Ads
related to: gold star family criteria for diabetes 3 and 8
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A Gold Star Lapel Button (left) and Next of Kin Lapel Button. A Gold Star Lapel Button in the United States is an official decoration authorized by an Act of Congress that is issued to the direct next of kin family members of service members who died in World War I, World War II, and subsequent armed hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States has been engaged.
On May 28, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson approved a suggestion made by the Council of National Defense that, instead of wearing conventional mourning for relatives who have died in the service of their country, American women should wear a black band on the left arm with a gilt star on the band for each member of the family who has given his life for the nation.
According to Colonel Leonard R. Crews, "commanding officer of the Sixth Army escort detachment at Ogden," the Borgstrom family was the "only four-star Gold Star family on record in World War II" [5] (the Sullivan brothers—all of whom were killed in the same incident in World War II—were a five-star Gold Star family).
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
A service flag or service banner is a banner that family members of those serving in the United States Armed Forces can display. The flag or banner is officially defined as a white field with a red border, with a blue star for each family member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities.
Asked about the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Gold Star families' attacks on Harris, Khan said he respected the families but believed Trump was using their grief for his political benefit.