Heroism Award: In 1964, Mayor John F. Shelly posed with Officer Tony Piazza and his wife, Virginia, after award- ing the officer with a heroism award following the capture and arrest of four armed bank robbers. Also in the photo is Firefighter Paul Gasper, who received his award for pulling persons from a burning building.” Officer Tony Piazza circa 1964. he contacted Malaria, which brought about recurrent bouts of the disease long after the war. In January 1945, Tony married Vir- ginia Scardamaglia. In 1950, he joined the SFPD and his first assignment was to the Traffic Division on fixed post in downtown San Francisco. Eventu- ally, he was assigned to the 3-Wheel Piazza Personal Archive photo: An autographed photo signed by actor Steve McQueen. In the photo is Officer Tony Piazza, left, with Steve McQueen, center.
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