Tee-nine-see

[Wilson Gray]

That was his Mafia handle. My own favorite Mafiooso has always been
Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio. To earn the soubriquet "tough" in an
organization in which toughness is presupposed, well, you gotta
respect that. ;-)

-Wilson

On 4/14/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> Wilson Gray:
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> I thought he went by "Willie the Shake" . . .
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