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November 29, 2005

Son to receive Purple Heart on father's behalf

CRANSTON - U.S. Sen. Jack Reed this morning will present the Purple Heart Award to Michael Floriani on behalf of his deceased father, Ceasar D. Floriani, a U.S. States Army veteran of the Korean War, who died Feb. 25, 1996.

Floriani is receiving the medal posthumously for wounds he suffered while serving as a corporal in Korea with the 885th Engineer Aviation Field Maintenance Co.

Rhode Island Democrat Reed is a West Point graduate who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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