A woman on a mission: Defense cuts cost Laura Herzog her job, but her work with grieving military families was too important to stop. She launched the nonprofit group Honoring Our Fallen to aid families of deceased service members
Photo: Mary Hargrove, left, gets support from Laura Herzog as she joins relatives and Marine war buddies watching the release of balloons inscribed in memory of her son, Lance Cpl. Justin Swanson, 21, of Anaheim, during a second anniversary memorial at Westminster Memorial Park. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times