The Comfort Quilt tells the story of the deployment of the USNS Comfort to
the Persian Gulf to treat casualties of war as Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003.
It commemorates lives forever changed and a community of care and
hope.
Lieutenant Paula Godes stands on the deck of the USNS Comfort with the completed Comfort
Quilt.
(right)
"It is a scrapbook in fabric. Each piece that is sewn with another piece
symbolizes how everyone came together to accomplish our
mission."
- Journalist 3rd Class
Erica Mater, Public Affairs
