Monty Mann, left; Scott Mann, center, and Holly Higgins, right, confer before a workshop aimed at helping family members tell the stories of veterans who have died in action or by suicide, at the Cyrus Hotel in downtown Topeka, Kan., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Scott is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Green Beret; his wife, Monty, is co-founder of their storytelling group, and they are from Tampa, Fla. Higgins, from the Madison, Wis., area, is the lead story coach for the introductory workshop and the mother of a son killed in action in 2010. (AP Photo/John Hanna)