His family and friends called him Sundie.
The story behind the nickname:
Your Great Grandma Sapienza would call for Grandpap to come home. With her Italian accent Grandpaps friends thought she was calling him Sundie or Sunday...the name stuck (as most nicknames do)
Standing: Great Uncle Louis, Great Grandpap Sebastian, Great Uncle Thomas Sitting: Great Uncle Joseph (Duffy), Grandpap Sapienza (Santo), Great Grandma Sapienza and baby Great Uncle Frank
1921 , Pittsburgh, Pa.
A picture of him in the field band. (WWII) 1944
1943
World War II Photo 1943
1944
50th Anniversary Party of Sebastian and Rosa Corso Sapienza
Pittsburgh, PA
Great Uncle Lee, Grandpap Sapienza, Great Uncle Julie
abt 2004 , Taken at Aunt Connie (Sapienza) Eddy's House
Great Uncle Julie, Grandpap Sapienza, Great Uncle Louis Lee, Great Uncle Frank Sapienza Sitting
Jun 1996 Sapienza Family Reunion
Grandpap William S. Sapienza - cousin Maddalena Concetta Sapienza - Uncle Mickey Sapienza
Grandpap William Santo Sapienza, Great Uncle Julius Sapienza, Great Uncle Louis Lee Sapienza 2004
House on Hamiiton Ave. Homewood PA were the Sapienza brothers grew up - Thomas, Louis Lee, William Santo, Joseph Delphino, Frank L. and Julius
My Brother by Frank L. Sapienza
First to enter the sevice was my brother Sundie. He was a member of the 107th Field Artillery Band, and before the Pearl Harbor attack, the 107th was activated and sent to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, they beame part of the United States Army.
Sundie transferred to the U. S. Air Force, and was sent to Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. After a course in mechanic school, he was sent to the Boeing B17 Mechanic School, he became a Crew Chief of a B17 Bomber Squadron, and was shipped to North Africa, and later to Italy where his planes participated in strategic bombing raids in World War II. He served five years overseas.
After he was discharged, he excelled as a printing pressman at Carnegie Institute Press, and later in the book Binding Department. He married Catherine Smith on Saturday, June 7, 1947 at Saint James church, Wilkinsburgh, Pa., and they raised six children William, who passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 1988 and Concetta, Michael, Raymond, Carol and Catherine. His wife Catherine passed away, on Sunday, September 15th, 1976.
