New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has proposed naming the city’s new pedestrian bridge in honor of U.S. Army Cpl. Andre A. Lopes.

Cpl. Lopes enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18 years old in 1944. Three years later, he returned to New Bedford and worked in construction.

When the Korean War began, he reenlisted and was deployed to the Korean peninsula with the 7th Infantry Division.

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