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Gold Star Wives of America with Doug Jones at the United States Capitol in 2019.. The Gold Star Wives of America (Gold Star Spouses) (GSW) is a private nonprofit organization formed before the end of World War II that provides support for surviving spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to military service Armed Forces of the United States.
As the widow of US Submariner, Officer Brian Bugge, Ashley Bugge has also been an active advocate for military families, particularly addressing the challenges faced by Gold Star families. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Gehrig flew alone to Rochester from Chicago, where the Yankees were playing at the time, and arrived at the Mayo Clinic on June 13, 1939. After six days of extensive testing at the clinic, doctors confirmed the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on June 19, 1939, which was Gehrig's 36th birthday. [ 64 ]
To my knowledge, I was the only Gold Star widow to ever make such a trip, and it made US officials nervous, to say the least, to see me travel “outside the wire” of the gates of Resolute ...
I worry that the departure of American troops from Afghanistan will also mean the departure of their sacrifices from our collective American memory.
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The Gold Star Mother pilgrimages of the 1930s: overseas grave visitations by mothers and widows of fallen US World War I soldiers (McFarland, 2005). Plant, Rebecca Jo. "The gold star mothers pilgrimages: Patriotic maternalists and their critics in interwar America." (2012): 121–147. online
The White House chief of staff blasted Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson for telling the press details of the president's call with a Gold Star widow.