Podcasts by Weber County
Stories from Ogden and Weber County about the men who served and the happenings here during World War II.
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Honoring Those Weber County Men Killed in 1942 from 2021-11-12T20:00
At the end of 1942, Weber County had lost 23 servicemen.
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Iwo Jima Part 2 from 2021-11-03T12:00
The storie of two more Weber County boys on Iwo Jima. Seaman Vernon Fowers died in the kamikaze attack on the USS Bismarck Sea. George Wahlen, is Weber County's own Congressional Medal of...
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Weber County and the Battle for Iwo Jima from 2021-10-06T21:00
The story of two Weber County boys and the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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The Farnsworth Brothers from 2021-09-15T10:00
Chuck and Keith Farnsworth, both pilots, died in opposite theatres of war within on e week of each other in December of 1944.
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Captain James O. Fox from 2021-06-16T16:00
Marine Captain James Fox of Riverdale, was one of seven Weber County Marines killed in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Honoring the Weber County boys who died in France in 1944 from 2021-06-07T15:00
15 of our servicemen died in France between June 6th and December 25th, 1944.
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Lt. M. Kimball Jacobs and Pfc J. Gray Jacobs, Riverdale Brothers Killed in World War II from 2021-05-13T12:00
Charlotte Jacobs of Riverdale, sent four sons to different theatres of war during World War II. She was one of two families in Weber County that lost two sons in battle.
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Sgt. Glen Sandlund from 2021-05-03T21:00
Glen Sandlund was an outstanding basketball player at Ogden High School and at George Washington University. He was killed in the Battle of Manila.
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Private Dale Beus Nelson from 2021-04-16T20:00
This story links a mass murder in Ogden to two Weber County boys who died in World War 2.
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Lieutenant Richard (Spence) Burrows, The First American to Cross into Germany in World War II from 2021-04-10T12:00
Lt. Richard Burrows was the first American to cross into German territory in World War II. Unfortunately, he was also the first ground casualty in Germany.