About Me
Hi, my Name is Michael Corleone and I am the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone. I was Born in 1920, in Little Italy, New York. I initially wanted nothing to do with the Corleone "family business," I enlisted in World War II and returned as a decorated war hero, I was awarded the Silver Star for my courage and valor. Upon my discharge at the rank of Captain from the Marines, i enrolled at Dartmouth College, but, when my father was nearly assassinated in 1946, i volunteered to murder the men responsible (against the wishes of my brother Sonny.) After shooting and killing Virgil "the Turk" Sollozzo and McCluskey, a police captain, i fled to Sicily and stayed in hiding for two years. While in Sicily, i was hit by the "thunderbolt" and married a young woman named Apollonia, although she was beautiful, I couldnt stop thinking of who I left back at home. Unfortunately Apollonia was killed by a car bomb intended for me.My trusted bodyguard, Fabrizio planted the bomb trying to assasinate me.In 1948, while in Sicily, i learned that my brother Sonny had been killed and i returned to New York and reluctantly took over my family's criminal enterprises. I married my longtime girlfriend, Kay Adams, in 1950. After my father's death in 1955, I arranged the murders of the leaders of the New York Mafia's other ruling families: Don Barzini, Philip Tattaglia, Leo Cuneo, and Victor Stracci. I also ordered a hit on prominent Las Vegas casino owner Moe Greene, and Carlo Rizzi, my brother-in-law, for setting up the murder of my brother Sonny.Over the next decade I tried to remove all criminal ties to my family and left the day-to-day operations of the business in New York to my good friend Peter Clemenza. My efforts at legitamizing the Family were largely unsuccessful, however, my enemies kept me from acheiving my goals for my family. One night I waqs almost assasinated in my own home. I was determined to find out who tried to kill me that night. As time revealed to me, I found out that the perpetrator was a man named Hyman Roth.This did not surprise me, although I knew it was him that set it up, I tried to find out more, I wanted to know how he got information to kill me. Then, one night as I went to a club with my brother Fredo, as well as other associates I realized something. My brother had told me earlier that he had never met a man named Johnny Ola. Then, that night, my ignorant brother started to talk about this Johnny Ola guy, like he knew him very well, then it hit me in that moment, like a lighting bolt, the traitor was in front of my eyes the entire time. It was my own family, my own blood. My own brother Fredo was the traitor. He broke my heart when I found out.I had him killed later on that year. Later on I also had Hyman Roth killed at an airport in Israel. Having my brother killed haunted me for the rest of my life, alienated me from my son Anthony, and worsened my estrangement from Kay, whom I banned from the Corleone family for aborting MY unborn son. I have tried to be a good person, but bad things keep happening to me, what could I do? I betrayed my wife. I betrayed myself. I killed men and I ordered men to be killed. Ah, it's useless... I killed -- I ordered the death of my brother. He injured me. I killed my mother's son. I killed my father's son....
