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Tags: 1/15/98, 230, Jennifer Gibson, Teddy Gibson, Vietnam War

Tags: 3/4/07, 510, Audrey Blessing, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Bastian Union Church, Bill Bruce, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield College, Bud Blessing, Christmas, Denise Hershel, Denver Conley, Depression, Eddie Kid, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German, GIV, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Harber Lumber Company, Harped Hoover, Ira Kid, Iraq, Japanese, Jim Kitts, John Bruce, John Wayne, Korean War, Larry Kid, Lob and Adner, Mark Blessing, Mildred Kid, Mr. Wright, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Kegley, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ralph Reynolds, Stella, Stella Kits, Suiter, Sylvie Homan, VA, Vietnam War, Virginia Tech, Watergate, WW2

Tags: 1/23/08, 531, Fred Abel, Tyler Rice, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 3/10/08, 519, and Rocky Gap., Annie Bell Richardson, Arlie Richardson, Bessie Gills, Bland County, Bland County Fair, Bluefield, Bukhart & Carroll, Carroll County, Christmas, Danielle Jennings, Danny Ray Thompson, Dinky Track, Donna Kay Thompson, Elbert Richardson, Fay Hodges, Giles County, Grey Hound Bus, Halloween, Harry Thompson, Her earlier life in the County, I.B. Underwood, John Richardson, Korean War, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Laurel Fork Road, Life in Bland County, Loretta talks about her earlier life in Laurel, Loretta Thompson, Louise Richardson, Riley Richardson, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roy Akers, Sarah Victoria, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Richardson, Wilburn Richardson, World War 2

Tags: 3/5/07, 509, Bland Co., Bluefield Va., Brushfork Elementary, CNA Lumber Co., Honaker Virginia, Joey Dye and Jordon Looney, Korean War, Leona & Otis Dye, Libya, Life in Bland County, Lima, New River, Ohio, Pearl Harbor, Polio Epidemic, Presedent Bush, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Russell County, Vietnam War, Willis Dye discusses growing up in Bland County., Willis Dye I, World War II

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: 3/25/06, 496, Air Force, Biographical, booby traps, Calvin Meadows, Jeremy Meadows, jungles, snakes, South Vietnam, Texas, Thailand, This is an interview with Calvin Meadows about the Vietnam War., USO, Vietnam War, Vietnamese Torture

Tags: 458, 5/26/04, Blake Stowers and Jason Munson, Richard Lawson, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 3/8/05, 447, Ballard Burton, Bastain, Betty Stowers, Beulah Christine Bane, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Clear Fork, Daniel Stowers, Emal Stowers, Frank Martin Nunley, Halloween, Harry Martin Stowers, Hary Truman, Hazel Stowers, Josh Taylor, Life, Lillian Stowers, Pamerl Carols Store, Peggy Stowers, Radford, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roy Wayne Nunley Jr., Sunny Port Methodist Church, Teresa Taylor, This is an Interview with Virginia Nunley about her life in Bland County., Thomas Stowers, Vietnam War, Virginia Nunley

Tags: 1938, 397, 6/10/03, Agnes Saunders, B.B. Saunders, baseball, Basketball, Biographical, Bluefield, Brooklyn, Calloway, Campbell Cecil, Carlotta, CC Camps, Chappell, checkers, Chicago, chores, Christmas, Church, Church of Christ, coal mining, Connie T. Cecil, courting, cut grass, dancing, dating, Della Fergeson, Dewey, Dickie Sessoms, Eastern Parkway, Ed Sullivan, Eisenhower, Elanor Roosevelt, Eli Myhand, Erasmus High School, Erica, farm, fights, Floyd County, Football, Frank Parker, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, gris mill, Halloween, hockey, holidays, home remedies, housewife, Ida Cecil, Ida Saunders, Jackie Robinson, Jersey City, Jesica, Jewell Cecil, Johnson, Kennedy, Kim, Korean War, Kyle, Lee Powell Saunders, Lexington Avenue, Life in Bland County, Lonnie Price Saunders, Manhattan, Marc, May 24, Memorial Day, memories, mental institution, Monica, Moochie, Morstine, Morstine Colclough, movies, Ms.Lewis, New Deal, New Year’s, New York, Newark, Nixon, Octavia, Petersburg, Pitkin Avenue, Postal Service, pranks, President Truman, restaurant, rock battles, Rocky Gap, Sawmill, School, shows, snowball fight, snowstorm, Sports, Tazewell, telephone, television, This is an interview with Connie T. Cecil about his life in Bland County., toys, train set, Veteran, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Williamsburg, Willie Mays, WWII

