Stories Behind the Stars

the name stories behind the stars derives from the practice of the us military giving the families of each of the fallen a banner with a gold star on it. this motif is part of the centerpiece of the national world war ii memorial’s price of freedom wall. it has 4,048 gold stars, each one representing 100 fallen. our goal is to tell the stories of all of these fallen. 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. an android prototype has been tested and it works. it will forever change the experience of visiting these hallowed sites.