"They Didn't Die in Vain" - Gold Star Families to Iraq Half a world away, a contingent of brave young men and women are risking their lives to preserve America’s freedom, liberty and safety. They are the men and women of the United States military and in their service to Operation Iraqi Freedom they regularly come under attack from terrorist combatants who are intent upon undermining America’s fight against terrorism. Some times the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces sacrifice their lives in this mission, and the mothers and fathers they leave behind here in the U.S....