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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Deployed to Iraq, firefighter laid off from job back home

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.

Video: Iraq Vet Gets Pink Slip

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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