Weber County's Greatest Generation

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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 

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

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

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

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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. 



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