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Warmington: This 101-year-old veteran enjoys every day, but never forgets those who fell.

Time has passed, but the reality of war still stands for this Toronto veteran who remembers it like it was yesterday. There are no days. With that said, he returned from the war and built an incredible life for himself and his family. was also famous as a crossing guard. Born in Toronto, the son of Italian immigrants, Tony went to war as a proud Canadian patriot. “I had no experience, but it was a war,” Tony told an Argyle historian, having enlisted in Hamilton in 1940 with Canadian Dufferin and Haldimand rifles. , because I thought it was my duty to do so.I was proud to be a soldier in the Canadian Army.””He’s eating cherry pie right now,” she said with a laugh. He’s healthy and happy.” “If something needs to be done, just do it” is Tony’s motto.