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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, a 65-year-old Vietnam veteran who lost both legs in an explosion, is currently riding a hand-powered bicycle across the country and back to raise money for charities. In the 1980s, he walked across the country on his knuckles. He is an inspirational speaker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia people
Athletes
Sneider, Harry
War veterans
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
32700AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3486AN
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Vietnam veteran Bob Wieland was honored by the Arcadia City Council on Tuesday night. Wieland lost both his legs while serving in the war.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
24571AN
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Bob Wieland, Arcadia resident who lost his legs in Vietnam walked the entire Los Angeles Marathon on his hands finishing in 173 hours, 45 minutes in a weeklong journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25296
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon 2003
Item ID
25494AN
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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, 62, lost both legs in the Vietnam War, but that didn't stop him from majoring in physical education at California State University Los Angeles. He has walked on his hands and biked across the United States, competed in 6 marathons, completed a triathlon, and set world weight-lifting records. He will be inducted into the California Powerlifting Hall of Fame today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Wieland, Bob
Veterans
Item ID
31157AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13
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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Arcadia resident, Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam will do the Los Angeles marathon using his arms to propel himself through the course.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25245
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon
Item ID
25442AN
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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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3484AN
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As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Library of Congress
Veterans History Project
Oral History
War Storie
Macy, Bob
Soldiers
Interviews
Item ID
29258AN
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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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Harbicht, Bob
Rotary Club of Arcadia
Veterans
Item ID
35376AN
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