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Tags: 4/9/06, 497, AK 47s, Army, basic training, Bill Hodge, Biographical, Calvary, Dayon, draft, farm, Farming, Fort Brag, hospitals, Laos, military, New York, Plieku, Richard Millhouse, Rocky Gap, Saigon, Stormy & Joseph Collins, This is an interview with Bill Hodge about the Vietnam War., Vietnam, Vietnam War

Tags: 10/26/05, 483, Biographical, Bluefield, C.J. Thompson, Camador Thompson, Cathlen Leoanna Carter Thompson, Denise Michael Thompson, Dewey C. Thompson, Gladys Mona Wright Thompson, Grapefield, Halloween, Hunting Camp, Iraq, J.R. Thompson, James Thompson, Judith Ann Thompson, Jullien Kidd, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Melissa Bea Thompsonp, Melvin Ugene Thompson, Michael Bea Thompson, Nancy Ella Thompson, Paul Kidd, Sloane Linament, Snohomish, Tad James Thompson, This is an interview with James Thompson about his life in Bland County., Vietnam, Wolf Creek, WWII

Tags: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

Tags: 418, 5/16/03, Afganistan, Alabama, Biographical, David Taylor and Matthew Shrader, Great Lakes, Ilinois, Iraq, Life in Bland County, Navy, Newport News, Rocky Gap, Roy Wayne Nunley, This is an interview with Roy Wayne Nunley about his life in Bland County., U.S.S. Enterprise, Vietnam, Virginia

Tags: 0316, 316, 378 Combat engineers, 5/15/00, Biographical, Brandy Jackson, Brandy Jackson & Stephanie Rice, Fort Knox, James Jackson, Johnny Brunk, Kentucky, Life in Bland County, South Vietnamese, Stephanie Rice, This is an interview with James Jackson about his life in Bland County., USO, Vietnam

Tags: 1/5/00, 291, Angela Williams, barber shop, beans, Biographical, Bland Couny, chickens, Chritsmas, Clearfork, coal, corn, garden, green beans cucumbers, green peppers, hogs wood stove, holidays, Life in Bland County, maters, outhouse, potatoes, Preisdent Kennedy, President Johnson, President Truman, Rocky Gap, Tazwell, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Walter Hagy about his life in Bland County., toys, Vietnam, Walter Hagy, Watergate, wood, wringer wash-manchine

Tags: 253, 3/15/99, Amos, Angel Cooper, Arabie, Araby, Barbara Bradshaw, Bastain, Bessie Cooper, Biography, Blue Ridge Parkway.Waterloo, Bluefield, Bradshaw's Store, Buckhorn, Carl Cooper, Carl Jean, CCC, Children of Barbara Bradshaw, Christmas, Colly Creek, D.J. Bradshaw, Danna Mae, Davey Bradshaw, Deptwill, Dr. Davidson, East River Mountain, Eilderness Road, Elbert Wright, Elma Myers, Elmer Edward Cooper, Faith Yonce, Family/People, Fort Wayne, Frank, Frank Bradshaw, Frank Cooper, Fred, Gallipolis, Galole County, George, Gladis Cooper, Glen Hare, Glen Harris, Hank Bradshaw, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, Hope Yonce, Hunter Bradshaw, Indiana, Ironton, J.K. Sarver, J.W. Burton, Jaky, Jason Bradshaw, Jr., Jr. Jackson, Juanita, Kentucky, Korean War, Lawrence Co. Phoebe Boggess., Lawrence County, Linnie Maude Bosggess Cooper, Logging, Mary Cooper, Mire Branch, Mr. Crumby, Mr. Cumby, OH, Ohio, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Roosevelt, PWA, Red Cross, Ronnie Nunn, Sally Nunn, Sam Yonce, The Great Depression, This is the combination of two interviews with Barbara Bradshaw., Tultex, Vietnam, Virginia, Waterloo, Wolf Creek, Wolfcreek, Woody, WPA

