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25,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 25,000+ US World War II fallen...

Don Milne
Feb 23, 20231 min read
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The stories of all the men lost on the recently discovered submarine USS Albacore
Last week the Naval History and Heritage Command announced that the US WWII submarine USS Albacore had been found off the Japanese coast....

Don Milne
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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Remembering the forgotten tragedy equal to sinking of USS Arizona
On 26 November 1943, an Allied convoy KMF-26 Annex, deployed for the Pacific Theater of Operation, was in the Mediterranean Sea, off the...

Don Milne
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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See where every WWII fallen is buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Over the past 12 months more than 100 volunteers have been writing the stories of the WWII fallen buried at Arlington National Cemetery....

Don Milne
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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RootsTech 2023 Seminar on WWII Remembrance
RootsTech is the most popular family history conference in the world. For the second year in a row participants can learn about the grass...

Don Milne
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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33 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 12, 20232 min read
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10 steps to remember all 421,000+ US WWII Fallen - 397,000 to go
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Don Milne
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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24,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 24,000 US World War II fallen...

Don Milne
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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23,000+ 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 23,000 US World War...

Don Milne
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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Volunteer provided WWII fallen content reaches 700,000+ on YouTube
The non profit initiative Stories Behind the Stars has contributed its second set of volunteer-written-stories, about WWII fallen airmen,...

Don Milne
Dec 15, 20221 min read
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22,000+ 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 22,000 US World War...

Don Milne
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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Volunteers provide content to share WWII fallen stories on YouTube channel with 36 million views
The non profit initiative Stories Behind the Stars has contributed the first set of volunteer-written-stories, about WWII fallen airmen,...

Don Milne
Dec 5, 20221 min read
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10 Steps to Remember All 421,000+ US WWII Fallen
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Don Milne
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Giving Tuesday: $1.7 million from volunteers
Stories Behind the Stars relies on contributions to succeed. These contributions overwhelmingly are not gifts of money, but gifts of time...

Don Milne
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Nov 27, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Nov 13, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Nov 12, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Nov 6, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Oct 27, 20222 min read
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