Anthony was born on April 30, 1916, and died on March 15, 1967. According to the July 6, 1944, Renovo Record (an 8 AAF Fighter Station, England) 1st Sgt. Anthony T. Sackarnoski, 27 of 21 Drury’s Run was a member in Col. Don Blakeslee’s P-51 Mustang Fighter Group which flew from dawn until midnight over France the day of the invasion, assuming the invasion of Normandy. This group made dive bombing attacks on German Troop Trains, destroying more enemy aircraft than any other in England. Their score included 339 destroyed aloft and 186 on the ground. He was among the members of the 8th Airborne Division who were congratulated by Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle. The 8th Airborne piloted the first American bombers to attack Germany and dropped an average, one ton of bombs every minute during a twelve-month period.

A November 3, 1944, issue of The Renovo Record read that Anthony T. Sackarnoski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sackarnoski was a member of the oldest fighter group in the VIII Fighter Command. Sgt. Sackarnoski was a 1st Sergeant of the Squadron. They flew Spitfires, Thunderbolts, and Mustangs. The 28-year-old had served in England beginning in January 1943. He was part of the 4th Fighter Group based in Deloden, England.

On April 15, 1945, he was transferred to the 864th Air Engineering Squadron, 438th Service Group.

Anthony received the Good Conduct Medal, European African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.