Weber County's Greatest Generation
Stories from Ogden and Weber County about the men who served and the happenings here during World War II.
Podcasting since 2019 • 53 episodes
Weber County's Greatest Generation
Latest Episodes
Runners Don't Come Home: The Story of PFC Neil Dudman
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 fath...
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From Utah Beach to Eternal Rest: The Story of Private James Howard Smith
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...
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Chutes Over Normandy: When Ogden High's Class President Went to War
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 Norman...
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