Weber County's Greatest Generation

Send a text The sacrifice of a young Marine from Ogden takes center stage as we explore the life and service of Private First Class Neil Frank Dudman. Born in 1923 as the youngest of eleven children, Neil's early years were marked by hardship when his father died suddenly in 1930, leaving his mother to raise their large family during the Great Depression. After graduating from Ogden High Scho...

Send a text  We follow 19-year-old Private James Howard Smith from Liberty, Utah to the second wave landing on Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion. Born in Arkansas but settled in Utah by 1934, Smith registered for the draft the day after turning 18 and was in uniform just months later. His brief but valiant service with the 90th Infantry Division's 357th Regiment ended on June 19, 1944, ami...

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Send a text The sacrifice of our hometown heroes often becomes lost in the broader narrative of world-changing events. Today, we resurrect the memory of Sergeant Carl Yarrington, an Ogden native whose brief but impactful life ended on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. Carl's story embodies the quintessential American journey from small-town promise to battlefield heroism. As senior class...

Send a text Step back in time with me, Kim Dixon, as we honor the courage and resilience of those who shaped history on November 11, 1944. Ever wondered how pivotal moments unfolded on the world stage during World War II? This episode promises to enrich your understanding with stories of General MacArthur's triumphant return to the Philippines, Admiral Nimitz's vital Pacific maneuvers, a...

Send a text How do you honor a family that lost nearly everything for their country? Join Kim Dixon as she returns from her hiatus to share the breathtaking story of the Borgstrom family from Box Elder County. After completing her book, "Weber County's Greatest Generation Book 3, 1944," and pursuing her communications degree, Kim reconnects with listeners to recount the unimaginable...

Send a text 80 years ago Austin Cox murdered five people, including Judge Lewis Trueman, who granted a divorce to his ex-wife. 

Send a text How did Weber County hear the news of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944? Listen and find out!

Send a text What happened on Memorial Day 80 years ago?  War plants in Ogden and other cities did not close down for Memorial Day.  The battle of inflation is still plaguing the nation. 

Send a text The city and county that servicemen had left during 1942 was changing completely.  Rationing of coffee, liquor, tires, gas, sugar and soon meat was the reality that residents lived with. 

Send a text Eighty years ago in August of 1942, there was not much good news from the warfront.  On August 12th, the Coles' Circus came to town with hundreds of animals and performers,  They marched from Union Station to 19th and Harrison for a one-of-a-kind spectacular!!

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Send a text In June of 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt, in a radio address,  called on American's to gather all of their rubber for the war effort.  See how Weber County and the US as a whole, responded. 

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Send a text The story of the 61 Weber County men killed in January and February 1945.

Send a text Weber County deaths from July 1 - December 31, 1944

Send a text In 1944 Weber County lost 66 servicemen.  This is the list of those who died through June. 

Send a text We lost 29 servicemen in 1943.  

Send a text At the end of 1942, Weber County had lost 23 servicemen.  

Send a text 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 Honor winner for his heroic actions on Iwo 

Send a text The story of two Weber County boys and the Battle of Iwo Jima. 

Send a text Chuck and Keith Farnsworth, both pilots, died in opposite theatres of war within on e week of each other in December of 1944. 

Send a text Marine Captain James Fox of Riverdale, was one of seven Weber County Marines killed in the South Pacific during World War II. 

Send a text 15 of our servicemen died in France between June 6th and December 25th, 1944.