I never judge. I can only begin to imagine the privations he suffered. First, I doubt emigration to the USA was akin to 2 weeks all inclusive in Barbados. As soon as he possibly could he signed up for the army and fought. I also doubt that a couple of years in the Phllipines was without challenges too! Bilibid prison in Manila doesn't sound like a place where a young man, sentenced to 99 years hard labour would have found peace, love, and understanding. Then being moved to Alcatraz? I've seen the films!
Then after all of that, to (possibly) being released, choosing the UK as your place to settle (most likely kicked straight out of the US) only to find the start of WW2, and lo, and behold, Italians became public enemy number 2. He must have been sitting in those valleys, with his head in his hands? Apparently not, he found a wife, adopted her children, and their children, taught them how to bake, how to grow stuff on an allotment, and taught them Italian prayers (which were sung rather than said, or chanted). An all round amazing man. No, I'm not judging him!