- Don Milne
Stories Behind the Stars in the News
Updated: Apr 5
This post has been created to list the various news stories covering The Stories Behind the Stars nonprofit initiative. Stories are listed from newest to oldest.
Telling the Stories of All 400,000+ US World War II Fallen
The Family History Guide, April 4, 2021
by Don Milne
https://www.thefhguide.com/blog/telling-the-stories-of-all-400000-us-world-war-ii-fallen/
Stories Behind the Stars
The Blue Bonnet: USS Houston, Vol 79, Issue 1 * April 2021, page 18
by John K Schwarz
(no online version)
Stories of the WWII Fallen
Family Tree Magazine, March/April 2021 issue, page 7
Owed to the Fallen
Y Magazine, Winter 2021 Issue
by Andrew T. Bay
https://magazine.byu.edu/article/owed-to-the-fallen/
The Stories Behind the Stars: Uncovering Personal Stories of the WWII Fallen
Fold3 HQ by Ancestry Blog, January 19, 2021
by Jenny Ashcroft
https://blog.fold3.com/the-stories-behind-the-stars-uncovering-personal-stories-of-the-wwii-fallen/
Stories Behind the Stars: Remembering U.S. WWII Fallen
MyHeritage Blog, January 19, 2021
by Esther Shuman
https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/01/stories-behind-the-stars-remembering-u-s-wwii-fallen/
Don Milne: "Stories Behind The Stars"
The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum
Fox News Martha MacCallum Podcast, December 17, 2020
Volunteers Trace Memories of the Fallen
World War II Magazine, December 2020
(no online versions available)
Volunteers needed for ambitious WWII memorial project
The Pueblo Chieftain, November 11, 2020
by Jon Pompla
Stories of World War II veterans compiled
www.theredstonerocket.com, November 10, 2020
by Katie Davis Skelley
https://www.theredstonerocket.com/news/article_d440811e-23db-11eb-87b0-63dccbfc980b.html
Help this history buff on a mission to tell the stories of thousands of WWII fallen troops
Radio.com Connecting Vets Program, November 9, 2020, KYW Newsradio 1060 (Philadelphia)
by Julia LeDoux
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/stories-behind-the-stars-world-war-ii-fallen-stories
Milburn woman uses lockdown to write stories of veterans
Sanpete Messenger, November 5, 2020
by Robert Stevens
http://sanpetemessenger.com/archives/20227
The Stories Behind Rutherford's World War II Heroes
This is Rutherford, October 5, 2020
by Jennifer Ersalesi
Utah man stops at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in quest to tell story of those who died in WWII
North Platte Telegraph, September 29, 2020
by Tim Johnson
Join the effort to profile every Alabama World War II casualty
Huntsville AL newspaper, September 27, 2020
by Shelly Haskins
History buff needs your help telling stories of all 400,000 US military deaths in World War II
NDVR TV (Denver), September 16, 2020, Replayed on Fox5 (San Diego) on Sep 17, WGNTV (Chicago) on Sep 17, Fox40 (Sacramento, CA) on Sep 17, WTAJ (Altoona, PA) on Sep 20, WAVY (Portsmouth, VA) on Sep 28, KXAN (Austin, TX) on Oct 1, ABC27 (Harrisburg, PA) on Oct 1, KOIN (Portland, OR) on Oct 1, ABC4 (Salt Lake) on Oct 1, Fox4KC (Kansas City) on Oct 5, WETM (Elmira, NY) on Oct 18, CW33 (Dallas) on October 21, WLAX (La Crosse, WI) on Nov 3
by Jeremy Hubbard
LCN Archives Help Researcher Honor Local Airman Killed in WWII
The Lincoln County News, August 25, 2020
by Maia Zewert
https://lcnme.com/currentnews/lcn-archives-help-researcher-honor-local-airman-killed-in-wwii/
Remembering the four Manitowoc sailors lost in USS Indianapolis sinking 75 years ago
Herald Times Reporter, August 7, 2020
by Krista Finstad Hanson
Project aims to tell the stories of Newarkers who died in World War II
Newark Post, August 7, 2020
by Josh Shannon
Viewpoints, USS Indianapolis anniversary: Four Savannahians among ill-fated crew
Savannah Morning News, August 2, 2020
by Rona Simmons & Don Milne
'Heroic conduct': Marietta man survived sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945
Marietta Daily Journal, August 1, 2020
by Rona Simmons
(webpage not available)
'Stories Behind the Stars' to tell story of every soldier who died in WWII, including 9,300 from Tennessee
The Tennessean, July 29, 2020
by Carmel Kookogey
Episode 335 – One Man Seeks 400,000 WWII Obits
Extreme Genes Radio Show, July 19, 2020
Don Milne interviewed by Scott Fisher (begins at 10:40 mark)
Utah man needs your help sharing stories of over 400K fallen WWII soldiers
KSL, July 4, 2020
by Arianne Brown
Utah Historian Creates Project To Remember Local Soldiers Who Died During WWII
Utah Public Radio, July 2, 2020
by Eliza Hardy
https://www.upr.org/post/utah-historian-creates-project-remember-local-soliders-who-died-during-wwii
Everyday Hero: Utah man wants to tell the story of every American who died in WWII
Provo Daily Herald, June 29, 2020
by Connor Richards
Photo by Isaac Hale for Daily Herald
Everyday Heroes: Bountiful resident wants to memorialize every soldier who died during WWII, looking for help
Ogden Standard Examiner, June 27, 2020
by Mitch Shaw
Volunteer researchers chip in to remember World War II's fallen
Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 24, 2020
by Curt Brown
https://www.startribune.com/volunteer-researchers-chip-in-to-remember-wwii-s-fallen/570723602/
Stories about WW2 Fallen 100 project that preceded Stories Behind the Stars:
Utah man honors fallen World War II vets on 100th birthdays
KSL Radio, November 12, 2018
by Peter Samore
https://kslnewsradio.com/1894242/utah-man-honors-fallen-world-war-two-vets-100th-birthdays/?
Utahn's project honors World War II fallen
Deseret News, November 10, 2018
by Jasen Lee
He remembers the fallen on their 100th birthday
Pueblo Chieftain, September 30, 2018
by Peter Roper
https://www.chieftain.com/7070e3a4-c500-11e8-9745-33c162a7202a.html
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