PFC VINCE J. FIORINO
BRONZE STAR MEDAL OLC |
[Fort Lauderdale News, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Friday, 6/11/1965. Page 6] |
DEED FINALLY CATCHES UP
Sometimes it takes time
for our past deeds --- good or bad --- to catch up
with us.
Such was the case with Vince Fiorino, former
publicity director for the Hollywood [FL] Chamber of
Commerce and widely known public relations man in
southeast Florida.
He got a medal lat week, an oak leaf cluster for his bronze star
--- from World War II when he was in the 508th
Parachute Infantry. Regiment in Germany.
The citation, signed May 13, 1965 gave no reason for the
20-year delay. It merely stated that the
cluster was awarded "for meritorious achievement in
ground operations against the enemy during the
Rhineland Campaign."
Surely it couldn't have taken the federal government that log to
find Fiorino --- if a publicity man can't make
himself and his whereabouts known, he's in the wrong
business.
"Oh, yes, the note from Vince disclosed that he now is regional
sales manager for WEAT-TV, Channel 12 in West Palm
Beach.
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