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Medal of Honor Recipient Leroy Petry  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Petry appears on episode #786 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 20 – 25, 2023. A native of Santa Fe, NM, Petry... Read More

Thelma Wiley Survived Tragic Plane Crash  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 88-year-old Thelma Wiley of Sacramento, CA appears on a special Mother’s Day episode #785 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 13-15, 2023.... Read More

Navy Veteran Defended Merchant Ships  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 97-year-old John Stokes of San Leandro, CA appears on episode #784 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 6-11, 2023. A native of San Francisco, Stokes saw... Read More

Wounded in WWII, Also Served in Korea and Vietnam  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 98-year-old Glenn Montgomery of Colorado Springs, CO appears on episode #783 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 29 – May 4, 2023.... Read More

Louie Zamperini’s Miraculous Nauru Mission  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #782 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 22-27, 2023, revisits some of the memories Louie Zamperini shared with Hometown Heroes... Read More

Flying Season for Honor Flight Network  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #781 of Hometown Heroes, airing April 15-20, 2023, features two veterans about to experience their Honor Flights to Washington, D.C. The... Read More

National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2023  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #778 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 25-30, 2023, prepares you for National Vietnam War Veterans Day, which takes place every... Read More

WWII Souvenir Returned to Enemy Soldier’s Family  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #777 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 18-23, 2023, continues our conversation with 97-year-old Durl Gibbs of Fort Benton,... Read More

Montana Cowboy Survived Battle of Okinawa  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 97-year-old Durl Gibbs of Fort Benton, MT appears on episode #776 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 11-16, 2023. Rounding up cows on horseback... Read More

Unbroken Honor Captures Experiences of Americans of Japanese Ancestry During World War II  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #774 of Hometown Heroes, airing February 25 – March 2, 2023, spotlights the new... Read More