Weber County's Greatest Generation

Jul 24 2023 1
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Stories from Ogden and Weber County about the men who served and the happenings here during World War II.

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1943 Ogden Mass Shooting: An Unforgotten Nightmare

Jul 24 2023 24 mins  
80 years ago Austin Cox murdered five people, including Judge Lewis Trueman, who granted a divorce to his ex-wife.

D-Day 1944 in Weber County

Jun 06 2023 10 mins  
How did Weber County hear the news of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944? Listen and find out!

Memorial Day 1943

May 30 2023 6 mins  
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.

Weber County - December 7, 1942

Dec 12 2022 11 mins  
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.

The Circus Come to Ogden!

Aug 17 2022 20 mins  
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!!

July 4th, 1942 in Weber County

Jul 04 2022 8 mins  

Weber County and FDR's Rubber Drive - June 1942

Jun 21 2022 23 mins  
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.

1945 Deaths - May through October

May 24 2022 18 mins  

Weber County Deaths - 1945 March and April

May 18 2022 15 mins  

Weber County Deaths - January, February 1945

Apr 26 2022 23 mins  
The story of the 61 Weber County men killed in January and February 1945.