The Stories

Every story here is true, and every one was nearly lost — until a family wrote it down and sent it to us. Some become films on our channel. All of them remain here.

Five dark figures in the rain on a French road, ink-wash illustration

The First Story · Film in production

New York Yankees

One rainy night in France, 1944, two American linesmen met five unknown soldiers on a dark road. The password was "New York." The answer never came.

PFC James W. Sears · 773rd Field Artillery Battalion

Your family's story belongs here.
A story your veteran told. A letter in a shoebox. A voice on an old recording. Share it, and it remains.

The next story is yours to save.

Fewer than 31,000 American WWII veterans remain. Every story sent to us is read by a real person — and preserved here, where it can't be lost again.

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