<![CDATA[VerNon T and Lorene Burton Blackham History]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history The recorded history of VerNon T Blackham and Lorene Burton Blackham in 1995-96.

Recorded by Melissa Blackham Hilton

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578770 581ece5b-6987-4a61-9ed2-fbc3c6ecc7e2 302 full 1 1 27 27 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:51 GMT <![CDATA[Visiting Pearl Harbor]]> "...there were the bullet holes in the buildings still."

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578765 9358c574-5a8b-4f4e-b60f-4002a523a398 339 full 1 1 25 25 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:47 GMT <![CDATA[Hardware Robbery! ]]> "Mr. Blackham, when we have our class reunion, I'm going to tell everybody about this." And I said, "Don't you say a word."

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578760 803debf4-5644-4036-8c54-65064674a7d3 130 full 1 1 24 24 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:44 GMT <![CDATA[SS Taught me to Fight Dirty]]> I know the other story I wanted you to tell. It was back in Germany. How you learned to fight with the SS Guards. And what you had to do when you were home with it.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578752 245f3d96-9da9-4ea0-b955-8da2e509ddaf 444 full 1 1 23 23 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:42 GMT <![CDATA[Elmo Turner in Hawaii]]> "Brother Blackham, do you really think you're going to change my blessing?" I said,

"No, I just thought I'd give you some suggestions."

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578731 fae60ca8-f1d3-4c55-bf2c-f5c47cc9160a 421 full 1 1 20 20 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:28 GMT <![CDATA[Preisthood Blessings vs Witchcraft?]]> "She's a witch." I said "What's she doing?" He said, "She's cursing you.''

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578062 9c78acdc-08ce-4076-82eb-7dadd26f7e87 352 full 1 1 18 18 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:22 GMT <![CDATA[The Devil went Down to Kahuku]]> Finishing the story of the vision, missionary experiences, and giving a blessing of healing.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578059 1a46882a-724d-4aea-97e3-1885872c1ba4 405 full 1 1 17 17 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:20 GMT <![CDATA["I have dreamed a dream or I've seen a vision."]]> VerNon shares a vision or dream he had while in Hawaii. Seeing church leaders, hearing heavenly choirs, Seeing the righteous engaged in missionary work. He recieved answers to scriptural questions.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578054 6d15ab31-b14e-4402-9308-83a84be343f7 816 full 1 1 16 16 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:17 GMT <![CDATA["I dreamed that I was to be teaching at BYU Hawaii"]]> Serving in Tarawa, Lorene's stroke, moving to BYU Hawaii

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578042 45bd5e5b-0ea1-44d8-9419-562fedc9ef49 441 full 1 1 15 15 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:15 GMT <![CDATA[Josef Karl, Kindred Spirits]]> We actually expressed the desire that I knew him-felt c1oser to him than I did my own brothers.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578032 d81d66ae-8f6f-4506-ab07-8d0c9e6486fc 378 full 1 1 14 14 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:12 GMT <![CDATA[Indian Arrowhead Cave]]> Hiking with the young men and discovering a cave with thousands of arrowheads.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578025 c3e62889-146a-483c-93af-b0d7d08c28f8 313 full 1 1 13 13 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:09 GMT <![CDATA["I had to get that ring off her finger."]]> Finishing the Mission, attending BYU, and Meeting Lorene

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2578024 49a08bab-15ad-4df9-885d-c6a749e1cade 386 full 1 1 12 12 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:05 GMT <![CDATA[Missionary Service: Working the Mountains]]> Proof that Californians have never been able to handle the snow.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575653 b61c7ce5-47fd-4cf8-a855-2504bb3b6984 534 full 1 1 11 11 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:37:02 GMT <![CDATA[Going to School or Going on a Mission?]]> "I was called to the California Mission."

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575647 876e3274-74b2-448e-bf92-f6b0f09dd7a0 470 full 1 1 10 10 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:59 GMT <![CDATA[Returning from War: "Mom, aren't you going to talk to me?"]]> Leaving the war from Bremerhaven, Germany.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575641 ceb0a97b-f307-46bd-aa6c-8a9d04c12321 353 full 1 1 9 9 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:55 GMT <![CDATA[I accidentally bought a barber shop in Germany]]> "Berkley Draper ... he was a shirttail relative. I think he was about a second cousin."

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575634 66b83e1c-69b7-4676-b745-70102657aed5 312 full 1 1 8 8 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:44 GMT <![CDATA[Patton's Push and the German ward member]]> Pneumonia in a hospital down in Marseilles, France.

Assignment in the Hamburg, Germany medical lab

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575626 1e49ac8e-9eac-4b3e-a452-ae95e222d4b6 562 full 1 1 7 7 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:40 GMT <![CDATA["If you ain't green, you ain't seasick"]]> Landing in LeHavre, France.

Reassigned to a battalion of combat engineers in the 3rd Army.

The secret of happiness in war.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575613 a7b0949a-6778-419d-bf1d-293952179215 437 full 1 1 6 6 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:37 GMT <![CDATA[Furlough for Stg. Black-HAM]]> Escorting a train to Camp Buel, California.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575607 264422bc-c5fc-41ac-99f4-e38fc5f7f016 263 full 1 1 5 5 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:33 GMT <![CDATA[Basic Training: War Games]]> Stealing shoes and pants of the opposing team.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575596 0fea5e85-3950-401f-881e-53ad0e33890b 256 full 1 1 4 4 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:29 GMT <![CDATA[Basic Training: Hogan is our Hero]]> Lending money to Hogan and sending money home to pay tithing, working in motorpool.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575589 8e7a6ecf-63e9-447a-a7bf-b723025cf5c0 313 full 1 1 3 3 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:25 GMT <![CDATA[Highschool Graduation and Basic Training]]> Talking to friends and family about enlisting in the US Army

"I graduated high school in an army uniform"

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/vernon-and-lorene-blackham-history/2575581 f57c6769-5478-47f8-b030-9a562b29ac06 321 full 1 1 2 2 false Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:36:20 GMT <![CDATA[Early Life]]> Overview details on early childhood and work in the family.

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