Canton hero turns 100
By Canton Citizen
Selectman Tom Theodore congratulates Tony Pavidis. (Cynthia Rosina photo)
The American Legion’s Edward J. Beatty Post 24 held a birthday celebration last Friday for its oldest living member, Tony Pavidis, who turned 100 years old on August 30. Pavidis, who was born in the same year that the Legion was established, graduated from Canton High School in 1937 and went on to serve as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Assigned to a P-61 black widow night fighter, Pavidis made several nighttime missions during the famous Battle of the Bulge in 1944, dropping medical supplies and munitions to the Americans trapped behind enemy lines. This year’s grand marshal for the annual Memorial Day parade, Pavidis, as noted by fellow Legion member Joe DeFelice, is a “true hero among us.”
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Posted by Canton Citizen
on Sep 6 2019. Filed under Photo Gallery.
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