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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, 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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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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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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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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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, 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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