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From foreground left, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Candy Martin, national president of American Gold Star Mothers Inc.; and Jim Knotts, president and CEO of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, place a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2016. American Gold Star Mothers is an organization of mothers who have lost a child in the U.S. military. DoD photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann

Gold Star Wreath

From foreground left, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Candy Martin, national president of American Gold Star Mothers Inc.; and Jim Knotts, president and CEO of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, place a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2016. American Gold Star Mothers is an organization of mothers who have lost a child in the U.S. military. DoD photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann

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