Hometown Heroes Radio

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...

AUG

2014

Parallel Paths for Decorated Medics

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Tags : 24th Infantry Division, Dave Wall, Leyte, Luzon, Madera, Mindanao, Mindoro, Philippines, Purple Heart, Reedley

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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 89-year-old Dave Wall of Reedley, CA appears on episode #326 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 2, 2014. Dave served as a medic in the Pacific during World War II, earning the Purple Heart for...