During the month of October, the 73rd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of CPL Dennis O. Marote of New Bedford, who served in the United States Army Air Corps, the U.S. Air Force and the Army National Guard.

Marote was born in Falmouth on March 26, 1929, the son of the late Gabriel Olin Marote and Mary (Perry) Marote. He resided at 23 Potter St. in S. Dartmouth for most of his childhood and moved to 4 Briggs Ct., New Bedford in 1946.

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