Of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II, only 45,418 were still alive at the end of 2025. * That is less than ½ of 1%.Stories Behind the Stars' volunteers are writing memorial stories to honor those who did not return home alive. . . the compatriots who fought alongside our remaining veterans. Hundreds of more writers are needed to complete a story for each of our 421,000 fallen US service members.Your donation today will help us recruit and train more volunteer writers!Stories Behind the Stars is a 501(c)(3) non-profit all-volunteer team of writers and researchers from all 50 states and several countries worldwide. Your donations pay for on-line tools for training our volunteers and for researching and publishing their stories of our fallen.Help us complete our mission before the last WWII veteran is no longer with us.You can read examples of these memorial stories at our website, Stories Behind the Stars. Thank you for your donation!Linda SimpsonNational Director*The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

I am pleased to announce that Stories Behind the Stars is now a US 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization! Your donations are now eligible as a charitable tax deduction. Stories Behind the Stars is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization with annual operating costs usually less than $10,000. These costs consist of research tool access, training of volunteers, outreach campaigns, and education programs. Your donations help preserve the stories of American service members who died in World War II. Each contribution supports careful research, writing, and verification so their names are accompanied by a narrative, not just a date and place.Thank you for your past and future support!Linda SimpsonNational Director