Today, April 5, is designated as a day to honor those loved ones left behind by our brave military heroes killed in combat.
Freedom isn’t free, and hundreds of thousands of Americans over the years have paid the ultimate price to ensure that a new generation could live in freedom. And for every fallen soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine, there are spouses and parents and siblings and children and friends whose lives will never be the same. Gold Star Spouses’ Day highlights and honors their sacrifices.
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I would particularly like to pay tribute to Peggy Webb, the widow of my great-uncle Bruce Webb, a Marine killed in combat during the Vietnam War, leaving her to raise their three children alone. Her pain was
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