Vietnam Remembered
 
 

 

A Mother's Pain
Lorene Traphagan (Austin)
7-21-1925 ~ 7/1/2003
Reunited with her son Stephen
photo from newspaper interview 

"The Last time I ever saw him he was standing alone at Travis Air Force Base,
I looked back and ran back and hugged him.
They brought him home in a sealed casket and I couldn't even see him."
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Stephen and his Mother


Purple Heart with telegram confirming his death.
Western Union telegram


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News interview with Mom

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