Don’t call war in Afghanistan ‘a waste,’ says Jennie Taylor, widow of the North Ogden mayor who was killed there

Service members who fight for their country ‘don’t only do that if victory is guaranteed,’ she said.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Jennie Taylor speaks in honor of those who serve in the military, including her late husband, Maj. Brent Taylor, the former mayor of North Ogden and a major in the Utah National Guard, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2018, during a ceremony at Fort Douglas Cemetery on Monday, May 27, 2019.

Don’t call war in Afghanistan ‘a waste,’ says Jennie Taylor, widow of the North Ogden mayor who was killed there

Service members who fight for their country ‘don’t only do that if victory is guaranteed,’ she said.

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