HONOR REVERED, LOVED ONES REMEMBERED
Colors change. Fear, longing and brave facades are shared by family e th r e d n u e k li a s d n ie fr d n a blue star banner. e th n o k c o n k d te c e p x e n u n A door, blue turns to gold. Tragedy, pain and loss overwhelm. e ic rv se f o r a st e lu -b e u tr e Th r becomes a polished gold sta of sacrifice. 60 AHERO MAGAZINE
FALL 2019
Woody is pictured here, executing a salute.
“It is very emotional, and a little bit amazing to them that they have something that represents the sacrifice of families, which has never existed in our country before.” Hershel Williams, MOH recipient
and founder of the Hershel “Woody”
Williams Medal of Honor Foundatio
n, describing the reactions of Gold Star
Families to the placement of monume
nts
in their honor at Veterans memoria
parks across the nation.
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