Lights for Peace: Flag honors New Bedford s Edward A Baker, Merchant Marine killed in WWII yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Friday afternoon two local veterans received special recognition and received medals earned during their years of military service that were not officially presented while they were enlisted.
April 20 is the 79th anniversary of the worst US Liberty ship disaster of World War II, the sinking of the SS Paul Hamilton in the Mediterranean Sea by a German torpedo bomber.