 | Stories of Service: Rodger Jensen & WWII's Last Mission
December 3, 2006: Selma native Rodger Jensen, who piloted the last B-29 to complete the last mission of World War II...  Video
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 | Stories of Service: Mike Kirkorian
November 25, 2007: Pearl Harbor survivor Mike Kirkorian, a Fowler native who was on the U.S.S. Vestal on December 7, 1941... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Wild Bill Begley
November 18, 2007: Bataan Death March survivor Wild Bill Begley talks about his experiences before and after he became a prisoner of war... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Pearl Harbor Survivor Bob McNutt
November 4, 2007: Visalia's Bob McNutt, who was aboard the USS Monaghan on December 7, 1941, and stayed on the destroyer until it sank in a typhoon in 1944... Video
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 | Stories of Service: A's All-Star Gus Zernial
October 28, 2007: Gus Zernial, who spent three years in the Navy before becoming an All-Star slugger with the Philadelphia Athletics... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Ex-P.O.W. Rudy Giannoni
October 21, 2007: Fresno's Rudy Giannoni, who grew up in Dos Palos and became a waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Ross Doll on Iwo Jima
October 14, 2007: Fresno resident Ross Doll, who grew up in Bakersfield but came of age as a 23-year-old Marine on Iwo Jima... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Augie Macaluso
October 7, 2007: Augie Macaluso of Fresno, who was captured by German forces on December 18th, 1944. Click on the video link to find out how long he was held captive. The answer might surprise you... Video
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 | In Memoriam: Milt Graham
Remembering accomplished aviator Milt Graham, who died September 22nd, 2007, less than a week shy of his 85th birthday... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Juan Cedillo
September 23, 2007: Fresno's Juan Cedillo, who survived the Battle of the Bulge, earning a Bronze Star in the process... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Blimp Pilot Don Potts
September 16, 2007: Fresno's Don Potts, who flew blimps in the Navy's Lighter Than Air program during World War II... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Exeter's Lawrence Caddell
September 2, 2007: Exeter's Lawrence Caddell, who served in the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion during World War II... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Lemon Cove's Tony Augustine
August 26, 2007: Tony Augustine of Lemon Cove, who earned a Silver Star after saving a valuable bridge in Italy... Video
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| Emotional Ceremony for Valley Veterans
August 18, 2007: publisher of the book, Stories of Service: Valley Veterans Remember World War II, presents complimentary copies to featured veterans...
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 | Stories of Service: Book Honors Greatest Generation
August 12, 2007: A new book honors Valley members of the Greatest Generation... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Combat Cameraman Bill Kelliher
July 22, 2007: Fresno's Bill Kelliher, who filmed U.S. landings at Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian in World War II... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Judge Frank Creede, Jr.
July 15, 2007: Frank Creede, Jr., who spent 30 years as a Valley judge after surviving more than three months as a prisoner of war in Stalag IX B... Video
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 | Battle of the Bulge Veterans Honored
Valley survivors of the Battle of the Bulge are honored with a luncheon at a Kerman farm... Video
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 | Volunteers Work on Summer of Service
Volunteers involved in the Stories of Service project work to preserve history... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Ex-P.O.W. Milt Graham
July 1, 2007: Milt Graham of Clovis, who bailed out of his burning P-38 in 1945 and became a prisoner of war in Germany... Video
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 | Stories of Service: P-47 Ace Ed Roddy
June 24, 2007: Fresno's Ed Roddy, who became an ace in a P-47 in World War II, and also flew during the Korean War and the Cold War, retiring as a Colonel... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Submariner Joe Cox
June 17, 2007: Joe Cox, who grew up in Reedley, now lives in Los Banos, and was in the Submarine Service during World War II and the Korean War... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Raymond Hebert
June 10, 2007: Raymond Hebert, a Navy SeaBee during World War II. We caught up with him at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Video
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 | Stories of Service: Gus Villalta
May 20, 2007: Gus Villalta of Los Banos, who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Remembering Two Veterans
May 6, 2007: A tribute to Jim Palmer and Jake Norsigian, two Valley veterans who shared their experiences with us, and who both passed away April 29th... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Medic Ed Jennrich
April 29, 2007: Ed Jennrich of Fresno, who was training to be a paratrooper until a knee injury changed his course. Video
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 | Links to Veterans Topics Discussed on KMJ
Want to find something Paul Loeffler talked about on KMJ Monday? Go inside to find links to veterans resources...
