Losing a child to War & Closure through Operation Gold Star

September 10, 2008

Losing a child to War & Closure through Operation Gold Star

Meredith isn’t the only one to travel great lengths to cope with the loss of a child. Operation Gold Star strives to send Gold Star Mothers (those who have lost a child to war) to Vietnam to find closure.

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Under Operation Gold Star, DQS members (The National Dusters, Quads and Searchlights Association (DQS), a non-profit organization comprised of US Army ADA – Air Defense Artillery – Veterans with service in Vietnam) will raise the necessary funds and make the necessary arrangements to allow the Gold Star Mothers, that wish to travel to Vietnam, to fulfill their dreams and desires. DQS members (at their own expense) will escort these Gold Star Mothers to Vietnam and to the Area of Operations in which their sons served and where their sons died. Gold Star Mothers have told us how they have longed to travel to Vietnam to see and experience the land that their sons knew and to visit the areas where their sons walked their last steps and took their last breath. They yearn for the peace of mind and closure that has eluded them all these many years.

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