Originating during World War I, the Service Flag is a blue star on a white field with a red border. Families would display the Service Flag in their front window to show that an immediate family member was serving in the military. If that loved one died, the blue star was replaced by a gold star, allowing others to see the sacrifice that family made in protecting our country.
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Born in Elmer, Minnesota Flying Officer Langmack earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1927. He chose to fight in WWII prior to when the United States entered the war, so he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. While serving with the Detachment Suffield Alta he died when the Westland Lysander MK III Aircraft #417 he was co-piloting crashed in Medicine Hat, Canada. He was survived by his mother and brother.
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