Tags: 3/24/03, 396, Andy Slaughter, Beth Slaughter, Biographical, Bland County, Carthy, Christmas, Church, Church of God, Clint Slaughter, courting, Dearly in the Sun, Dorcas Slaughter, Eisenhower, Eugene Slaughter, Fall Mills, Farming, Franklin Roosevelt, Freddie Ray Slaughter, Gina Slaughter, Haiti May Willis, Halloween, holidays, Hubert Slaughter, Johnson, Kennedy, Laurel Creek, Life in Bland County, mechanic, movies, Mr. Elsie, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Folgeson, Mrs. Pierre, Mrs. Stowers, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Slim, Stadium Drive, Terry Slaughter, This is an interview with Eugene Slaughter about his life in Bland County., Tina Elizabeth Slaughter, Tobacco Road, Tom WIllis, Vernon Taylor, Vietnam War, War, Watergate, WWII

Tags: 1936, 1940s, 1950s, 395, 5/27/02, advice, atomic bomb, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, businesses, carpentry, CCC, Charlie Taylor, chores, Christmas, Church, Cob Willis, cows, David Taylor, David Taylor/Matthew Shrader, Dean, electric washer, electricity, farm, FDR, fishing, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Germans, Germany, grandparents, hair cut, holiday, home remedies, housekeeper, James Jefferson Willis, Japan, Jean Sheffylbarger, jobs, JT Willis, Kevin, Laurel, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Life in Bland County, Lisa, lob cabin, Matthew Shrader, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Simpkins, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Tickle, Ms. Walters, New Deal, November 22, Orgray, outhouse, Palmer Carroll, Palmor Carroll’s, party lines, Pearl Harbor, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, radio, radio shows, rationing, Ricky, Rocky Gap, Royal Mounty, Ruth Willis, School, school bus, school programs, Sherry, Slaughter, stonemason, store, technology, telephone, television, television shows, The Andy Griffith Show, This is an interview with Cob Willis about his life in Bland County., TV, vegetables, Vietnam War, washboard, Watergate, Wilma E Underwood, WPA, WWII

Tags: 12/21/02, 394, 4-H, Angela Davis, Appalachian Power Company, BETA, Bill Jr., Billy Randolph Umbarger Sr., Billy Umbarger, Billy Umbarger/Bonnie Umbarger, Biographical, Bluefield, Bob Patrick, Bonnie Castle Umbarger, Bonnie Umbarger, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Ceres High School, chores, Christmas, Church, courting, Cove Creek, Doloris Anne, Don Davis, Dorothy May, Ebna Irene Lane, electricity, Emma Lane, Evelyn Groseclose, Fairview Methodist Church, FFA, Galbal Orwin, games, GLEE club, Grand Ole Opery, Halloween, Henry Harlow, Iowa Myrtle Seboat, Isaac Howard, J.T. Dunn, Jack Dunn, James Alva Castle, James Garland Castle, James Jackson, Japan, Jerold Wayne, Korea, Leatherwood Coal Company, Life in Bland County, Louise, Madison Harold, Margaret Toggle, Mark Gregory, Mary LIlly Belle Williams Castle, Mr. Thomas, Osama Bin Laden, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Davis, Red Oak Community Church, Ruth Crabtree, Saddam hussein, School, Shew Hubert Harlow, Smith County, Sports, This is an interview with Billy and Bonnie Umbarger about their lives in Bland County., Tommy Rae, Vietnam War, Watergate, weather, William James Castle, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 391, 5/15/02, Betty Lambert, Biographical, Burt Reynolds, Burton School, Christmas, Clara Helvey, Cloyd Blankenship, Della Blankenship, Eisenhower, Elbert Clovis, Elise Wright, games, Harry Fogglesong, Harry Shrader, Helen Bowling, James Muncy Lambert, Jennings Lambert, John Wayne, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Luther Bivens, Lynnie Allen Bivens, Margie Stowers, Mollie Neal/Dusty Williams, Nixon, Ora Grey Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Round Bottom United Methodist Church, Roy Clovis, School, Sports, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about her lfie in Bland County., THomas Lambert, Truman, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virgie Bailey, Watergate, Wolf Creek, Womsley’s General Store, Woodrow Stowers

Tags: 390, 5/1/02, Albert Wolfe, Alice Mustard, Bell Clark, Biographical, Bland County, Carl Farlow, Christmas, Clumby Clark, Eisenhower, Fourth of July, Great Depression, Halloween, Hollybrook, Irene Faulkner, James Byrd, James Roby Byrd, John Harry Bird, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Lois Bird, Lorene Updike, Macey Saunger, Mary Rosette Byrd, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Samantha French, This is an interview with James Roby Byrd., Truman, Vietnam War

Tags: 12/15/01, 353, Biographical, Chris Balas, George Balas, This is an interview with George Balas about the Vietnam War., Vietnam War

