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After Action
Preview: Gold Star Service
When a family loses a military member during service, they become known as a Gold Star Family. Host Stacy Pearsall’s family did in 1944, 1945, and again in 1969. Pearsall, retired Air Force Staff Sergeant, sits down with Shanon Duffy, Nathaniel Lee, and Joe LaPointe, three veterans who were compelled to serve after they became Gold Star survivors.
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Host Stacy Pearsall sits down with three veterans who used to transform new recruits.

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Host Stacy Pearsall sits down with three veterans who’ve all had brushes with death.