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SDIT Impact Report
Sons and Daughters In Touch are proud to share this Impact Report capturing both recent and historic accomplishments of the organization. Since its inception in 1989, SDIT has pursued its mission: "...to locate, unite and support the children of American servicemen...
Father’s Day: Gold Star ‘Sons and Daughters’ Wash ‘The Wall’
Watch Fathers Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on PBS. See more from National Memorial Day Concert.
Vietnam 2003: Why the historic SDIT to Vietnam still matters today and in the future…
Ten years ago – March 17, 2003 – more than 50 American Gold Star “sons and daughters” who lost their fathers in the Vietnam War stood in the Singapore International Airport, watching on television as President Bush warned Saddam Hussein that...
A Son’s Reflection at ‘The Wall’
Father's Day 2010: Former US Army Chief of Staff and Gold Star son, Gen. George W. Casey delivers the keynote address. Gen. Casey's father, Maj. Gen. George W. Casey Sr., was killed in Vietnam on July 7, 1970. By General George W. Casey, Jr. The first time...
‘…when I first understood the meaning of love’ – a tribute to my mother.
By Cammie Geoghegan Olson, 2011 Long forgotten and recently found pictures of my parents- on their wedding day, honeymoon and early years of my childhood- combined with an interview I heard of a Navy Seal widow being asked “What will you tell your children...
An Open Letter to the Children Who Lost Parents on 9/11
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Sons and Daughters In Touch looks back on its 'Open Letter' to the children who lost parents on that day. Based on the life experiences of Sons and Daughters In Touch ...
50 Years After the Start of the Vietnam War, US Presses to Recover Remains
By WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes Published: May 19, 2012 _______________________________________ U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Zachary Eldred screens soil removed from a stream bed while conducting recovery operations in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam...