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# Gold Star Service
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/after-action/episode/gold-star-service-m4w0my/
- Published: 2024-04-27T15:45:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-01T10:31:37.000Z
- Description: Host Stacy Pearsall sits down with three veterans who are Gold Star survivors.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: After Action, Season 2, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_e8fa3f0f-f6c7-4c59-8df3-a00328663c83, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_1df01610-129e-4b84-8475-4a86593b01ae, #v1.16

When a family loses a military member during service, they become known as a Gold Star Family. Host Stacy Pearsall’s family did in 1944, 1945, and again in 1969\. Pearsall, retired Air Force Staff Sergeant, sits down with Shanon Duffy, Nathaniel Lee, and Joe LaPointe, three veterans who were compelled to serve after they became Gold Star survivors.