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WORLD WAR TWO IS
HONORED - NEARLY
SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS AFTER
HIS DEATH.
CORPORAL FRANK
ALDRICH WAS KILLED IN
ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF
THE BULGE IN BELGIUM IN
1944.
THE CENTRAL FALLS
NATIVE WAS ONLY
TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD.
TODAY CONGRESSMAN
JIM LANGEVIN PRESENTED
ALDRICH'S SON - ALSO AN
ARMY VETERAN - WITH HIS
FATHER'S PURPLE HEART.
"Very emotional...
"It doesn't get any easier.
Especially
when I go to a game, and they
play
the national anthem, he comes to
me
in my mind, my memory and I
picture
his face in front of me."
"I lost my dad several years ago
and
it leaves a big void in your
life, but I
can't imagine what it was like
for Mr.
Aldrich at five years old losing
his
dad, not having him around,
having
to grow up without his dad."
(MM)
ALDRICH WAS GIVEN A
TOTAL OF SIX AWARDS
TODAY THAT ALSO
INCLUDED THE VICTORY
MEDAL...
A CAMPAIGN MEDAL...
AND A WORLD WAR TWO
HONORABLE SERVICE
LAPEL BUTTON.