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Greg Thompson, left, father of U.S. Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson, kisses the hand of a "Gold Star" mother, a mother who has lost a child in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11, at the presentation of the Lost Heroes Art Quilt at the Indiana Capitol building in Indianapolis, Oct. 25, 2010. Cpl. Thompson was killed in action in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2004.

REMEMBERING THEIR CHILDREN

Greg Thompson, left, father of U.S. Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson, kisses the hand of a "Gold Star" mother, a mother who has lost a child in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11, at the presentation of the Lost Heroes Art Quilt at the Indiana Capitol building in Indianapolis, Oct. 25, 2010. Cpl. Thompson was killed in action in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2004.

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