Hometown Heroes Radio » Guadalcanal

AUG

2014

Still Singing at 96

Tags : 185th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, Augustine Chavez, Guadalcanal, Luzon, malaria, Negros, New Britain, Panay, Visalia, Woodlake

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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...

JUL

2012

Marine Worked With Code Talkers

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Tags : 2nd Marine Division, Bud Erickson, Guadalcanal, malaria, Navajo Code Talkers, U.S. Marine Corps

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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 92-year-old Bud Erickson of Visalia, CA appears on the July 7, 2012 edition of Hometown Heroes on KMJ, airing at 1 p.m. on AM 580 and 5 p.m. on FM 105.9. Born Sylvester Erickson in San Francisco...