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Traffic Island with Linda Roy Podcast

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.

03/10/2019

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.

31 min
23/05/2019

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
20/11/2018

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
08/11/2018

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
07/11/2018

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
29/03/2018

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.

6 min
10/11/2017

TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 3 - Pvt Annibal Aguiar

Annibal Aguiar enlisted in the Army Sept. 21, 1943. He left behind his wife and two young daughters, ages 2 and 6-months, to join the WWII fighting efforts in France.

6 min
26/09/2017

TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 2 - Fireman 1st Class George E. Patistaes

George E. Patistaes was a 17-year-old fresh faced kid when he joined the Navy in 1943.

7 min
25/08/2017

TRAFFIC ISLAND: Episode 1 - Pvt Charles H. Tatro

Charles H. Tatro was just a kid when he joined the Army in 1943.

6 min

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.

Creator

Gannett
Years Active

2017 - 2019
Episodes

9
Rating

Clean
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Traffic Island with Linda Roy