Anthony Lewis Cassise was born January 19, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan. His father was an auto worker for General Motors and his mother was a housewife. He grew up in Livonia, Michigan and graduated from Clarenceville High School. He met the love of his life at a dance. Her name was Linda, and she was dancing with his brother. When she saw Tony it was love at first site. He asked for her phone number and when she gave it to him, she signed her name as Linda Cassise.  He was just as smitten and would walk to her house to see her.
Tony was a proud man, and like his father he decided to enlist in the United States Army. . . .

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