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 1918 - 2004 (85 years)
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| Name |
William F. Aimone |
| Birth |
6 Nov 1918 |
Patterson, New Jersey  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Aug 2004 |
Alpharetta, Fulton, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I903 |
Georgia Society Member Graves Registry |
| Last Modified |
5 Nov 2006 |
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| Notes |
- William (Bill) F. Aimone was born November 6, 1918 in Patterson, NJ to William and Ruth (Tifton) Aimone. He was raised in Hawthorne, NJ and attended Patterson College before entering the US Army at teh start of WW II.
Bill served two stints in teh US Army: World War II from August 1941 through January 1946, and the Korean War, from July 1951, to October, 1952. During WW II, he was a Captain and the Commanding Officer of the 81st Division Counter Intelligence Corp (CIC). Under his command were a 12-man team of Special Agents and a 12-man Nisei (Japanese-American) interrogation team that won honors in the South Pacific and Japan. In 1945 he participated in the invasion of Palau Islands. As part of the Counter Intelligence group, he holds the distinction of being the first American officer to set foot on mainland Japan at the conclusion of WW II. After Japan surrendered, he headed the 48th Area Detention in Aomori Prefecture, Northern Honshu. Part of this story is detailed in "Spy Catchers of the US Army in the War with Japan." He was called back to the Korean War as an instructor in basic intelligence know-how for entering troops.
After the Korean War, Bill had a distinguished career in the insurance industry. He graduated from the Executive Program at the University of North Carolina. He gained his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) and went on to become Vice President and President of several insurance firms. He established First Atlantic Insurance agency as owner and President. Upon retirement he resided in Alpharetta, Georgia. He passed away August 29, 2004.
Bill is a direct descendant of John Antonides who served in the Continental Army and fought in the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 (New Jersey). John Antonides was a signer of the "Articles of Revalidation" which was a protest against Tory "depredations" in Monmouth County, N.J. The Antonides home was burned down by the British on the date of the battle.
Bill is survived by his wife Sabena (Skala) Aimone, two children, Bill, Jr., and Patricia Pietrowski, six grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Bill's proudest initials were CIC, CPCU and SAR.
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