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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Sherman Kishi of Livingston, CA appears on episode #283 of Hometown Heroes, debuting October 5, 2013. The interview was recorded on the family farm where he was born, property the... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Karl Haeuser passed away March 29, 2017 at the age of 95. Read his obituary from the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Karl Haeuser of Cayucos, CA appears on the September 14,... Read More

 Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Ruben Ramirez of Reedley, CA appears on episode #276 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 17, 2013. A native of Los Angeles, Ramirez served in the 88th Infantry Division during... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open part 1 of Robert Farwell’s interview in a new window —then— Use controls above or click here to open part 2 of Robert Farwell’s interview in a new window 93-year-old Robert Farwell of Bakersfield, CA appears on the... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Don Westfahl passed away December 4, 2016. Read his obituary from the Bakersfield Californian. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Don Westfahl of Bakersfield, CA appears on episode #269 of Hometown... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Mel Freedman of Boca Raton, FL appears on the June 22, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes. Freedman served in the 45th Infantry Division, witnessed the horrors of a concentration camp,... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window E.T. Roberts of Bakersfield, CA appears on the June 15, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes, remembering his experiences with the 29th Infantry Division during World War II. A native Oklahoman with... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Irving Mann passed away March 6, 2015, just shy of his 90th birthday. Read his obituary from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Irving Mann of Rochester, NY appears... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window The June 1, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes features audio from both General Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Franklin D. Roosevelt as it was heard on June 6, 1944. As we mark the 69th... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 90-year-old Bob Cole of Fresno, CA appears on the May 25, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes on KMJ. Cole, a native of Oto, Iowa, served on the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-8) during World War II.... Read More