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 | Stories of Service: Bradford Collins
April 22, 2007: Reverend Bradford Collins of Los Banos, who was an assistant crew chief in a P-38 squadron during World War II, and whose story has a moving 21st Century update... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Pearl Harbor Survivor Chuck Lishman
April 1, 2007: Coarsegold's Chuck Lishman, whose enlistment in the Naval Reserve was complete on December 3rd, 1941. He was scheduled to head home from Pearl Harbor on December 8th... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Everett & Virginia Krippner
March 18, 2007: Everett & Virginia Krippner of Coarsegold, who met while both serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Marine Dick Abbott
March 4, 2007: Centerville's Dick Abbott, who was in a WWII Marine artillery unit on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Iwo Jima... Video
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 | Stories of Service: Iraq War Veteran Francisco Rosas
February 18, 2007: In a brief break from our focus on WWII veterans, we share the remarkable story of San Joaquin's Francisco Rosas... Video
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| Stories of Service: PT Boat Skipper Bob Nagle
August 6, 2006: Fresno's Bob Nagle, skipper of PT-559 in the Mediterranean during World War II. PT-559 was credited with the sinking of six German ships... Video
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| Stories of Service: B-24 pilot Charlie Brown
July 23, 2006: Charlie Brown of Fresno, a pilot who flew 56 combat missions during World War II, mostly in a B-24 Liberator in the Pacific Theater... Video
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| Stories of Service: Merced's Wayne Hein
June 25, 2006: Wayne Hein, a 92-year-old Merced resident who enjoyed some colorful experiences while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II... Video
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| Stories of Service: Sanger's Bob Baird
June 18, 2006: Bob Baird, a Sanger native who earned a Silver Star while serving as a "frogman" on an Underwater Demolition Team in the Pacific in World War II... Video
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| Stories of Service: Pearl Harbor Survivor Joe Ruggles
May 14, 2006: Joe Ruggles, a 94-year-old Clovis resident who had to tend to injured sailors after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941... Video
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| Stories of Service: "Blue Devil" Dick Neuman
May 7, 2006: Fresno's Dick Neuman, who 61 years ago this week was mourning the loss of five soldiers killed in his outfit AFTER the war in Europe was over... Video
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| Stories of Service: Army Medic Dr. Stan Lindquist
April 23, 2006: Dr. Stan Lindquist, a medical aid man who lost his right eye in a mine explosion in World War II, but went on to become a pioneer in the field of psychology. Video
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| Stories of Service: Ex-P.O.W. Fritz Petersen
April 16, 2006: Fritz Petersen of Sanger, who spent 47 days as a prisoner of war on an island off the coast of Brittany during World War II... Video
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| Stories of Service: B-17 Radioman/Gunner Don Ball
April 2, 2006: Don Ball of Catheys Valley, who served as a radioman and gunner on a B-17, flying 32 missions over enemy-occupied territory during World War II. Video
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| Stories of Service: Charles Looney
March 12, 2006: Longtime Fresno businessman Charles Looney, who witnessed the sinking of the HMS Rohna, and served as a combat intelligence officer in the 14th Air Force... Video
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| Stories of Service: David Aguilar
March 5, 2006: Fresno's David Aguilar, who joined the Army as an 18-year-old newlywed, and stayed with the 2nd Infantry Division throughout the Allies' European Campaign in World War II... Video
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| Stories of Service: Walt Harpain's Close Calls
February 19, 2006: Walt Harpain, a familiar face to longtime Valley residents who remember Harpain's Dairy at Cedar and Dakota. Walt entered the European Theater as an infantryman at age 19... Video
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| Stories of Service: Pearl Harbor Survivor Jim Palmer
December 4, 2005: Fresno's Jim Palmer, a gun captain aboard the USS Honolulu for almost 7 years, a span that included December 7th, 1941... Video
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| Stories of Service: Harold Coon
October 2nd, 2005: Harold Coon, who served in North Africa and the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II. Video
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| Stories of Service: Still Serving... Art Hill
July 17, 2005: Art Hill, a 90-year-old veteran who volunteers as the director of Fresno's Legion of Valor Museum. Video
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| Stories of Service: Ex-P.O.W. Darwin Nelson
July 10, 2005: Los Banos resident Darwin Nelson, a B-17 pilot who became a prisoner of war... Video
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| Stories of Service: Ex-P.O.W. Gordon Redtfeldt
July 3, 2005: Visalia's Gordon Redtfeldt, a B-17 navigator who became a prisoner of war. Video
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| Stories of Service: Dr. Robert Loeffler
June 26, 2005: Los Banos resident Dr. Robert Loeffler, a battalion surgeon in World War II... Video
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