Tags: 12/29/01, 350, Amy Johnson, Bane, Beta Club, Betsey Olla Lusk Shrewbury, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Bush, Christian, Christmas, Cunningham, Donald Shresbury, Donna Smith, Dot, Easter, Ed Lusk, Eisenhower, Glenda Shrewsbury McCloud, Hill Top Batist Church, Joyce Anders, Kansas, Katherine Dunn, Life in Bland County, Louis Vest, Maggie, Mammie Lusk, Margaret Wiley, Martha Wiley, Mt. Zion United Methodis Church, Paris Earl Shrewsbury, Paul Deward Wiley, Presbyterian, President Kennedy, Richard Hamlin, South Carolina, Spanishburg, Spanishburg Elementry, Summersville, This is an interview with Margaret Wiley about her life in Bland County., Time Finance Company, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, West Virginia, White Gate, Wolf Creek

Tags: 336, 4/15/01, Biographical, Bland Co., chores, Christmas, Edna Conley, gardening, Hollybrook School, Joey Begley, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mechanicsburg, Pearisburg, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Truman, This is an interview with Edna Conley about her life in Bland County., Vietnam War

Tags: 328, 5/24/01, Biographical, Buckhorn Market, chores, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Hollybrook, home remedies, Homer Lee Wright, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mollie Neal & Adrianna Faulkner, Narrows, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Radford, Shiloh United Methodist, This is an interview with Homer Lee Wright about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, Waynesboro, World War II

Tags: 0325, 12/14/00, 325, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Betsey Ross Bakery, Biographical, Blessing Brothers Grocery, Bluefield, Chatham hill, chores, Christmas, Cussin Hollow, Depression, Dora Coulthard, East River Mountain, Easter, Edna Sarver, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gardening, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Jon Sarver, Kingsport, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Little Women, Louisa May Elcot, Marion, Marion Clem Buchanan, Nashville, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Pulaski, Reynolds Aluminum, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, school programs, Smith Co., Social Security, This is an interview with Edna Sarver about her life in Bland County., TN, Vietnam War, Watergate

Tags: 0323, 12/17/00, 323, Adriana Faulkner, Adriena Faulkner, atom bomb, Biographical, bonfires, Christmas, Church, Grand Ole Opera, Halloween, Hollybrook, Korean War, Life in Bland County, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, Reba Bradshaw, Roy A. Cup, School, This is an interview with Reba Bradshaw about her life in Bland County., Vietnam War, woodstove, WW II

Tags: 0322, 1/9/01, 322, Adriana Faulkner, Alfred Faulkner, Biographical, Bland, Bland Co., Brushy Mountain Hotel, CCC Camps, Chester Faulkner, chores, Christmas, Deer Run Estates, George Faulkner, Halloween, Kimberling, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Log Cabin Restaurant, Lone Ranger, Nola Pruett Faulkner, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, President Johnson, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Skyway, This is an interview with Alfred Faulkner about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II

Tags: 0314, 314, 5/24/00, Arlan Burton, baseball, Baxter Moorehead, bicycle, Biographical, Blacksburg, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Ceres, cow, dairy buisness, Dalton farm, Defense Powder Plant, electricity, Europe, FDR, firewood, Germans, Great Depression, Hollybrook, iron kettle, Japanese, Joe Lewis, John Burton, Josephine DeHart, Kate Moorehead, Korean War, Lake Moorehead, Life in Bland County, Mr. Maynard Joyce, Natasha Looney & Terra Bradshaw, No Buisness creek, No Business, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, Radford, Repass, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap, Ruth Sharon Belcher, stock market crash, telephone, televison, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about his life in Bland County., Troy Moorehead, Truman, Valley, Vietnam War, Wilderness, Wolf Creek Mountain, woodstove, WWII

Tags: 0303, 2/28/00, 303, Biographical, cattle, Crandon, Farming, Germans, Great Depression, Jeffrey Johnson & Ryan Leftwich, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird about their lives in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II

Tags: 258, 9/11/99, AFC office, and working for the Post Office., bars, Bastian, Big Walker, Bland, Bland County Fair, Bland Messanger, Bland Post Office, Bluefield, Bob Davis, Bobby Newberry, Brushy, Cawana’s Club, Clearfork, clerk for Draft Board, Cloyd’s Mountain, Colonial Fields, courthouse, deferment, discrimination against blacks, Dr. Kegley, Draft Board, East River, Ed, Elmo Silo, exhibits, FFA, fights, Frankie Newberry, grouse, Henry Ratcliff, horses, Hunting, John Dodson, John Dodson and Robbie Morehead, Koren War, Life and the Bland County Fair, Mig Hoges, Miss. Repass, Moorehead’s, Mr. Gilley, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Roy Kidd, Nancy Tate, NAPA, Ohio, Pierce Kegley, Post Master, quail, Richardsons, rides, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Social Services, Suzanne, Tech, Ted, This is an inteview with Nancy Tate. She talks about life in Bland, Vietnam War, Washington County, West Virginia, working for the Draft Board, Wright’s, Wytheville, Yonce’s