Stories Behind the Stars in the News - 2025

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. Older stories are saved in separate posts (2020-2021 here, 2022 here, 2023 here, 2024 here).

Since this project began in 2020, Stories Behind the Stars had been in the news hundreds of times. The purpose of this blog post is to provide links to stories from 2025.

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://www.monvalleyindependent.com/2025/11/11/after-14-years-of-training-local-officer-killed-on-his-first-day-of-wwii-combat/

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/10/local-wwii-infantryman-made-ultimate-sacrifice-in-moselle-valley/

https://www.monvalleyindependent.com/2025/10/11/sgt-killed-after-earning-bronze-star-during-wwii/

https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/lifestyles/local-servicemen-met-death-as-wwii-pows/article_8ab4322a-9913-465a-b7ce-3a51d0a028cc.html

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/09/local-wwii-soldier-killed-defending-bridge/

https://www.dailycourier.com/news/local-servicemen-met-death-as-world-war-ii-pows-on-japanese-hell-ship/article_5fbd354c-c5b3-4312-af4f-8e123d7e15d9.html

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/08/10/local-wwii-aviator-honored-among-world-war-iis-bloody-hundredth/

https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/local-aviator-among-world-war-iis-bloody-hundredth-fallen-in-1943/article_7bce96f7-5fc2-47c9-a808-00171fdb11a5.html

https://www.thecorryjournal.com/hometown/article_ca6be16b-6481-4a72-9063-1578070c4575.html

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/07/gettysburg-national-cemetery-is-resting-place-of-wwii-seaman/

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/07/lewistown-native-killed-in-wwiis-battle-of-normandy/

https://www.huntingdondailynews.com/news/local/world-war-ii-vet-remembered/article_c739639b-f507-4b99-b2bb-9788ec872795.html

https://www.dailycourier.com/news/local-d-day-fallen-honored/article_a1cd76f5-bcf2-48bd-bde0-fc21e1b4b669.html

https://www.theprogressnews.com/news/local/ramey-native-from-d-day-and-armys-4th-infantry-division-honored/article_f87c06fa-fa31-4183-93b1-d3f6eaf86544.html

ALABAMA:

https://atmorenews.com/2025/05/28/stories-behind-the-stars-seeks-volunteers-to-help-tell-wwii-vets-stories/

CALIFORNIA:

https://www.ocregister.com/2025/05/26/san-clemente-woman-digs-deep-to-honor-those-who-died-during-world-war-ii/

ALABAMA:

https://www.themadisonrecord.com/2025/05/26/stories-behind-stars-honoring-sacrificed-wwii/

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2025/05/warren-county-airman-among-those-killed-in-tokyo-military-prison-fire/

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/northampton-county/2025/05/remembering-the-northampton-co-men-from-1st-infantry-division-who-died-on-omaha-beach.html

WISCONSIN:

https://doorcountypulse.com/stories-behind-the-stars/

ALABAMA:

https://www.thethomasvilletimes.com/articles/honoring-those-who-sacrificed-it-all-in-wwii/

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/people/stories-behind-the-stars-honoring-those-who-sacrificed-it-al/

https://spotonalabama.com/al-metropolitan/1275142/stories-behind-the-stars-honoring-those.html

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://berksweekly.com/stories/history/county-airman-dies-as-pow-during-american-wwii-fire-bombing-of-tokyo/

WISCONSIN:

https://www.apg-wi.com/spooner_advocate/news/regional/volunteer-writers-tell-stories-for-wisconsins-wwii-fallen/article_0bf2d6fe-4dc9-465a-b2ee-2efc88ba7140.html

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://www.explorejeffersonpa.com/state-news/2025/04/29/volunteer-writers-needed-to-tell-stories-of-pennsylvanias-wwii-fallen-162688/

https://www.alliednews.com/news/volunteer-writers-needed-to-tell-stories-of-pennsylvania-s-wwii-fallen/article_a66a50ec-aabb-4143-ab62-a93e9e869918.html

https://www.standard-journal.com/news/local/article_0b315184-a94a-4093-861e-1f787041cab6.html

https://www.dailycourier.com/news/honoring-the-memory-of-america-s-world-war-ii-fallen/article_7250c7b9-a956-49df-90ea-65f4c186410c.html

https://themonroetimes.com/stories-behind-stars/ensign-wallace-k-smythe/

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/04/lewistown-airman-dies-in-one-of-wwiis-worst-single-day-losses/

https://themonroetimes.com/stories-behind-stars/volunteer-writers-needed-to-tell-stories-for-wisconsins-wwii-fallen/

YAHOO NEWS:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/born-fourth-july-waynesboro-marine-090335480.html

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://www.altoonamirror.com/life/community/2025/03/blair-man-killed-in-action-honored/

https://www.standard-journal.com/news/local/article_053d43b6-f910-11ef-a111-a73a5eb9f870.html

https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2025/02/remembering-iwo-jima-marine-from-sullivan-county-killed-in-action-80-years-ago/

https://berksweekly.com/stories/history/local-marines-among-4th-division-fallen-heroes-at-iwo-jima-in-march-1945/

https://themonroetimes.com/stories-behind-stars/pfc-olin-h-paulson/

MSN:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/wwii-s-largest-loss-of-life-during-a-ship-convoy-included-3-from-beaver-county/ar-AA1yjGZb?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

ALABAMA:

https://www.theredstonerocket.com/news/article_e68ea4e6-ee74-11ef-b590-af037781939b.html

PENNSYLVANIA:

https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2025/02/03/3-killed-82-years-ago-in-one-of-most-devastating-wwii-ocean-attacks/78071460007/

https://www.newsitem.com/news/wwiis-largest-loss-of-life-during-ship-convoy-included-mount-carmel-soldier/article_eda976cc-e26a-11ef-be83-afc52cc52609.html

https://www.citizensvoice.com/2025/02/01/world-war-iis-largest-loss-of-life-during-a-ship-convoy-included-local-servicemen/

https://www.indianagazette.com/local_news/four-chaplains----and-an-army-private-from-kinport----are/article_c56ecad8-e00b-11ef-a349-c3acd5b72d8e.html

https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/01/local-servicemen-lost-lives-during-wwii-ship-convoy/

https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/military/2025/01/26/lst-422-wwii-ship-explosion-81-years-ago-cost-lives-of-two-beaver-county-soldiers/77909485007/

https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/county-man-among-the-dead-in-wwii-invasion/article_c10b58b6-d50d-11ef-a480-d354162b2430.html

YAHOO:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wwii-largest-loss-life-during-094552078.html