Tags: 226, 4/20/98, Akers, atomic bomb, ball, Batan, Batan Death March, battery radio, beer, bingo, Bland County, Bluefield, brother, candy, Capefield Battle Hospital, Carbaugh, cattle, CCC, chewing gum, children, chores, Christmas, cigarettes, cook stove, corn, cost, country house, creek, cut wood, Depression, dope, Doug Harless, Egleston, Elbert Minnick, electricity, Everett Harless, feed chickens, Field Theatre, fish, fought, Franklin D. Roosevelt, games, garden, Gary Cooper, Gary Harless, gasoline, George Harless, Germans, Glen Harless, Guam, Halloween, hide and seek, High Point, high school, hogs, holidays, home, horses, housewife, hunt, industry, Iris Harless, Japaneese, Japanesse Concentration Camp, Jeremy Harless, Karen Harless, Korean War, L. M. Harless, Lena Rivers Harless, Luther Harless, Marion Harless, married, meal, meats, miner, movie, movie star, New Deal, Nixon, North Carolina, Novis, Okanawa, Orville Harless, paddles, paling fence, paralyzed, Paul Harless, Pearl Harbor, Philipines, play cards, pop corn balls, president, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, PWA, radio, restaurant, Rocky Gap, Roy Harless, Saw Mill, School, school bus, service, set back, Shirley Ann Harless, shoes, shot marbles, sleds, South Gap, Spinner McGhee, Sprucerun, Staffordsville, stock market crash, storms, Sunset Restaurant, switches, teachers, telephone, television, Tilitha Harless, toys, trade., tree, Troutville, Vietnam, Violet Harless, Virginia, wagons, War, Ward Harless, wash dishes, Watergate, wheelchair, Wilburs, winter, wood, World War II, WPA

Tags: 12/6/97, 213, Africa, Army, Camship, England, Europe, Filipians, Fort Mead, General Elliot B. Dension, Germans, Hitler Musciliani, Italians, Japanese, Korea, Leigh-Anne Hudson, Leighanne Hudson, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Persian Gulf, Tom Hudson, United States, Vietnam, Virginia, War, World War II, WWII Medals, Wytheville

Tags: 1/24/97, 194, Bastian, Beckley, Biography, Bland County, Buchanan County, CCC, Christmas, Cindy Lou Atha, Clara Atha, Clyde Eugene Looney, Clyde Greever Looney, Debbie LuAnn Atha, Democrats, Doris Adeana Atha, Dwight David Eisenhower, Easter, Family/People, Francis Geraldine Looney, Franklin Roosevelt, Georgia Lee Looney, Glenwood Park, Grapefield, Gratton, Great Depression, Grundy, Halloween, Idell Harmon Looney, Jackofall trades, John Harrison Looney, John Wayne Looney, Kenneth Shrader, Korean War, Mary Carolyn Looney, Mercer County, Michael Edward Looney, Navy, New Deal, Patricia Ann Atha, Phillipines, President Nixon, Princeton, PWA, Raleigh County, Republicans, Rex Allen, Rocky Gap Elementary School, Rocky Gap High School, Roy Atha, Roy Patrick Atha, stock market, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Clara Atha about her life., Vadis Carmel Atha, Valentines Day, Vietnam, Virgie Junedale Looney, Virgie Short, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, Western Bluefield, Willie Carolyn Looney, WPA, WWI, WWII

Tags: 192, 3/19/96, Americans, Bob Hope, Chad Kidd, Five Forty First Transportation Company, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, Kenneth Kidd, Korea, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Quanan, Saigon, South Carolina, This is an interview with Kenneth Kidd about serving in Vietnam., Vietnam, War

Tags: 10/12/96, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 178, American soldiers, Ankie, Armed Services, Bouncin' Betty, California, Camaron Bay, Camp Robert, Canada, Eddie Viers, Fort Bragg, Fort Holoberg, Fort Jackson, Fort Worth, General Love, Grundy, Long Range Reconstance Patrol, M-1garand customized, Mark Wilson, Maryland, Oakland, Plaku Harbor, S.S. John Pope, San Francisco, sniper weapon, South Carolina, This is an interview with Eddie Viers about the Vietnam War., U.S. 1 D huey helicopter, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese soldiers, War, WWII

Tags: 10/31/97, 174, Bastian, Biography, Bogel, Buchannon County, CCC Camp, chores, Christmas, Claude, Clinton, Easter, Ether, Family/People, Flora Lee Beckner, fun, garden, Germans, God, Grapefield, Great Depression, Halloween, Hazel, Jack, Jack Kidd, Japenese, Jesus Christ, John Kidd Jr., John Thompson Kidd, Korean War, Leigh-Anne Hudson, Nancy Jane Short, Pearl Harbor, President Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Robert, Roosevelt, stock market, Swords Creek, This is an interview with Flora Lee Beckner about her life and about the CCC Camp., Thurman Kidd, Truman, Vietnam, Vivian Brown, West Virginia, World War II

