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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

The All Black 54th Coast Artillery Regiment

By Tom Wilmer,
Carol Tangeman
Published February 7, 2022 at 2:45 PM PST
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The 54th Coast Artillery Regiment
The 54th Coast Artillery Regiment

During WWII, an all Black Coast Artillery Regiment helped protect the Central Coast, but their story has been largely forgotten. Military historian Erik Brun talks about the search for more information about this important part of SLO County history.

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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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Carol Tangeman
Carol started as a newsroom volunteer at KCBX in the summer of 2017, inspired by her daughter's internship with KCBX News. She joined the KCBX staff in January, 2018. Carol started her radio career at Cal Poly’s KCPR, then moved on to become the director of programming and a morning host at KKUS (US98). Her voice was heard on advertisements and on KSBY TV for many years as well.
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