WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » veteran http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Local New Bedford Veterans Agent Reflects On 10th Anniversary Of Iraq War http://wbsm.com/local-veterans-agent-reflects-on-10th-anniversary-of-iraq-war/ http://wbsm.com/local-veterans-agent-reflects-on-10th-anniversary-of-iraq-war/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:53:01 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=63531 This week marks the 10th Anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq.  The conflict claimed the lives of more than 4,000 U.S  troops. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/local-veterans-agent-reflects-on-10th-anniversary-of-iraq-war/feed/ 0 Getty images World War II Veteran Shares Heart Wrenching Stories With Phil Paleologos on Anniversary of Pearl Harbor [AUDIO] http://wbsm.com/world-war-ii-veteran-shares-heart-wrenching-stories-with-phil-paleologos-on-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor-audio/ http://wbsm.com/world-war-ii-veteran-shares-heart-wrenching-stories-with-phil-paleologos-on-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor-audio/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:14:05 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=39039 December 7th, 1941 will be a day that we always remember. It was the day that many Americans were struck down by a horrible attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/world-war-ii-veteran-shares-heart-wrenching-stories-with-phil-paleologos-on-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor-audio/feed/ 0 TSM WWII Hero, Felix Witkowicz of Fairhaven Passes Away http://wbsm.com/wwii-hero-felix-witkowicz-of-fairhaven-passes-away/ http://wbsm.com/wwii-hero-felix-witkowicz-of-fairhaven-passes-away/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:33:51 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=28929 A lifetime Fairhaven resident and World War Two veteran has died. 94-year-old Felix Witkowicz passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, surrounded by family members.

Witkowicz served in the Army during WWII, and disarmed mines and removed obstacles on D-Day in Normandy, ensuring safer passage for American tanks and troops

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]]> http://wbsm.com/wwii-hero-felix-witkowicz-of-fairhaven-passes-away/feed/ 0 Courtesy of Ragazzo Family Somerset WW II Vet Receives Medals http://wbsm.com/somerset-ww-ii-vet-receives-medals/ http://wbsm.com/somerset-ww-ii-vet-receives-medals/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:30:42 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=11798 A World War II Navy veteran from Southeastern Massachusetts has received replacement medals for the ones stolen from his car more than six decades ago.

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