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Charley Valera
Valera in March 2017
Valera in March 2017
Born (1957-10-22) 22 October 1957 (age 66)
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
OccupationAuthor, speaker
NationalityAmerican
Author Charley Valera's first published book.

Charley Valera (born 22 October 1957) is an American author. He chronicles World War II stories as told first-hand by the soldiers, sailors and airmen that participated. His first book was "My Father's War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers"[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] . He is a pilot[14] and aviation enthusiast[15] has been invited to speak on topics of his book [16] and aviation. Valera is also an affiliate Gulf Coast Writers Association in Southwest Florida.

He hosts a TV mini-series program that discusses WWII veterans life stories.[17]

The 80 minute documentary has earned the prestigious Accolade Global Film Competition Award for November 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Valera book launch set for Sunday in Leominster".
  2. ^ "A WWII veteran's son captures stories left untold in 'My Father's War'".
  3. ^ "WPKZ Radio FM105.3/AM1280 Travis Condon".
  4. ^ "NBC/NECN The Take Sue O'Connell with Valera DiSalvo Frechette".
  5. ^ "Sentinel & Enterprise-Author Helps Veterans Legacies..Charley Valera".
  6. ^ "Boston Herald Radio Tom Shattuck and Hilary Chabot".
  7. ^ "Sentinel & Enterprise- "My Fathers War" Book Launch Charley Valera".
  8. ^ "Sam Squailia interviews authors Charley Valera, Sean Sweeney and Mark Bodanza".
  9. ^ "Fantastic Book Review from Senator Bob Dole".
  10. ^ "Tim Conway Jr Radio Show".
  11. ^ "WTAG FM94.9/AM580 Jim Polito Show".
  12. ^ "Program at LHS brings history to life".
  13. ^ "Front Page Series Sentinel & Enterprise Valera/Valera".
  14. ^ "Charley Valera earns Commercial rating". FCA Flight Center. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  15. ^ "Meet Charley Valera of FCA Flight Center in Fitchburg - Boston Voyager Magazine | Boston City Guide". Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  16. ^ "World War II Vets Tell Their Stories".
  17. ^ "Leominster Access Television - My Father's War".

https://www.news-press.com/videos/news/local/2018/11/30/charley-valeras-my-fathers-war-tells-stories-wwii-soldiers/2161822002/ Video of Valera from The News-Press taken at SW Florida Military Museum and Library, Cape Coral, FL.

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