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Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott and former South Vietnamese army colonel Nguyem Kim Ban, who spent more than 17 years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, place the annual yellow American Gold Star Mothers wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sept. 28 on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday of September. Wolcott is the organization's president. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott and former South Vietnamese army colonel Nguyem Kim Ban, who spent more than 17 years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, place the annual yellow American Gold Star Mothers wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sept. 28 on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday of September. Wolcott is the organization's president. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott and former South Vietnamese army colonel Nguyem Kim Ban, who spent more than 17 years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, place the annual yellow American Gold Star Mothers wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sept. 28 on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday of September. Wolcott is the organization's president. Photo by Rudi Williams.

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