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Arcadian Bob Wieland, 37, a double amputee who lost both legs above the knee in Vietnam, was the featured speaker at a prayer breakfast in his honor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3609
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3486AN
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Sports Channel America has offered Bob Wieland a chance to host his own cable talk show, in which he will present motivational stories about athletes, who, like himself, have beaten the odds. The 45 year old Arcadia resident lost his legs in the Vietnam War.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
13AN
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Bob Wieland continues epic 'walk' into history books --- across the U.S. on his hands.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3610
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3487AN
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Arcadian Bob Wieland, the double amputee who is walking on his hands to Washington, D.C., finds it impossible to walk in the windblown sand.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3608
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
"p. A-1,2"
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
"p. A-1,2"
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3485AN
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Arcadian Bob Wieland, a double amputee who is walking from California to Washington, D.C. on his hands to raise money for world hunger projects, has progressed 161.7 miles on his 3,400 mile journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3607
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3484AN
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Gene Glasco at Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast on May 19, will talk about his vision for the Arcadia Vietnam War Monument to be installed at L.A. County Park veterans event on May 28, Memorial Day. Artist's rendering. Glasco is a Vietnam veteran and Arcadia City Clerk. Includes a description of the war memorial monument and its location (across the street from Arcadia Elks Lodge 2025).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34557
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam veterans
Item ID
34749AN
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A profile of Bob Sanderson, 17 year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department, who has been appointed Captain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27152
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
City - Employees
Police Department
Sanderson, Bob
Item ID
27350AN
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Gene Glasco, Vietnam War veteran and elected Arcadia City Clerk, will preview the Vietnam War Monument at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce meeting. The dedication ceremony for the memorial will be Saturday, May 28 at Los Angeles County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael D.
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam War Monument
Item ID
34657AN
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Ninety-three year old fighter pilot Edward J. Lopez publishes "flight of a Hell Hawk," his memoir. He is a World War II veteran and purple heart recipient.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34715
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Authors
Lopez, Edward J.
Memoirs
World War II veterans
Item ID
34907AN
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Arcadia Elks Lodge has a new partnership with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration to thank and honor Vietnam veterans for their service and sacrifice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34343
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Acosta, Bobby
Arcadia Elks Lodge
August, Hank
Bookings, Dennis
Bowman, Dean
DiGioia, Rob
Glaso, Gene
Vietnam War veterans
Item ID
34536AN
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Arcadia couple, Bob and Shirley Wilson, celebrates 65 years of wedded bliss. They were married in 1951 at Church of the Good Shepherd in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34642
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p.13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p.13
Subjects
Anniversaries
Marriages
Wilson, Bob
Wilson, Shirley
Item ID
34834AN
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Veterans Day event at the Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial, hosted by Gene Glasco, who is a Vietnam vet and is pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35319
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Glasco, Gene
Holidays
Veterans Day
Item ID
35509AN
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Arcadia lights beacon for lost servicemen in Vietnam War. Memorial champion and Arcadia City Clerk Gene Glasco named Congressional Volunteer of the Year by Congresswoman Judy Chu. New dusk-to-dawn lighting was installed at the memorial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35189
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 31, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 31, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial
Awards, honors, recognitions
Chu, Judy
Glasco, Gene
Veterans
Volunteerism
Item ID
35378AN
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Rotary Club of Arcadia hosts third annual Field of Honor, 1000 flags at Arcadia County Park to celebrate patriotism and to honor those who have served our country and / or are special in our lives.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35187
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Harbicht, Bob
Rotary Club of Arcadia
Veterans
Item ID
35376AN
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Students at Holy Angels School in Arcadia welcomed a returning Persian Gulf War veteran who had been the recipient of a letter written and addressed to "Any Soldier, Desert Storm."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2192
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Item ID
2168AN
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Arcadia Vietnam War Monument placed in Arcadia County Park. It is 22,000 pounds. From 1966-1972, 14 U.S. servicemen from Arcadia became casualties of the war in Vietnam. There are 4 plaques on the monument honoring veterans from World War I, World War II, the wars in Korean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, June 2, 2016.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial
Glasco, Gene
Holidays-Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
34764AN
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Arcadia Rotary Club's second annual "Field of Honor" to display 1000 U.S. flags at Arcadia County Park to honor patriotism and those who have served our country and/or are special in our lives. Flags are $50.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34879
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 18, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 18, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Harbicht, Bob
Holidays-Memorial Day
Item ID
35069AN
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A new street in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been named Asher Court after Arcadia resident and World War II Veteran Fred Asher who saved the USS Blue at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25739
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Asher, Fred
World War II
Streets
Item ID
25939AN
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A profile of Bob Lang who is retiring from Arcadia's Maintenance Services Department after 35 years of service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25823
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 1997
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 1997
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
City Employees - Lang, Bob
Item ID
26023AN
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Article on Orla Pedersen, Danish immigrant and Arcadia resident, who tries to share the blessings he has received in this country by doing good works, mainly involving orphans of Mexico.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2182
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Pedersen, Orla J.
Item ID
2159AN
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