 At the age of 6 he moved to Tuscany where he remained until coming to the United States after World War II in 1947.Although he was born and raised in Italy he was a naturalized citizen of the US because his father, Michele, had immigrated to the United States in 1908.Michele ran a successful business in Bangor, Maine and received his U.S. citizenship and then returned to Italy to marry Vittoria and raise his three children, Antonio, Francesco and Vincenzo.