OGDEN — Giacomo “Jim” Favero’s son and daughter say it’s impossible to encapsulate their father’s life with words alone.But when talking about the Ogden World War II veteran, the brother and sister pair often use one noun in particular: “survivor.”Favero died July 3 and, fitting ...
HUNTSVILLE — It’s not hard to understand why Travis Vendela was becoming a cynic.The now 40-year-old Wyoming native is a retired Sergeant First Class in the Army and served multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. In February of 2007, while working with a reconnaissance unit in ...
Those who wish to pay respects to 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen, an Air Force pilot from Perry who was killed in a training accident last month in England, may do so this weekend.There will be a visitation/viewing for Allen at Russon Brothers Mortuary at 1941 Main St. in Farmington from 4-8 ...
BOUNTIFUL — Don Milne is on a mission to make sure the fallen heroes of World War II are forever remembered — but he’s looking for some help.Milne, 59, of Bountiful, recently launched a nonprofit called “Stories Behind the Stars,” an ambitious project that aims to compile short ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — By any account, Col. Matthew Fritz's quarter-century military career in the sky has been distinguished. According to <a href="https://www.419fw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2209461/colonel-matthew-m-fritz/" target="_blank">his Air ...
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, United Kingdom — An Air Force fighter pilot who died Monday after crashing off the coast of England has been identified as 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen, of Northern Utah.According to a statement from the U.S. Air Force, Allen was killed when his F-15C Eagle ...
