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Man Plants 128 Flags To Honor Charlestown Residents Killed In World War Ii
In total, Bill Durette placed 128 flags at Charlestown City Square Park.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts resident has made it his mission to honor every man and woman from Charlestown who was killed during World War II.
In total, Bill Durette placed 128 flags at Charlestown City Square Park.
On Saturday he walked the streets of Charlestown with flags in his backpack, thinking about the men and women who served in World War II but never got to come back home to their families.
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“So as I walking I could actually point to many of the houses the guys lived at who were killed in the war,” Durette said.
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