Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are completing the historic challenge of writing the stories of all the World War II fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This has attracted a growing number of stories in the news.
Movement made to document stories of all 421,000 soldiers who died during World War II
Fox 13 Tampa Bay, Kellie Cowan, May 30, 2022
For Memorial Day, telling the stories behind the gravestones
Washington Post, John Kelly, May 29, 2022
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Guam Daily Post, John Kelly, May 31, 2022
Volunteers needed to tell the stories of every U.S. service member killed in World War II
WBAY-TV ABC2, Chris Roth, May 27, 2022
Organization creates 'Find a Grave' app for soldiers
DC Fox5 News, Stephanie Ramirez, May 27, 2022
Note - the smartphone app shown in the video is used by Stories Behind the Stars but created by our partner Ancestry and their divisions, Find A Grave and Fold3.
For the stories of those who gave their all in WWII, there's an app for that
Bradford Era (PA), Mandy Colosimo, May 27, 2022
The quest to document the lives of all 421,000 U.S. soldiers who died in WWII
Deseret News, Lee Benson, May 27, 2022
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The audacious quest to document the lives of all 421,000 American soldiers who died in WWII
KSL.com, Lee Benson, May 30, 2022
'These people gave everything.' Louisville man works to tell stories of nation's WWII dead
Louisville Courier-Journal, Krista Johnson, May 27, 2022
Volunteers Write Stories of Wisconsin WWII Fallen
Dour County Pulse, May 25, 2022
'Stories Behind the Stars' Wants to Tell the Story of Every American Killed in World War II
Military.com, Blake Stilwell, May 25, 2022
‘Shouldn’t Remembering Them Mean Knowing More About Them?’
The Zebra (Arlington, Virginia), Kevin Duaray, May 11, 2022