Lorraine American Cemetery - Saint-Avold, France - the largest American WWII cemetery in Europe. HELP WANTED to write stories!! 70 th  Infantry Division “Trailblazers”   – 887 casualties from 48 states, 135 completed stories. 3 states completed – AK, PA & RI.  Submitted by Betsy Brannon Mills.  Arisan Maru  –1,670  casualties from 47 states, 745 stories/45% completed. These were American POW’s aboard this Japanese hell ship, sunk 10/24/1944.  Contact Rona Simmons at rona_simm

This post has been created to list the various news stories covering The Stories Behind the Stars nonprofit initiative. Stories are listed from newest to oldest. Older stories are saved in separate posts ( 2020-2021 here , 2022 here , 2023 here , 2024 here , 2025 here ). Since this project began in 2020, Stories Behind the Stars had been in the news hundreds of times. The purpose of this blog post is to provide links to stories from 2026. NATIONAL https://blog.fold3.com/beyon

We are working to ensure that the records on Fold 3 labeled with Stories Behind The Stars as the 'Content Provider' are complete Memorial Stories for our WWII Fallen. This is how we measure total progress for completed stories. We have identified two issues that can impact the accuracy of our numbers. Here's how you can help: 1) "Records" saved as SBTS Content that are not Memorial Stories. Some records designated on Fold3 as SBTS Content are actually only discrete facts abou

Giving Tuesday is coming up the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Here at Stories Behind the Stars, we very much appreciate all past and future donations. We want to inform our donors as to how donations are used. Here is a breakdown of spending over the past 12 months: Network for Good - CRM and email service $3,600 Nord Layer - VPN $2,100 Podia - Training website $500 WIX - Website $420 Total $6,620 Considering that donations supported volunteer effort

This post has been created to list the various news stories covering The Stories Behind the Stars nonprofit initiative. Stories are listed from newest to oldest. Older stories are saved in separate posts ( 2020-2021 here , 2022 here , 2023 here , 2024 here ). Since this project began in 2020, Stories Behind the Stars had been in the news hundreds of times. The purpose of this blog post is to provide links to stories from 2025. NATIONAL: https://www.theblaze.com/align/stories-

There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate, complete list of these fallen and make sure that each one of them has a story that can be read at their gravesite or memorial, anywhere in the world. The best way to create this list is state by state. We have now have state directors working on compiling these historic, first-ever lists in 37 states. A few of them have recently moved on, so we

HELP WANTED to write stories!! Arisan Maru –1,645 casualties from 47 states, 684 stories/41.66% completed. These were American POW’s...

In 2021 volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars wrote the stories of each of the 2,502 Americans who died on D-Day . Thirty-nine of them...

HELP WANTED to write stories!! Please contact Kathy Harmon, Special Projects Coordinator with any comments at kharmon@storiesbehindthesta...

How did you first hear about Stories Behind the Stars? Was it a news story? There is a good chance that it was. With Memorial Day...

Eau Claire, WI,  native Lieutenant Dallas Books and his crew, the 579th Bomb Squadron of the 392nd Bomb Group [Dallas is in front row,...

Thanks to efforts of hundreds of Stories Behind the Stars volunteers, anyone with a smartphone can read the stories of any of the 8,700...

UPDATED May 6, 2025 Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are making it possible to find the stories of ALL the 294 World War II...

Every WWII fallen buried in Section 12 has a story - all 2,900.

UPDATE May 6, 2025 Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are making it possible to find the stories of ALL the 2,241 World War II...

If you missed our March update, here is a recap of all the projects we are working on. When do you think we will pass 70,000 names? Can...

10 November 1944, two kilometers west of the village of Hurtgen, Germany. As the vanguard of the 4th Infantry Division, the 12th ...

In one of its most ambitious and arguably the highest profile project to date, Stories Behind the Stars researchers have recently...

Below is a recap of current projects being worked on, those projects that have been completed and a couple of ideas for future projects....

Giving Tuesday is coming up the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Here at Stories Behind the Stars, we very much appreciate all past and future...