US Military to Screen All New Recruits for Heart Conditions Under Must-Pass Annual Defense Bill
Artist and founder of Fallen Heroes Project has sketched over 8,000 Fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
US Military to Screen All New Recruits for Heart Conditions Under Must-Pass Annual Defense Bill
The Service Flags
The Service Flag displayed from homes, places of business, churches, schools, etc., to indicate the number of members of the family or organizations who are serving in the Armed Forces or who have died from such service. Service flags have a deep Blue Star for each living member in the service and a Gold Star for each member who has died." Thus, the Gold Star and the term Gold Star Mother, as applied to mothers whose sons or daughters died in World War I, were accepted; they have continued to be used in reference to all American military engagements since that time.