In 1943 he served under Gen. William "Wild Bill" Donovan with the Office of Strategic ServicesOSS--in the Mediterranean Theater. He was later awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Regular Veterans Association "for distinguished achievement and meritorious service." Upon his return from Europe in 1945 he became Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. In 1946 Mr. ANFJSO was appointed by Pope Pius XII as Knight Commander of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre for his "humanitarian work on behalf of youth." Two years later. during the crucial elections in Italy in 1948. he drafted and mailed over 250.000 letters to the Italian people urging them to vote against the Communist candidates and to help keep Italy a free nation.
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