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- We re all familiar with A-Rod, Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant. In Bob Mathias: Hometown Hero, you ll be thrilled by this little-known story of Bob Mathias, one of the huge sports icons of his day. Winning the Olympic Gold Medal for the United States in 1948 at the age of seventeen, and again in 1952, Mathias, who would have tried out for the 1956 games but was barred by the Olympic committee because he starred in a biographical movie, playing himself, went on to become a well-known actor, then a U.S. Congressman. In this fifty- two minute documentary we go to Mathias hometown of Tulare, California to trace his story, and we also go to nearby Fresno to interview Mathias (his last interview ever given before his death in 2006). Bob Mathias was a true American Hero who tried to make a difference.
- This film profiles the exploits of the heroes of Tulare, California, including two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Mathias. It also focuses on the B-17 monument "Preston's Pride," which is dedicated to Gen. Maurice Preston, a Tulare native who became a Four-Star General, and to the 379th Bomber Group, who in 1945, won the "Grand Slam Award," for its outstanding achievements in WW2. Many local WW2 Veterans are interviewed, as well as Bob Mathias.
- The largest surrender of U.S. troops in a foreign war, followed by years of slave-labor captivity at the hands of the merciless Japanese. Told by the survivors themselves, and filmed at their last three reunions.