Anthony V. Grammatico, known as Tony, was a U.S. Army Air Forces technical sergeant stationed in the Philippines in 1944 when a Filipino woman gave him the little monkey four days after D-Day, The ...

Sgt. Anthony V. Grammatico of Ann Arbor looks on while his monkey friend, First Sgt. Pat P. Pat, displays his World War II medals at The Ann Arbor News offices in February 1946.