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://www.cfr.org/articles/remem

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