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Old 06-11-2008, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapscallion View Post
The assumption that these flags represented recent war causalities was likely erroneous. Such folded flags are often given to relatives at the funeral of a past serviceman. A folded flag was given to my mother when my father, an ex-soldier, died in his sixties.
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Except Tenzo noted that the folded flags replaced two service stars, which typically indicate a family member (or members) in active service:




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