Antiliar wrote:There are a few very rare exceptions where people have been made as captains or even a boss. Generally, however, one starts out as a soldier.
Could you name some examples?
Wasn't George Freselone made underboss after his ceremony? Obviously showed the state of the family at the time. And then there was Ralph Natale who was made and then named boss.
Oh sure Uncle Ralph. Hoe could I forget..
in a way - gotti could count?? he was a "acting capo " before being made.
as well as a few other Philly examples I think are out there
