Stories of World War Two Fallen Heroes and the Researchers Who Find Their Stories.

P.O.W. left for war the day his daughter was born and never saw her but....

Researcher Jay Jones tells us stories from Iron County Utah Fallen.

Read Dewey Topham story here:

https://www.fold3.com/page/91164519/dewey-a-topham/stories

 

Read Milo Mortensen story here:

https://www.fold3.com/page/638677840/milo-c-mortensen

 

Read Frank Hunter story here:

https://www.fold3.com/page/638677727/frank-h-hunter

 

Read Austin Halterman story here:

https://www.fold3.com/page/529958538/austin-l-halterman

 

Read Elmo Platt story here:

https://www.fold3.com/page/653611105/elmo-w-platt

“HOW HEROIC IT WAS JUST TO SHOW UP”- 22 YEAR OLD STUDENT TELLING STORIES OF 22 YEAR OLD WWII FALLEN

Part three interview with researcher Jonathon Floyd

Story of Alfred Andersen Leader of Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment on D-Day

https://www.fold3.com/page/653614893/alfred-s-andersen

Story of Howard J Thayne lost when plane went down in Italy

https://www.fold3.com/page/91307410/howard-j-thayne

Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and lost over the mountains of Colorado

Part two with researcher Jonathon Floyd

Story of Mont Fermore Stephensen

https://www.fold3.com/page/653606178-mont-fermore-stephensen

Story of Joseph J Beeson

https://www.fold3.com/page/638677552/joseph-j-beeson

Missing in the Himalayas

Brigham Young University senior Jonathon Floyd has contributed 30 stories of the the World War II fallen, including C-46 pilot and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient 2nd Lt. Ray C. Taylor, still missing in the Himalayas, and Seaman 2/c Abe Griffin killed when the USS Savannah was hit by an early version of a cruise missile.

Stories from the Untold Side of WWII

Interview with author and researcher Rona Simmons. She has written a book about WWII veterans who do not always get the attention they deserve and now she is writing the stories of the fallen.

Get Rona's Book here

https://ronasimmons.com

See Rona's Fold3 profiles here

https://www.fold3.com/profile/rona_simmons093

The WWII Ship Still In Operation

Jon Strupp, the author of King of the Oilers: The Story of the U.S.S. Chiwawa A0-68, shares his experience of writing this book and more than 20 stories of the WWII fallen, including Franics Clouse who served on Chiwawa before transferring to the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (see https://www.fold3.com/page/529992519/francis-c-clouse/stories).

 

His book can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/King-Oilers-Story-U-S-S-Chiwawa/dp/1592981917

The accompanying Facebook page is at: https://www.facebook.com/USS-Chiwawa-AO-68-253970604735926/ 

The College Chemistry Teacher Who Became a D-Day Hero

Retired nurse Susan Gould from Tennessee has contributed nearly 400 stories of the WWII fallen, including more than 100 who died on D-Day.

 

These are some of the stories she has written

 

Thomas Moundres, the only child of immigrants and a college chemistry professor, was a D-Day casualty. https://www.fold3.com/page/529916445/thomas-p-moundres/stories

 

William Moreland died on D-Day along with his brother and two other men from his small town of 81 people. https://www.fold3.com/page/529914590/william-w-moreland/stories

 

John Clifton was one of 19 men from the small town of Bedford, Virginia who were killed on D-Day. https://www.fold3.com/page/638659346/john-d-clifton/stories

 

Edmund Dabney survived the Bataan Death March and more than two years as a POW before being killed when the ship he was being transported on was sunk by an American submarine unaware that prisoners were on the ship. https://www.fold3.com/page/529947206/edmund-r-dabney-jr/stories

What They Did For Us Was Amazing

Molly Brown from Utah has written more than 75 stories of the US WWII fallen.

 

Some of those she mentioned in the interview are:

 

D-Day paratrooper John Houk - https://www.fold3.com/page/638748078/john-j-houk

 

Omaha Beach Lt Leroy Jacobson - https://www.fold3.com/page/84621483/leroy-e-jacobson/stories

A more complete story of Lt Jacobson that was written for the National History Day Silent Heroes project can be found here: https://nhdsilentheroes.org/leroy-edgar-jacobson

 

Himalaya's MIA Boyd Riding - https://www.fold3.com/page/529972304/boyd-e-riding

Guadalcanal Fallen's Dog Tags Found After 74 Years Part 3 of interview with Donna Esposito

Read the Dale Ross story: https://www.fold3.com/page/90924612/dale-w-ross/stories

 

 

The Story Behind One of the Most Famous WWII Photos Part 2 of interview with Donna Esposito

Read the story of the wounded soldier in the photo, Roy Humphries: https://www.fold3.com/page/84192918/roy-w-humphrey/stories