Stories of World War Two Fallen Heroes and the Researchers Who Find Their Stories.
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
This episode is part II of interview with researcher and author Mark Hutson. Listen to the radio recording of the Borgstrom family. Hear the rest of the story of the boys.
You can find Mark's book by visiting. https://serviceflagtradition.com/shop/ols/products
You can also see his amazing project there.
Check out www.storiesbehindthestars.org to volunteer.
Author Mark Hutson shares with us the story of the Borgstrom Brother in his new Book "So Costly A Sacrifice"
My beloved boys were gone and I would never hold their innocent children in my arms. -Gunda Borgstrom
Get the book here and supper this effort to preserve American Service flags.
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Coby Crump was one of our database managers for our Pearl Harbor Project. She shares with us her journey to doing this work.
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Part 2 on interview with Jackie Menasco.
Thank you to all of our volunteers.
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Interview with database manager for the Pearl Harbor fallen Jackie Menasco. Such an honor to her hear experience visiting the USS Arizona Memorial
Read more of David Lowrey story here:
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/529963184/david-c-lowrey-jr/stories
This is part two of my interview with researcher John Mier.
Read more here
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/639638146/george-d-gingras/stories
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Learn more about the 325 here
In this episode we hear some amazing stories from the 325th Fighter Group from Veteran John Mier. This is part one of the interview subscribe to hear part two.
Read the stories of these fallen here.
George D Gingras: PERSON, pictures and information - Fold3.com
Roman Mierzejewski: PERSON, pictures and information - Fold3.com Bart J Judge: PERSON, pictures and information - Fold3.comIn this episode we hear from Founder and Director Don Milne on how the Arlington project is running. Thank you so much for all of our volunteers and supporters.
to volunteer visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org
Thank you to Lea Schneider for her help with this project and to see Harriet Gowen's profile check out:
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657791696/harriet-elizabeth-gowen-the-american-red-cross/stories
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Listen to the concluding episode with Ronna Simmons
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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
Researcher Kirstin Howard shares what it is like to research fallen sailors and then visit their memorials in Hawaii.
Links for full stories of those fallen profiled in the podcast. USS Arizona Fallen: James Joseph Murphy https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=441799 Charles William White https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile...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.storiesbehindthest...
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.
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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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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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 ...
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
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
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