SALT LAKE CITY — The 2020 Memorial Day commemorations will be unlike anything offered in past years.Because of the current pandemic, changes have been made to traditional Memorial Day observances. The Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs offers a number of alternative ...
NORTH OGDEN — During his freshman year of high school in central California, Casey Kunimura was apprehended by government officials and forced to live in a rodeo grounds horse stall.Though he’d been born and raised in the United States and lived nowhere else, Kunimura also lost his ...
ROY — In the United States, the 1950s Korean conflict is relatively forgotten. But for 93-year-old Marine John Cole, it’s a memory that won’t ever escape him.Historically overshadowed largely due to its place in the U.S. war chronology — sandwiched between World War II and Vietnam — ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — For the third time in the past month, fighter pilots from Hill Air Force Base will be working on their dark sky flying skills.Micah Garbarino, spokesman with Hill’s 388th Fighter Wing, said pilots from the active duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings will conduct ...
PERRY — Like many veterans from his generation, Norm Nelson can’t quite imagine what his life would have been like if not for the military.The 79-year-old Perry resident’s introduction to the armed services began with his father, who served in World War II. Following in his dad’s ...
OGDEN — Tom Montez volunteered to go to Vietnam.Looking back, the Ogden Army veteran says he had no idea what he was getting into, but if he had to make the decision again today, he’d likely do the same.“I had friends that were going,” Montez says, in a pragmatic tone. “So, I just ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Though the seeds to establish the installation were planted well before the world’s deadliest conflict began, Hill Air Force Base will always be closely tied to the Second World War.Hill celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. According to Hill’s 75th Air Base ...
OGDEN — Dennis Howland says it was his father, Oliver Howland, who inspired him to join the Marines.“My dad was a World War II veteran and we were always a military family,” says Howland, who grew up in Iowa. “We weren’t pressured or forced to join the military, but I always knew I ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base turns 80 this year and the beginning of one of the installation’s most important missions can be traced back eight decades as well.Today, Hill’s active-duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings tandem to operate the Air Force’s premier F-35 ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — This year marks the 80th anniversary of Hill Air Force Base.And during those eight decades, an abundance of important events have unfolded to make Hill one of the largest military installations in the United States.There was the mid-20th century emergence of the 388th ...
