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

    1943 Ogden Mass Shooting: An Unforgotten Nightmare

    1943 Ogden Mass Shooting: An Unforgotten Nightmare

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

    • 24 min
    D-Day 1944 in Weber County

    D-Day 1944 in Weber County

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

    • 10 min
    Memorial Day 1943

    Memorial Day 1943

    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. 

    • 6 min
    Weber County - December 7, 1942

    Weber County - December 7, 1942

    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. 

    • 11 min
    The Circus Come to Ogden!

    The Circus Come to Ogden!

    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!!

    • 20 min
    July 4th, 1942 in Weber County

    July 4th, 1942 in Weber County

    • 8 min

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