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9 episodes
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Traffic Island with Linda Roy Gannett
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We drive by them every day – memorial signs at various traffic islands, overpasses or bridges, dedicated to the memory of a military hero. Join Linda Roy as she tells the stories behind the names on the signs.
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SouthCoast End Zone: Looking ahead to some big Week 5 matchups
There's a lot of important games on the Week 5 slate and Laurie Los and Brendan Kurie dive into each of them, while also looking back at New Bedford's epic comeback against Bridgewater-Raynham and all the other Week 4 results.
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TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 8 - Radioman 1st Class Raymond Demers
Radioman First Class Raymond Demers was aboard the USS Bennington when the ship suffered one of the worst maritime disasters during WWII.
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TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 7 - Pvt Edward J. Almeida
Pvt. Edward J. Almeida was New Bedford's first Vietnam War casualty. He had only been in the Army for 10 months.
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TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 6 - Father John B. DeValles
Earning the nickname "Angel of the Trenches", Father John B. DeValles was a New Bedford war hero. He would go out into the battlefields during WWI to help retrieve a wounded soldier or keep watch over the ones who lay dying.
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TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 5 - Lt. Frank L. Baylies
Lt. Frank L. Baylies was a highly-respected WWI Flying Ace who hailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He flew a number of combat missions and shot down 12 enemy German warplanes. But there would be one mission where he wouldn't return.
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TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 4 - Sgt. Leo O. Forcier
Leo Forcier was 28 years old when he joined the Army in 1944. He would only serve one year.