Mr. Fortunato served three terms as mayor for the city of Beverly, Massachusetts from 1978 to 1983. He was also a decorated soldier in World War II. When he died in 1999, friends and family told the story of how he volunteered to walk through a minefield in Sicily to rescue an Italian woman whose husband had been killed. Husband of Gertrude Dwyer. Major serving in the United States Army, World War II. He is the great uncle of Spc. Stephen R. Fortunato who was killed in Qazi Bandeh, Afghanistan while serving in the United States Army in 2008.
Mr. Fortunato served three terms as mayor for the city of Beverly, Massachusetts from 1978 to 1983. He was also a decorated soldier in World War II. When he died in 1999, friends and family told the story of how he volunteered to walk through a minefield in Sicily to rescue an Italian woman whose husband had been killed. Husband of Gertrude Dwyer. Major serving in the United States Army, World War II. He is the great uncle of Spc. Stephen R. Fortunato who was killed in Qazi Bandeh, Afghanistan while serving in the United States Army in 2008.
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