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Preview: Gold Star Service

Season 2 Episode 4 | 30s

When a family loses a military member during service, they become known as a Gold Star Family. Host Stacy Pearsall’s family did in 1944, 1945, and again in 1969. Pearsall, retired Air Force Staff Sergeant, sits down with Shanon Duffy, Nathaniel Lee, and Joe LaPointe, three veterans who were compelled to serve after they became Gold Star survivors.

Support for this program was provided in part by Kloo and David Vipperman, Barbara Kucharczyk and Robert M. Rainey.
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