EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The city of East Providence honored a late World War II veteran with a street dedication ceremony on Saturday.
Avelino “Chappy” Rose was a Purple Heart recipient and a pilar in the East Providence’s Cape Verdean community, officials said.
East Providence officials said Rose enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18 years old in 1942, and served as a corporal in the 1883rd Aviation Engineer Battalion…