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| The WW2 Fallen 100 project has surpassed one million views. |
Today, this project surpassed 1 million views.
Thanks are due to Kevin Snyder and the Facebook group America's Fallen Warriors, the lead channel I use for sharing my stories of the fallen.
Also, thanks are due to Timothy Davis and The Greatest Generation Foundation for providing support to obtain access to documents not freely available on the internet.
It was fun to see my efforts reported by the hometown newspaper of my youth. You can read the story here.
Since I started this project on January 1, 2017, I have profiled 627 men and 2 women. A few are well known, but the vast majority have been lost to history. Many didn't even have a photo readily available. Too many lost their lives to accidents or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. For others, they knowingly took actions that they consciously knew would end their lives.
As a group these fallen only account for six of the 4,048 stars on the National World War II Memorial Freedom Wall. I plan to continue this project through September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2. In that time I will profile another 700 of the fallen. Seems like a lot, but it's still too few. Many worthwhile stories remain to be told.
I invite readers to keep reading these stories of those who paid the ultimate price for us to enjoy living in this great free country of America. Be sure to invite others to read them too. More people could benefit from learning about the WW2 fallen.
Updated 5/17/2018
While all the fallen deserve our remembrance and I am only able to profile a fraction of them, some of the stories really stand out. Here are three profiles from April that, if you missed them, are especially worth reading:
- Arthur Barton Cross, the subject of the excellent book, The Jersey Boys, who spent nearly the three years as a POW in the Philippines.
- Clarence Aaberg, a B-17 pilot who saved his whole crew at the cost of his life. All of them survived the war.
- Two men of healing: Medic George McMullin and my neighbor, 100 year old Dr. Lloyd Hicken, a B-24 pilot.
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| Clockwise from upper left: Arthur Barton Cross, Clarence Aaberg, Lloyd Hicken, George McMullin. |
Also in April, I was able to revisit the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia while the cherry blossoms were in bloom.
Earlier this year I visited the World War 2 Memorial for the first time. It was a very cold day, but worth the visit.
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| There are 4,048 stars on this wall, one for each 100 of the fall. I have profiled 486 of the fallen so far, only four of these stars. |
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
Follow on Twitter @ww2fallen100
Please consider joining the public Facebook group to increase the exposure of this project. Go to: WW2 Fallen 100
Respects and RIP ALL
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