Harold Pizzapone

## Harold "Boss" Pizzapone

One of the rare moments when Harold is found wearing a suit instead of his great war uniform

## Early Life

Harold Pizzapone was born in Chicago 1894 to a middle class family. Harold's childhood was troubled, his father was a drunk and mother didn't do much for him. Adding to that he had a deadly fascination with explosives. He excelled in chemistry and physics soon becoming an explosives expert. So when the USA joined the great war, Harold jumped at the chance.

## The Great War

Harold volunteered in April of 1917 and was quickly shipped to Europe. Although he hadn't enlisted out a sense of patrotic duty or search of adventure like most had... no Harold enlisted to blow shit up and that was exactly what he was going to do. Harold was considered a manic by his squad and a great soldier by the brass. He made several important contributions to the war effort by blowing up forts, bridges, supply depots and other strategic facilities. He quickly made his way to Sergeant. Things turned south for him as a few officers of his battalion began sympathizing with the enemy, and had grown quite sick of the brutal way he killed Germans. They sent his squad on a mission to blow up a small outpost which unknown to Harold contained barrels upon barrels of oil. Underestimating the blast of the explosion they stood to close and boom, two of his men died and Harold and Lt. Liam were badly burned. Harold was dishonorably discharged and sent back to Chicago.

## Mafia Life

Harold spent the last few years of the 1910s trying to scrape by. He and his old school buddy Lucky had started doing petty thefts and struggled for quite awhile. One night they attempted to rob Underboss Frank Pizzanitti and were caught by him. Frank seeing talent in Lucky and Harold recruited them into the CPM (Chicago Pizza Mafia). Harold soon became their explosives expert. Frank seeing opportunity to take out the current Boss with explosives he sent Harold to blow him up. Succeeding in blowing up the Boss, Harold was awarded the title and soon began running the CPM.

Harold didn't do too much for the Mafia but he did have a goal for it. He one day saw a Michigan license plate and read its tag line "Pure Michigan". Due to Harold's diluted mind he took this as a sign that he must create a 'pure Michigan' by erasing all foreigners from the land. Using his mafia resources he planned and executed several heists and reconnected with his former CO Liam O'Pizza inorder to buy artillery cannons. He robbed a Detroit bank, raided a Military fort and killed Arthur McPizza, found Pizza Steve, and guarded a train. All this just to purchase some artillery that the other Mafia members didn't even know the purpose for. After finally getting his armaments, he began setting up the artillery to fire on Detroit but some detectives showed up. Harold had quickly rigged the cannons to explode and ordered Lucky Pizziano to detonate the cannons when he gave the signal. As the detectives drew closer to arrest Harold he had Lucky press the button killing him and the detectives.

His last words were "Ehh Lucky.... My son..... Tel-Tell Frank that.... Tell Frank..... I did his mom and if FDR wins the next election to forward all that money that he owes me to Liam"

HAROLD PIZZAPONE

Died: Summer of 1923

Left behind all of his assets to Liam O'Pizza