Tags: 169, 3/20/96, Arizona, Belinda Andrews, Betina Looney, Betsy Olive Scheaffer, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Carl Scheaffer, Carol LaPauly, Cedar Rapids, Coolidge, Eisenhower, Eugene Tolbert, Family/People, Franklin County, Garland Tolbert, Giles County, Harold Andrews, Hila Perkins, Iowa, Jerry Wayne, Johnson, Karen Adkins, Kennedy, Korean War, Louise Nelson., Maria Scheaffer, Marion, Mount Mercury, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Marion and Harold Andrews about their lives., Truman, Tuscon, VA, Vietnam, Waltor Andrews, WV, WWI

Tags: 10/28/97, 168, AIDED, AK-47, D Troop First Cavalry second platoon, Danann, DMZ, Douglas MacArthur, Florida, Fort Bragg, Fort Ustus, Georgia, GI's, Helicopter Crew Chief, Huey Gun ship, Jeremy Harless, Korea, Kuwait, Michael Dillow, North Carolina, North Vietnamese, On K, Saigon, Saudia Arabia, South Vietnamese, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Michael Dillow about being in the service during Vietnam., United States Government, USO, Veterans, Vietnam, Virginia, War, Washington

Tags: 165, 4/25/96, America, Bastian, Bastian Hotel, Beverly Hall and Vicki Wyatt, Biography, Bland County, Bruces, California, Catholic, Christmas, Dunn's, Easter, Family/People, GIV, Italy, JFK, Katrina Jackson, Katrina Jackson talks about growing up in Italy and coming to America as a war bride. She also tells about her life in Bland County., Korean War, Leftwiches, Massachusetts, Naples, New York City, Polio, San Francisco, Statue of Liberty, trolley, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam, WWII, Wytheville, Yugoslavia

Tags: 146, 4/12/96, Agent Orange, Appalachian Power Company, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, CCC, Chicago, Clear Fork, D-Day, Donna Finger, Eisenhower, Ethal Maison, Exxon Company, Falls Mills, Family/People, FDR, Flordia, Florida, Germany, Grayson County, Grayson Compton, Harriet Kinser, Hazel Starks, Henry Ratliff, Henry Starks, Jane Kinser, Japanese, Jeannine Starks, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Little French Beauty Academy, Margret Luveny Wagner, Mary Starks, Mattiline Starks, Myrtle Starks, Nell Webster, New Deal, Nice Frnce, Nixon, Ohio, Paul Finger, Pearisburg, Pearl Harbor, People's Loan Company, Phyllis Gregory, Pure Oil Company, PWA, Roanoke Fashions, Robert Starks, Ronaoke
Gracie Mae Wagner, Shawvers Mill, South Carolina, Southern Bell Telephone Company, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stafford Wagner, Tazewell High School, This is an interview with Mattiline Starks about her life., Truman, Tultex, Vietnam, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Watergate., West Virginia, West Virginia Business College, Wiley Robinson Compton, Wilmington, Wolf Creek, WPA, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 144, 2/6/96, Ann Reed, Biography, Blanche Walters, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobby Mae Reed, Bristol, Buckhorn Mt., CCC, Clearfork, Coburn, Dark Ages, Democratic Congress, Dora Stowers, Earl Reed, Eisenhower, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Smith, Germans, Great Depression, Hampton, Hazel Stowers, Helen Reed, Hoover, Howard Reed, James Reed, Jane Reed, Japanese, Jenny Reed, John Ed Smith, John Reed, Julie Stowers, Korean War, Mary Elizabeth Reed, Mary Reed, Michael Earl Edward, Minnie Laura Reed, Minnie Mullins Sayers, Missouri, Mullins, New Deal, Nicholsville, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Phillip Reed, President Johnson, President Kennedy, PWA, Robert Sayers, Robert Taylor, Rocky Gap, Rosy Gordon, Sarah Stowers Smith, Seorge Stowers, Shirley Reed, St. Lukes Hospital, Susie Reed, Tennessee, This is an interview with Bill and Lucille Reed about their life in Bland County., Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, William Cecil, William Reed, William Reed/Lucille Reed, Woodyard, WPA, WWII

