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Largest disaster in Coast Guard history - every fallen has a story
During World War II an explosion on the ammunition ship USS Serpens, off the coast of Guadalcanal claimed the lives of 250 servicemen....

Don Milne
May 11, 20231 min read
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Brothers who died on same bomber mission - Visit their grave in Arlington National Cemetery
Two brothers, James F. Russell and Robert P. Russell, are buried in a shared grave with six others of the crew from B-24 #42-110083 lost...

Don Milne
May 10, 20231 min read
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Premier Mid-Atlantic Military Lifestyle Publication Profiles WWII Fallen Project
At Ease Magazine, the premier military lifestyle publication in the Mid-Atlantic has published a story in their May 2023 issue about the...

Don Milne
May 5, 20231 min read
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Answer to Question about Spacing in Fold3 Stories
I got this answer in response to this comment from Bob Fuerst shared on our STAR Corps Facebook group. "Don Milne, Here's another Fold3...

Don Milne
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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28,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 28,000+ US World War II fallen...

Don Milne
Apr 24, 20231 min read
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Nearly 80 Years Later, 41 PA Men Who Died In World War II Remembered
Stories Behind the Stars Pennsylvania State Director Kathy Harmon and our Pennsylvania volunteers have been attracting some local media...

Don Milne
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Illinois WWII Fallen Newsletter
Illinois State Director Pam Broviak uses a monthly SBTS newsletter to communicate the progress of their mission to find the names of all...

Don Milne
Apr 16, 20231 min read
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$10,000 Essay Prize for Young WWII Historian
Stories Behind the Stars European Theater of Operations Director Scott Rayl let me know about an essay contest sponsored by the American...

Don Milne
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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I need you on the front page and evening news
On July 4th, 2020 the largest media organization in Utah did a story about a new nonprofit initiative with the ambitious goal to write...

Don Milne
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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Update: creating a story of every WWII fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Over the past 15 months more than 150 volunteers have been writing the stories of the WWII fallen buried at Arlington National Cemetery....

Don Milne
Apr 11, 20231 min read
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39 States Finding All The WWII Fallen
This blog post has been updated. For new list of names visit https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org/post/41-states-finding-all-the-wwii-fa...

Don Milne
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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27,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 27,000+ US World War II fallen...

Don Milne
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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38 States Finding All The WWII Fallen
There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate,...

Don Milne
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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Stories Behind the Stars Profiled On YouTube
Earlier this month, experienced family history researcher Devon Noel Lee interviewed Stories Behind the Stars founder Don Milne. Devon...

Don Milne
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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Temp Glitch on Your WWII Fallen Stories
One of the key aspects of the Stories Behind the Stars project is the ability of people to read stories of the fallen using a smartphone...

Don Milne
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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26,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 26,000+ US World War II fallen...

Don Milne
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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The race to creating a story of every WWII fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Over the past 14 months more than 150 volunteers have been writing the stories of the WWII fallen buried at Arlington National Cemetery....

Don Milne
Mar 11, 20231 min read
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RootsTech 2023: Volunteers Writing the Stories of All 421,000 US WWII Fallen
The most popular online family history conference in the world attracted more than a million participants during its three days of...

Don Milne
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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35 States Finding All The WWII Fallen
There is no accurate, official list of the World War II fallen. The mission of Stories Behind the Stars is to create an accurate,...

Don Milne
Feb 28, 20232 min read
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Remembering a missing soldier, lost for 20 years, on his 100th birthday this Memorial Day
If you walk among the graves of the men buried in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery, you will find 173 graves of World War II...

Don Milne
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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