Veterans

Each November, hundreds hike to Coldwater Canyon to honor Major Brent Taylor, a former Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan.

"As a kid it was more of something that I used that I thought was pretty neat. But it was always in the back of my mind that it was his."

Ron Irvin served for 13 years in the military before his wife joined him in the service — making their total time serving together 10 years.

Mary Walker-Irvin served as a U.S. Airforce weather officer until 2006. "It was nice getting to know them because that was my first real experience with a former enemy," she said. "The regular guy is not really any different from we are."

D-Day, June 6, 1944. Waiting in the waters of Omaha Beach, a soldier asks his commanding officer what's on his mind.

She always saw her husband as a hero, though it wasn’t until the end of his life that she would finally learn of his war experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

After surviving World War II, soldiers returned to civilian life forever changed — their war experiences inevitably impacting their communities and the next generation.

A post-9/11 wars veteran tells how objects he brought home remind him of the civilians and people he served with in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Upon first arrival in Vietnam, a soldier found himself enthralled by the history and culture, but the ever present threat of danger forced his attention elsewhere.

A retired airman describes her military career that began in 1977.