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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. VanAntwerp speaks during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
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Gold Star mothers and widows hold and present a lei during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star mothers and widows hold and present a lei during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star mothers and widows hold and present a lei during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star mothers and widows hold and present a lei during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star families present the boots of their fallen loved ones at the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star mothers and family members hold and present their fallen loved ones’ boots to the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
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Kumiko Brown, right, cries with daughter Ayaka, 14, at the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia as she remembers her husband, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ryan Brown, during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Hisayo Tellez, left, and daughter Sophie, 9, present the boots of husband/father U.S. Air Force Maj. Mario Tellez at the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star families present the boots of their fallen loved ones at the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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Gold Star mothers and widows hold and present a lei during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony.
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People pause to honor fallen loved ones at the foot of the statue of Lady Columbia during the 2023 Gold Star Mothers and Families ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, in Honolulu.