NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The city of New Bedford held a ceremony rededicating Saulnier Square on Sunday afternoon.
The rededication was done in honor of Roland Saulnier, a World War II veteran and New Bedford native who died during his service in the Pacific.
“Roland Saulnier’s legacy is that of undaunted courage under unimaginably dire circumstances,” Mayor Jon Mitchell said. “He fought with distinction in the defense of the Philippines after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and endured the horrors of the Bataan Death March, two years of captivity, and the depravity of a Japanese ‘hell ship.’”…