9 episodes

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.

Traffic Island with Linda Roy Gannett

    • Government

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.

    SouthCoast End Zone: Looking ahead to some big Week 5 matchups

    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. 

    • 30 min
    TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 8 - Radioman 1st Class Raymond Demers

    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.

    • 6 min
    TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 7 - Pvt Edward J. Almeida

    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.

    • 6 min
    TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 6 - Father John B. DeValles

    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. 

    • 4 min
    TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 5 - Lt. Frank L. Baylies

    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.

    • 4 min
    TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 4 - Sgt. Leo O. Forcier

    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.

    • 5 min

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