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Everyone at gate C10 in a Nashville airport stood up and sang the national anthem as more than 100 children of fallen troops boarded a plane for Disney World. Keep Reading on abc13.com

The Gary Sinise Foundation took control of theSnowball Express–an annual event where thousands of children of service members who are killed in combat are given an all expenses paid vacation to Disney World.

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Over 1000 Gold Star Children travel with surviving parent or guardian, 1,722 in all, via @americanair to Disney World today as part of our @garysinisefoundation Snowball Express program. This charter left Los Angeles this morning and I got to take this photo with them before they left. I’ll join up in a few days. Have fun kids! We love you!

A post shared by Gary Sinise (@garysiniseofficial) on Dec 8, 2018 at 1:35pm PST