Weber County's Greatest Generation

Send a text 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. 

Send a text Glen Sandlund was an outstanding basketball player at Ogden High School and at George Washington University.  He was killed in the Battle of Manila. 

Send a text This story links a mass murder in Ogden to two Weber County boys who died in World War 2. 

Send a text 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.  https://archives.library.illinois.edu/erec/University%20Archives/2620076/33rd%20Armored%20Regiment%20After%20Action%20Reports%2C%20Log%20Book%2C%20and%20Eaton%27s%205%20Stars%20to%20Victory/10_5%20Stars%20to%20Victory%2C%20Robert%...

Send a text 2nd Lt. William J. Capson of Huntsville, co-pilot of a B-25, died in Italy on February 6, 1944. 

Send a text Captain Eddie Winkler was reported as missing in action after his plane crashed on August 26, 1944, only to show up at his unit on September 20th.  Eleven days later he was killed in another crash on October 1st in the Himalaya mountains. 

Send a text In connection with last week's podcast, this is the story of three more Weber County boys .

Send a text Sgt. Hunt and Private first class Rose were best friends all through their childhood.  They joined the army together, trained together and went overseas together. They even died together on the same day in Italy. 

Send a text Private Macfarlane was killed in action on the ship the USS Dorchester in the Atlantic on Feburary 2, 1943. 

Send a text Staff Sgt Frank Baron was killed on August 1, 1943 in the attack on the Ploesti oil plants in Romania.

Send a text Find out what happened in Ogden the first Armistice Day in 1918 and take a minute to honor the 22 boys from Weber County who died in World War I.

Send a text Lt. Blakeley died in one of the greatest aerial battle of World War II, fought in North Africa. 

Send a text Lt. Winslow Gardner, co-pilot of his B-17E died on June 1, 1943 in New Britain, in the southwest Pacific.

Send a text This is the story of one of two families in Weber County that lost two sons in World War II.

Send a text The story of cousins, Staff Sgt. Harold Davis and Pfc Wallace Bitton. 

Send a text Sergeant Carl Yarrington, took part in the D-Day invasion as a paratrooper. 

Send a text The amazing finish of Private Knudson's experiences as a POW in the Philippines.

Send a text Part 3 of Private Lyle Knudson's amazing rescue from the Philippines. 

Send a text Part 2 of the story of Lyle Knudson's experiences with the Philippines.

Send a text Private Lyle Knudson was a prisoner of war in the Philippines, but survived to tell his own story, 

Send a text Captain Wayne Fisher was serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked.  He survived the Bataan Death March and two years at Cabanatuan.

Send a text Two 18-year old Ogden boys found themselves in the Battle of the Coral Sea on two different ships. 

Send a text Quartermaster Dean and Lt. Clark were stationed in the Philippines in December of 1941 when the Japanese attacked. 

Send a text Coxswain Becker received the Navy Cross for his actions on the USS Marblehead. 

Send a text Lt. Pingree served along side Major Pell in the 33rd Pursuit Squadron and died on the same day.