BLACKBEARD’S RIDE: Motorcycle Run In Memory Of Local Hero Will Benefit Wounded Soldiers
WickedLocal-Plymouth, 6 Jul 2011
When Green Beret units go into the field, members of the Special Forces teams create call signs to protect their identities.
SSG Matthew Pucino, a West Plymouth native, was known as Blackbeard, in part, for the bandanas he wore to keep sweat from his eyes.
“He could also grow a beard in about three hours,” his sister, Lisa Haglof of Sagamore, said with a laugh.
Friends and family will remember the fallen hero this weekend with
Blackbeard’s Ride, a 30-mile motorcycle run from Buzzards Bay to West Plymouth that will benefit wounded soldiers.
The ride starts at Buzzards Bay Park on Main Street in Buzzards Bay at 11 a.m. this Saturday (July 9) and ends at noon with a barbecue at the Plymouth VFW on Seven Hill Road in West Plymouth.
Pucino, who grew up on Dartmouth Road in West Plymouth, died Nov. 23, 2009, while on patrol in Afghanistan.
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