Tags: 135, 5/4/97, Amie Lee, Bland County, Bob Hope, Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh Bay, Comsake Logistic Support Center, Dorsey N. Caracawa, Fort Gordon, Fort Knox, GA, John Reed, Kentucky, Lang Bian, Lua, PFC, Saigon, Saigon., South Vietnamese Army, This is an interview with John Reed about the Vietnam War., USO, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 10/23/95, 128, Ada Belle Wright, Ada Viola Wright, Albert Wright, Alvis Edward Wright, Annie Marie Wright, Annie Wright, Azara Ann, Bastian, Betty Belle, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bogle Cemetary, Bristol, Canada, Charles Herbert Wright, Charles M. wright, Charles Monrow, CM Wright, Cora Wright, Crandon, David Oliver Wright, David Wright, DeHart School House, Donald E. Wright, Dr. William McComas, Dr. WM Wright, Earnest Lee Wright, Edna Wright, Edward Jurgan Williams, Edwin Randall, Eilliam Olney Wright, Eisenhower, Eliza Susan wright, Emma, Emma Wright, Ethel Wright, Family/People, Flat Top Mountain, Ford, Francis Wright, francis wright Jr., Frank J. Wright, Frisk, George Wright, Giles County, Great Depression, Grover Cleveland Wright, Hollybrook, Hoover, HowardSarver, Ina Cathleen Wright, Issiah Walter Wright, Jasper, John B. Wright, John bowman, John Emerson, John Watson Chandler, John Wright, Johnson, Joseph Wrighytt, Kennedy, Kimberling, Lee Johnson, Lilla Jane Chandler, Lilly Wright, loettic Stafford, Margaret Elen, Margaret Wright, Marilda J. Ramsey Wright, Mary Jane, Maude Perkins, Mechanicsburg, Milton Stafford Wright, Minnie Williams, Miola May Wright, Morris M. Wright, Mr. Othy Priutt, Mr. William McComas Wright, Myrtle Claire Wright, Nina Jane Wright, Nixon, Oliver Wright, Pearisburg, Rena Cathleen Hall, Robert Lee Wright, Robert William Wright, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ruby Lee Wright, Sarah Ann Bruce, Sarah Bruce, Shady Grove Methodist Church, Shiloh Methodist Church, Susna Bussey Wright, Tennessee., This is an account of Minnie William's life in Hollybrook and Pinch Creek told in her own words., Thomas Wright Jr., Tonya Bradshaw, Truman, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Una Myrtle Wright, Vance Ramsey, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, William brown Wright, William Haven Brown Bicy Cecil Stafford, WWI, WWII

Tags: 10/27/95, 127, Amy Kitts, Annie, Army, Aunt Florence, Bastian, Baz Havens, Biography, Bland, Bland County Supply, Bland Fair, Blessing Brothers, Bluebird Inn, Bluefield, Bluefield Produce, Bob Walker, Buick, CCC Camps, Chatham hill, Christmas, Chrysler, Clearfork, David crockett, Debbie j. Walker, Democrat, Democrats, Dora Cotherd Buchanan, Dr. Walker, East River Mountain, Easter, Elizabeth Honaker, emma Walker, EN Shufflebarger, English Lumber Company, Family/People, Florence Buchanan, Ford, Franklin Street, Gib Repass, Greyhound Bus, Gross Bridge, Guy Gruce, Halloween, Hicksville, Highway 21, Hogback, Holston Railroad, Hoover, Hoover Depression, Huddlely, Hunting Camp, Indian Village, Interstate 77, Iron Mountain, J. Harmon, j.S. Neal, Jack Buchanan, James Walker, Jasper Robert Walker, Jimmy Walker, Johnson Walker, JP Hurley, Judy Walker, Kennedy, Kimberling, Korean War, Kroger Grocery and Bagging Company, Laurel, Lauren Kitts, Lease and McVitty, Lois Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Robert Walker, Narrows, Nellie Childress, New Riber, Ocie Walker, Pocahontas Lnad Company, Raleigh Grayson Turnpike, Republicans, Rocky Gap, Rosie Pruett, Rosie Rasnake, Round Mountain, Sidney Neal Walker, Smyth County., Steele, Suiter, Tazewell, This is an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Robert Walker about their lives., Thomas Jefferson Neal, Tom Andrews, Tyler Kidd, Vietnam, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wallace Bruce, Wolf Creek, Woodrow Walker, WWI, WWII, Wyrick Trail, Wytheville

