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Historic and Heartfelt Follow up to Masters of the Air Miniseries Remembers 800 Fallen WWII Airmen

Linda Simpson

Nov 284 min read

Historic and Heartfelt Follow up to Masters of the Air Miniseries Remembers 800 Fallen WWII Airmen

In one of its most ambitious and arguably the highest profile project to date, Stories Behind the Stars researchers have recently...

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All the projects our amazing volunteers are working on

Don Milne

Nov 117 min read

All the projects our amazing volunteers are working on

Below is a recap of current projects being worked on, those projects that have been completed and a couple of ideas for future projects....

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Don Milne

Nov 101 min read

How SBTS Spends Donations

Giving Tuesday is coming up the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Here at Stories Behind the Stars, we very much appreciate all past and future...

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Linda Simpson

Sep 252 min read

Coby Maria Crump

March, 26, 1974 - September 22, 2024 Our beautiful, beloved daughter, sister and aunt, Coby Maria Crump, 50, left us on September 22....

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Change in Director, Mission Continues and Grows

Don Milne

Sep 21 min read

Change in Director, Mission Continues and Grows

After a great transition period over the past months, it is time to officially pass on the directorship of Stories Behind the Stars to...

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Don Milne

Aug 211 min read

52,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed

Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 52,000+ US World War II fallen...

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Don Milne

Jul 191 min read

50,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed

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

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Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 12

Don Milne

Jul 162 min read

Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 12

Every WWII fallen buried in Section 12 has a story - all 2,900.

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Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 34

Don Milne

Jul 163 min read

Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 34

Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are making it possible to find the stories of ALL the 2,241 World War II fallen buried in...

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Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 8

Don Milne

Jul 152 min read

Finding all of the WWII Fallen buried in Arlington National Cemetery Section 8

Volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars are making it possible to find the stories of ALL the 294 World War II fallen buried in Section...

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Focus on the Fallen - CPL Herbert Bachant - Father of Triplets

Don Milne

Jul 141 min read

Focus on the Fallen - CPL Herbert Bachant - Father of Triplets

Stories Behind the Stars volunteers has written tens of thousands of stories of the World War II fallen. We have enough content to share...

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Linda Simpson

Jul 104 min read

Writer Profile - Joanne King

Fighter Pilots, Paratroopers and Bomber Crews, Oh My! Joanne King is one of the most prolific writers for the STBS project, having just...

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Solved: How Many WWII Fallen Are Buried In Arlington

Don Milne

Jul 12 min read

Solved: How Many WWII Fallen Are Buried In Arlington

How many World War II fallen are buried at Arlington National Cemetery? For more than seventy five years nobody knew the answer. Now...

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Linda Simpson

Jun 133 min read

Writer Profile - Richard Rife

I Wanted To Honor His Service When he began volunteering for SBTS, Richard Rife turned what could have been one of the worst years of his...

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Don Milne

Jun 74 min read

Stories Behind the Stars in the News

This post has been created to list the various news stories covering The Stories Behind the Stars nonprofit initiative. Stories are...

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Stories Behind the Stars in the News 2023

Don Milne

Jun 74 min read

Stories Behind the Stars in the News 2023

This post has been created to list the various news stories covering The Stories Behind the Stars nonprofit initiative. Stories are...

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Don Milne

Jun 51 min read

48,000 US WWII Fallen Stories Completed

Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries, 48,000+ US World War II fallen...

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Linda Simpson

Jun 23 min read

Yes, Someone Does Read Our Stories

by Tom Bowers SBTS Writer/Researcher All of us who write stories for SBTS finish each story with a question in our mind: Will anyone read...

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Explore Arlington National Cemetery As Never Before

Linda Simpson

May 311 min read

Explore Arlington National Cemetery As Never Before

A brochure has been created that visitors can use at Arlington National Cemetery by SBTS Illinois State Coordinator Pam Broviak. Here is...

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Don Milne

May 283 min read

Stories of the Arlington D-Day Fallen

In 2021 volunteers with Stories Behind the Stars wrote the stories of each of the 2,502 Americans who died on D-Day. Thirty-nine of them...

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