s interview 93-year-old Augie Paolercio of Fresno, CA appears on episodes #334 and #335 of Hometown Heroes, debuting September 27 and October 4, 2014. Post by Hometown... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #333 of Hometown Heroes, debuting 9/20/14, marks our National POW/MIA Recognition Day by sharing the stories of three ex-prisoners of war who all survived “death marches”... Read More

LISTEN to Warren Smith on Hometown Heroes 89-year-old Warren Smith of Fresno, CA appears on episode #332 of Hometown Heroes, debuting September 13, 2014. A native of Raton, NM, Smith served with the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific during World War II. Listen to Hometown Heroes... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Helen passed away January 20, 2017 at the age of 93. Here is her obituary from the Californian Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Helen Kearney of Salinas, CA appears on episode #331 of Hometown Heroes,... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 90-year-old George W. “Bil”l DuBois of Carmel, CA appears on episode #330 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 30, 2014. You’ll hear DuBois remember his childhood in Visalia,... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 96-year-old Augustine Chavez of Visalia, CA appears on episode #329 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 23, 2014. Chavez, a 1936 graduate of Woodlake High School, served with the “Sunshine... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Francisco Paredes of Atwater, CA appears on episode #328 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 16, 2014. Born and raised in the Dragoon Mountains in southeastern Arizona, Frank is... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Willis Shepard of Bakersfield, CA appears on episode #327 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 9, 2014. Shepard grew up on a farm in Huron, South Dakota, where he started driving... Read More