Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Giving You a Handibode

"Weymouth mourns US Marine’s unexpected death" by Rosa Nguyen Globe Correspondent  June 29, 2015

A US Marine from Weymouth who was about to graduate at the top of his class died June 20 at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

The death of 19-year-old Private First Class Peter J. Handibode was not related to training, said First Lieutenant Matthew Rojo, a Marine Corps spokesman. An investigation into the specific circumstances of his death is ongoing, and no additional information is available at this time, Rojo added.

“It’s a tragedy whenever we lose a young service member,” said George Pontes, director of veterans services in Weymouth....

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