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Article: AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU: SILVER STAR FAMILIES GROUP UNDERTAKES HOLIDAY PROJECT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 30, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service Silver Star Families of America, a group dedicated to supporting wounded servicemembers and their families, is thinking outside the box this Christmas. A member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program highlighting ways Americans and the corporate sector support the nation's servicemembers, the group has undertaken a program to send holiday cheer to military and veterans hospitals.
"We concentrate on sending Silver Star banners to the wounded," Steve Newton, the organization's founder, said. "But the members wanted to do ...