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This podcast is brought to you by the nonprofit initiative ”Stories Behind the Stars”.The name Stories Behind the Stars derives its name from the World War II practice of the military giving the families of each of the fallen a banner with a gold star on it. We have the ambitious goal to collect the stories of everyone one of the 400,000+ US WWII fallen in one common database on Fold3.com, freely accessible to all. To make these stories even more accessible, Stories Behind the Stars is developing a smartphone app where anyone with the app can use their Smartphone camera to scan the name of any of these 400,000 fallen from a memorial or gravestone and get a link to read their stories right there. It will forever change the experience of visiting these hallowed sites. This podcast is about our journey to accomplish this goal. Listen to our researches their stories and the stories of the fallen they have found and shared.
Episodes
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Listen to the concluding episode with Ronna Simmons
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Author and researcher Rona Simmons shares with us her journey to write a story for a fallen hero from every state. She also shares some insight into her new book. Check out her book newest book "A Gathering of Men" at https://ronasimmons.com
If you interested in finding fallen heroes from WWII please visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Researcher Kirstin Howard shares what it is like to research fallen sailors and then visit their memorials in Hawaii.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Researcher and writer Lea Schneider shares stories with us of two WWII woman who gave their lives in the service both died on the home front from accident both had different outcomes.
Read Naomi Bennetts Story here:
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657099571/naomi-ann-bennett/stories
Read Marjorie Laverne Davis story here:
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/653610319/marjorie-laverne-davis/stories
Volunteer at www.storiesbehindthestars.org
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Certified Genealogist Betty Patterson gives some great advice on how to do research on WWII fallen and shares some of the stories of the men she is finding.
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
This part two of our interview with Navy Veteran and researcher Kevin McIntire. See the fully stories of fallen:
Paxton Turner Carter's story
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/636574228/carter-paxton-pc/stories
Roger L. Alaux's story
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657097039/lcdr-roger-l-alaux/stories
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Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Researcher Jodi Block shares with us the story of
Ruth Gardiner
Gerald George Lehman
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/529999159/gerald-george-lehman/stories
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Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Researcher and veteran Bob Joyce recounts his time in the service and the stories of the fallen he is finding in his volunteer time.
Read the full story of ENS Manuel Gonzalez here:
https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ROHSBV&type=Person&ID=242978
Read the full story of Pvt Joseph Bush here:
Learn more about this project visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Researcher Dennis Dupras Tells us about his service and the amazing research he is doing
read William E Adair profile here
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/90038513/william-e-adair/gallery
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Volunteer Veteran researcher Kevin McIntire tells us stories from D-Day. Thank you so much for all of our volunteers.
If you are interested in helping with this project visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org