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What started as a haunting question by Navy Admiral Carlisle Trost’s wife in the 1970s, turned into an idea that would eventually serve over a half-million families, and endures as lasting legacy to care and support of the nation’s uniformed service members.

In 2018, when Chris Siegfried met his Army buddy’s wife at a Memorial Day bar-b-que, little did he know she would one day save his life.
