Using ChatGPT (AI) to Write a WWII Soldier’s Story

Genealogists love to research. It’s the thrill of the hunt and the rush of new discoveries. It’s meeting new ancestors and learning their stories. Many of us eventually want to share what we find with others and in trying to do so can get overwhelmed with putting all that wonderful research into words. Even for those of us who love to write, just getting started can often be a hurdle we need to overcome. To help me with this, I have started using AI to get the party going so to speak. While I occasionally leverage AI when I get…

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Using ChatGPT to Write Stories

Over the last year, I have been volunteering with Stories Behind the Stars (SBTS) to write stories of those from the U.S. who lost their lives in World War II serving in the military. So far, I have completed 43 stories – all but one about men who were from the area around my hometown. With over 22,000 fallen members just from Illinois that leaves a lot of stories left to write. Fortunately there are many others working on this effort, and for fallen members from some states like Utah or who fought in specific battles, all stories have been…

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