Don Milne
Army veteran collects stories of New Mexicans who fought and died in World War II
New Mexico Stories Behind the Stars State Director Steve McGee attracted the interest of the Santa Fe New Mexican to write a story about...
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Don Milne
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
President Roosevelt's Final Peacetime Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
Eighty-one years ago this week, President Franklin Roosevelt issued what would be his last peacetime Thanksgiving Day proclamation. A...
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Don Milne
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Solved: How Many WWII Fallen Are Buried In Arlington
How many World War II fallen are buried at Arlington National Cemetery? For more than seventy five years nobody knew the answer. Now...
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Don Milne
- Nov 13
- 1 min
USA Today: Voices of the Vanquished - Stories Behind the Stars
USA Today printed a story about Stories Behind the Stars in their Veterans Day special edition. This is a updated version of an article...
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Don Milne
- Nov 12
- 1 min
Maine Public Radio Program Features Stories Behind the Stars
Stories Behind the Stars Maine Director Judith Skillings was a Veterans Day guest on Maine Calling, a program on Maine Pubic, Maine's...
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Don Milne
- Nov 6
- 1 min
21,000+ WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, more than 21,000 US World War...
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Don Milne
- Oct 27
- 2 min
Volunteers Needed to Remember All 8,000 Kentucky WWII Fallen
William Walker Ford of Kenton County was one of the first 60 Kentuckians to die in World War II during the Japanese surprise attack on...
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Don Milne
- Oct 27
- 1 min
RootsTech 2023 to Feature Stories Behind the Stars
Stories Behind the Stars Founder and Director Don Milne has been invited to speak at RootsTech 2023 which will be March 2-4. RootsTech is...
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Don Milne
- Oct 24
- 1 min
Making Your WWII Fallen Stories into YouTube Videos
TJ3 History is a popular YouTube channel with more than 110,000 subscribers. It has created more than 270 YouTube videos with more than...
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Don Milne
- Sep 9
- 2 min
How To Make Sure Your WWII Fallen Stories Can Be Read At Gravesites
The ideal place to read stories of the WWII fallen is at their gravesites or memorials. Find A Grave has a smartphone app (Available for...
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Don Milne
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Finding All The WWII Fallen in 33 States
There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate,...
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Don Milne
- Aug 11
- 2 min
9 Remarkable Stories of Arlington WWII Fallen
Recently our volunteers shared some of the stories of the WWII fallen buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Anyone visiting their...
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Don Milne
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Make Your WWII Fallen Story Count Toward 421,000 Total
The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to make sure everyone of the 421,000 US WWII fallen has a story by September 2, 2025. How do...
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Don Milne
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Finding All The WWII Fallen in 29 States
There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate,...
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Don Milne
- Jul 12
- 2 min
The Death of the Last and First Medal of Honor Heroes of WWII
The June 29, 2022 death of Hershal Woodrow Williams marks the passing of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II. The deaths of...
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Don Milne
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Finding All The WWII Fallen in 27 States
There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate,...
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Don Milne
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Fox31 News: History buffs needed to finish ambitious World War II biography project
Denver's Fox31 anchor Jeremy Hubbard interviews Stories Behind the Stars volunteers Julie Sohlberg and Gary Smith. Watch the video here:...
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Don Milne
- Jul 4
- 1 min
10 Steps To Remember All 400,000+ US WWII Fallen
This infographic is an easy way to share what Stories Behind the Stars is doing. Here is the pdf version:
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Don Milne
- Jul 3
- 2 min
WWII Hero Died On The 4th of July
Eighty years ago this July 4, an America at war celebrated Independence Day. Across the Pacific Ocean, thousands of American servicemen...
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Don Milne
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Remembering Every WWII Fallen in Arlington National Cemetery
Before 2022 there was no accurate publicly available list of the World War II fallen buried at Arlington National Cemetery. That is about...
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