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My War With Ac3-fay 00k-bay
Please excuse my need to speak in code. The AI walls have ears and it tends to block what it doesn't want people to know. My mission to...

Don Milne
Jul 3, 20214 min read
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Tips on Writing the Stories of the Pearl Harbor Fallen
We have created a short training course with details specific the the Pearl Harbor Fallen Project. You can access this free lesson here:...

Don Milne
Jul 2, 20211 min read
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Getting Around the Together We Served Website
Just like a B-17 instrument panel has lots of dials and levers, the Together We Served website has a lot of content and finding the best...

Don Milne
Jul 2, 20211 min read
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Learn how to save stories of the fallen to Together We Served
The new version of SBTS Boot Camp that covers how to use Together We Served is now available at https://donmilne.podia.com/af1b4047-0b65-...

Don Milne
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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The Incredible Letter of a Fallen Hero to His Unborn Son
I first learned of the 1944 letter Wallace Zosel wrote to his unborn son in 2019 when Chris Prough recommend that I share his story for...

Don Milne
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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Survey Results - Who are the Stories Behind the Stars Volunteers?
I recently asked volunteers who participated in the Utah Fallen Pilot Project and the D-Day Fallen Project to complete a survey with some...

Don Milne
Jun 24, 20212 min read
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Announcing Pearl Harbor Fallen Project Directors
The following individuals have volunteered to direct our Pearl Harbor Fallen Project: Allison Albert of Rhode Island Coby Crump of Utah...

Don Milne
Jun 18, 20212 min read
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Teachers nationwide are invited to this WWII conference
Teachers from Elementary through College are invited to attend the Sixth Annual Teachers Conference (Virtual) presented by the Friends of...

Don Milne
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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Mission Control Update - Meet the Flight Guidance Team
Linda Simpson of Oklahoma has accepted the offer to be our Flight Guidance Lead. You may recognize the name because Linda is also our...

Don Milne
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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Together We Served Zoom Training 10 Jun 2021
While saving stories to Fold3 as described in our Boot Camp is still an option for state level projects and the Arlington National...

Don Milne
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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Using VPN to get free access to Ancestry, Newspapers, and Premium Fold3
First some background on the VPN setup. Ancestry.com supports the efforts of Stories Behind the Stars and wants to grant our volunteers...

Don Milne
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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10 steps to remember all 400,000+ US WWII fallen
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Don Milne
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Please join Mission Control for our Moon shot
To borrow a comparison to the space program, the Utah pilot (Stories Behind the Stars 1.0) was like the Mercury program that put a man in...

Don Milne
Jun 7, 20214 min read
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Help Wanted - Our First Responder
Having more, and more, and more people join this project is a great thing, but it doesn’t come with more hours in the day to welcome them...

Don Milne
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Help Wanted to Help New Writers
Last year I was able to review the first story of every new volunteer to give them some best practices pointers. As the project grew, I...

Don Milne
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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These state need your help to write stories
Updated July 12, 2022 There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to...

Don Milne
Jun 7, 20212 min read
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Front Page News: Quest to compile stories of all Americans killed on D-Day
The national effort to tell the stories of all 2,502 Americans who died on D-Day made the front page news in Columbus Ohio. Thanks to the...

Don Milne
Jun 6, 20211 min read
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Help tell the stories of all 6,500 Oklahoma WWII fallen
The Tulsa World did a Memorial Day story about Linda Simpson's efforts to tell the stories of the 6,500 Oklahoma WWII fallen. She has...

Don Milne
May 31, 20211 min read
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Help tell the stories of all 3,500 Colorado WWII fallen
Gary Shapiro of KUSA 9News NBC did a Memorial Day news story about the efforts of Coloradans to tell the stories of more than 3,500...

Don Milne
May 31, 20211 min read
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Volunteers are telling the stories of all 400,000+ US WWII fallen
The nationally broadcasted Extreme Genes radio show was one of the first shows, in July 2020, to tell people about a national volunteer...

Don Milne
May 31, 20211 min read
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