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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...

Don Milne
Oct 27, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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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,...

Don Milne
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Aug 11, 20222 min read
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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,...

Don Milne
Jul 19, 20222 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Jul 12, 20222 min read
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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,...

Don Milne
Jul 12, 20222 min read
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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:...

Don Milne
Jul 9, 20221 min read
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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:

Don Milne
Jul 4, 20221 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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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...

Don Milne
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Englishman Lost His American Friend in WWII
Thanks to Jonathan Sandler who mentioned the Stories Behind the Stars project during his recent interview on WW2TV. Mention is at 47:37...

Don Milne
Jun 28, 20221 min read
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Finding All the WWII Fallen in All of the 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,...

Don Milne
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Stories Behind the Stars Recognized as a Best Genealogy Website
Thanks to Family Tree Magazine for informing us that Stories Behind the Stars made their list of the 101 Best Websites in the Military...

Don Milne
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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News Story: The quest to document the lives of all 421,000 U.S. soldiers who died in WWII
Lee Benson, of the Salt Lake City Deseret News, did a story about the national project to write the stories of all 421,000 US WWII...

Don Milne
May 27, 20221 min read
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Meet the writers who are telling the WWII fallen stories of Arlington National Cemetery
Nearly 200 volunteers, from more than forty states and France, have researched and written stories for each of the 8,700 WWII fallen...

Don Milne
May 25, 202211 min read
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Volunteers Making News Remembering All WWII Fallen in Arlington National Cemetery
Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are completing the historic challenge of writing the stories of all the World War II fallen...

Don Milne
May 25, 20222 min read
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Read Stories of WWII Fallen at Arlington National Cemetery Gravesites
What if when visiting any gravesite or memorial of a WWII fallen in Arlington National Cemetery you could read any of the fallen's...

Don Milne
May 16, 20221 min read
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Finding All Of The WWII Fallen Buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 60
You can now find the stories of ALL the World War II fallen buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. Perhaps the best known...

Don Milne
May 16, 20222 min read
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Finding All Of The WWII Fallen Buried In Arlington National Cemetery Section 13
You can now find the stories of ALL the World War II fallen buried in Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery. Located on the west side...

Don Milne
May 16, 20222 min read
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