DELTA, Utah (AP) — U.S. officials say the remains of a Navy sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor have returned to Salt Lake City, and a ceremony at his home in Delta is scheduled. KSTU-TV reported that 22-year-old Navy Radioman 3rd Class Theodore Q. Jensen of Delta […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Gail S. Halvorsen may have changed the course of history with just two pieces of gum. Now the retired Air Force Colonel has made a bit of his own history as he turned 100 years old this month. Born in Salt Lake City, Halvorsen spent most […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A veteran turning 100 in Utah has recalled her service in World War II working as an engineer and in confidential communications. The Daily Herald reported Olive O’Mara was 21 when Japanese planes attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She enlisted and served […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — A U.S. Marine killed on a Pacific island during World War II has been reburied in Utah. Decades after Pfc. Robert James Hatch of Woods Cross was killed in 1943, searchers found his remains and others in a previously unrecorded burial trench on Betio in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. defense agency has identified and recovered the body of a Utah Marine about 76 years after he was killed in battle during World War II. The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that 21-year-old Pfc. Robert Hatch of Woods Cross […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — The funeral service for a Navajo Code Talker will be held this week in Chinle. Fleming Begaye Sr. died May 10. He was 97. Begaye was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the Marine Corps, using a code based on their native language to outsmart […]
BERLIN (AP) — Berliners are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital. Among the guests of honor will be 98-year-old U.S. airlift pilot […]
BLUFFDALE, Utah (AP) — The remains of a World War II pilot have been laid to rest in his home state of Utah after being returned from Germany. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield’s remains were buried 74 years to the day […]
