[3] Released from the Coast Guard in 1946 with a rank of SPX1 (Specialist Petty Officer 1st Class), Giordano returned to the Bureau, where he often worked undercover.

[1] Giordano was sworn in as Commissioner by C. Douglas Dillon, the Secretary of the Treasury, on August 17, 1962, thus officially entering into his duties.

In February 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested that the Congress merge the FBN and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (BADC).

[9] The plan took effect in early April, and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was thus formed.

[13] Giordano returned to the pharmaceutical industry; this time working as a consultant in security.