Iraq Vet Gets Pink Slip
New Bedford Firefighter Laid Off
POSTED: 12:27 pm EST March 4, 2009
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- The budget battle being waged in cities and towns across Massachusetts reached the front lines last week, when a soldier serving his third tour of duty in Iraq received his pink slip.
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NewsCenter 5’s Kelley Tuthill reported that Leo Pike, who was deployed to Iraq again in September with the Navy Reserves, opened his mail Thursday and learned that he will be losing his job as a New Bedford firefighter.
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