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Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 94-year-old Francisco Paredes of Atwater, CA appears on episode #328 of Hometown Heroes, debuting August 16, 2014. Born and raised in the Dragoon Mountains in southeastern Arizona, Frank is... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 91-year-old Nyle Smith of Fresno, CA appears on episode #325 of Hometown Heroes, debuting July 26, 2014. Smith grew up on a farm near La Place, IL, and enlisted in the Army Air Corps shortly... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window 93-year-old Albert Flores of Fresno, CA appears on the March 1, 2014 edition of Hometown Heroes, remembering his World War II service as a medical technician in the Pacific, serving with the... Read More

*IN MEMORIAM* Lon Simmons passed away April 5, 2015 at the age of 91. Click here for a tribute episode that aired after his passing. Use controls above or click here to open part I of Lon’s story in a new window –then– Use controls above or click here to open... Read More

Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin discusses his time in the Army during World War II, as well as his athletic career which was really good despite his ankle injury, he said he recover really... Read More