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Episode #592 of Hometown Heroes, airing September 5-9, 2019, focuses on the Best Defense Foundation‘s ongoing initiatives, including a battlefield return program that will carry World War II veterans back to the Netherlands for the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden this month.

In the video below, you’ll see highlights from the 2018 Market Garden observation, including the two men you’ll hear from on this episode, Donnie Edwards and Tom Rice, sinking down into a foxhole together:

Listen to Hometown Heroes to find out what led Edwards, a Pro Bowl linebacker who played 13 seasons in the NFL, to launch the effort that has nor produced 28 different missions returning veterans to the locations where they fought against the enemy in the war.