Tags: 10/13/95, 122, 1920's, Amus and Andy, Author Looney, Bastian, Betina Looney, Biography, Bland County, Boggles school, Buchannan County, Burt Stowers, Calvin Coolidge, CCC, CCC Camp, Claude Stowers, Clear Fork, Clyde Graver Looney, David Duane Looney, Debra Gene Looney, Eisenhower, Elizabeth Groseclose, Elizabeth Hamilton, Euva Lee Looney, Family/People, FDR, Germans, Germans., Gladys Elma Harmon, Glen Wood Park, Great Depression, Guy Edward Looney, Harding, Harry Foglesong, Hoover, Japanese, Johnson, Karen Beth Looney, Kennedy, Korean, Oscar Hicks Looney, Pearl Harbor, Ralph Looney, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sandlick West Virginia, Sandlick WVa, St. Lukes Hospital, This is an interview with Wallace Randolph Looney about his life., Vietnam, Virginia, Wallace Randolph Looney, Wallace Randolph Looney Jr., Wayne Looney, Wolf Creek, WWII

Tags: 0117, 10/15/95, 117, Acme Grocery, Alaska, Armed Services, Bluefield Drive-in, Bluefield State College, Bob Hope., Charleston, checks, Chinese, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Benning, Fort Cellar, Fort Knox, Fort Linnorwood, Hawaii, helicopter crash, Japan, KY, Lai Khe, Mercer County, MO, Monks, Morale, New England, OK, recruits, Russians, Saigon, San Fransisco, South Vietnam, This is an interview with Tim Wyatt about his life and experiences in the Vietnam War., Thom Sham UK air force and army base, Thom Shan, Tim Wyatt, UK Air Force, USO, Vicki Wyatt, Vietnam, Vietnam War, VMI, War, West Virginia

Tags: 0103, 10/27/97, 103, Amos and Andy, Andrew Ferguson, Babtist Parson, barbershop, barbershop discussions, Bastian, Bastian garment factories, Bernard Chewey Conley, Bernard Drayton Conley, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Conley, Bonnie Sue Nelson Conley, Carroll's store, CCC Camps, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Cliff Conley, Clinch Valley., Colonial Theater, D.E. Conley, dance hall, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Family/People, Fanning's, first radio, games, Gene Autry, Goldie Conely, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Greyhound Corporation, Halloween pranks, home life, Honaker Church, Honaker's grocery sotre, Howard Stowers, Ida Eustus Conley, Isaac Conley, Isabelle Brookman, Iwo Jima, Jean Conley, June-Gail Conley, Kentucky, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Conley, Loraine Conley, Mayberry Tunnel, Methodist Church of Rocky Gap, Mr. Ed, Mr. French, Mr. Tom Booth, Nancy Conley, New Deal PWA, North Carolina, Palmer Carroll's store, Peterstown, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton Avenue, Railroad, Ralph Tiller's, Richlands, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sam Newberry, school life, State Theater on Raleigh Street, Stowers Grocery, Sutphin's Grocery, taxes, telephone, television, This is an interview with Thurman Conley about his life and experiences in Bland County., Thurman Conley, toys, Truman, Verlin Shrader, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, Watt Conley, Westmoreland Coal Company, Williamson, Winston-Salem, Wolf Creek, WVA, WWI

Tags: 0100, 100, 5/16/95, Archie Blankenship, Augusta, Bastian, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Christmas celebrations, Family/People, Flint, Franklin Roosevelt, GA, Gabby Hayes, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Hollybrook, Homer Neal Wright, Japan, Johnson Wright, Korean War, Mae Falls Wright, manganese mines, Matelida Ellen Wright, Maxwell Anthony Wright, MI, Ms. Repass' store, Oddfellers lot, President Kennedy, President Truman, Richlands., Richmond, Rick Boucher, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, State Convict Road Force, Stephanie Compton, Tazewell, telephones, This is an interview with Maxwell Anthony Wright about growing up., VA, Vietnam, William Olney Wright