Here's why the DA is changing that Taking flight Solving cold cases: A thousand Bristol County rape kits were never tested. I had parked too close to the armory and got a brick through it. 'I lost the back window of my car one time. Well, when we came home, we were told don't wear them to work have a change of clothes and put them on while you're there because there was no respect - we were baby killers and all that stuff,' he said. 'We'd normally wear our uniforms to go to work. 'For those who have to fight for it - life has a flavor the protected will never know.'' Robert Beaudoin of New Bedford scribbled his unit's slogan on a napkin and presented it to the group. Instead, in a country torn by war, the directions read: 'Our sponsoring unit is located between gates 2 and 3 on the road that is bordered by the barbed wire fence,' the article reads. 'There are no traffic lights to turn at or street sights to guide the participants. The article says the day was 'unusual in many aspects, but perhaps the most unusual were the directions.' More veteran news: New display at American Legion honors Middleborough's Walter Campbell Jr. 'We had quite a lot of people turn out - about 50 people or so, which was a lot,' he said. Lavimoniere, who was a major at the time, recalls the occasion as 'quite an event.' 'They came from all over South Vietnam and the reunion was reminiscent of a typical New England cookout with barbecue, sandwiches and cold beverages available,' the article reads. 4, 1969, under the headline '211th Artillery Members Hold Viet Reunion,' the event took place on Aug. According to a news clipping from The Standard-Times, dated Thursday, Sept. The event was intended as a gathering for any members of National Guard battalions local to the Greater New Bedford area. While in Vietnam, Lavimoniere recalls reaching out to The Standard-Times for help getting word out to other local soldiers stationed there at the time about a get-together he and others had planned.

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