Hometown Heroes Radio

Hometown Heroes Radio

Honoring the men and women whose service and sacrifice have secured our freedom

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January 30, 2026
New World War II Book Releases March 10th  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #927 of Hometown Heroes, debuting January 31, 2026, features historian, filmmaker, and N.Y. Times bestselling author Sara Vladic discussing her upcoming release, The Dangerous Shore.
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Final Survivor of Last U.S. Ship Sunk by German forces in WWII  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #926 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 24-29, 2026, celebrates Richard Burbine of Bridgeport, CA, in the wake of his 100th birthday. Burbine served in the […]
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Meet Four African-American World War II Veterans  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #925 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 17-22, 2026, features the World War II memories of four of the approximately one million African-Americans whose service in a segregated World War II […]
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Historic Aircraft & Veteran Docents  Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window Episode #924 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 10-15, 2026, originates from the Palm Springs Air Museum, home to more than 75 historic aircraft in five hangars. We’ll hear from four docents, all of […]
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Book Signing in Fresno, CA on October 15thUse controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new windowEpisode #911 of Hometown Heroes, airing October 11-16, 2025, features 99-year-old World War II veteran Vern Schmidt, as well as one of the authors of the new book about his life. On Wednesday, […]
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Memories from Five World War II VeteransUse controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new windowEpisode #873 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 18-23, 2025, marks Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with the memories of five of the roughly one million African-American veterans of World War II.
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Memorials and Museum in Periers, FranceUse controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new windowEpisode #872 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 11-16, 2025, features Christian Levaufre explaining how he and his father came to establish memorials and a museum in Periers, France for their town’s liberators, the “Tough Ombres” […]
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90th Infantry Division’s Gene KleindlUse controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new window102-year-old Gene Kleindl of Rockford, IL appears on episode #871 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 4-9, 2025. A medic with the 90th Infantry Division’s 358th Regiment, Kleindl shares memories from the Normandy Campaign, the Battle of […]
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Memories from Four SurvivorsUse controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new windowEpisode #870 of Hometown Heroes, airing December 28, 2024 – January 2, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge through the perspectives of four World War II veterans who survived America’s largest and […]
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They Really Were Some “Tough Ombres”Use controls above or click here to open this Hometown Heroes podcast in a new windowEpisode #869 of Hometown Heroes, airing December 21-26, 2024, originates from the 90th Infantry Division Association‘s annual reunion on Fort Worth, TX. You’ll hear from the association’s executive director, Nancy Rasmusson, as well as WWII […]
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