Corsi, Albert Joseph

Date of birth:: May 12th, 1911
Date of death:: May 5th, 1955
Nationality:: American

Biography

Albert J. Corsi was born May 12th, 1911 and attended Morton High School and Earlham College.
In 1941 he commenced working as Manager in the Employment Office in Morton Center and enlisted in the US Navy in September 1942. He saw action during the invasion of North-Africa, Bizerte, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy. During the landing operations in Normandy, he was in command of a landing craft that was hit during an aerial bombardment on June 10th, 1944 and subsequently sank. Albert Corsi was seriously injured in the process and remained in various hospitals for 14 months. He was honorably discharged, holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
July 1949, he started his Corsi Printing Company. Albert J. Corsi died from a heart attack on May 5th, 1955.

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Navy Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: U.S.S. (LCI(L)-219), U.S. Navy
Awarded on:: June 27th, 1946

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Landing Craft-Infantry TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN (LCI-219), during operations against the enemy off the coast of Normandy, France, on 11 June 1944. When his ship was riddled by explosions of an aerial bomb, Lieutenant Commander Corsi rallied the wounded members of his crew and despite severe wounds from shrapnel splinters in his head, neck and leg, attempted to beach his ship with the assistance of a Submarine Chaser. Fighting fires throughout his vessel and aiding in the removal of the wounded until it was apparent that the LCI was about to capsize and sink, he ordered his men to abandon ship and, after all personnel had been evacuated, left the sinking ship and shortly thereafter collapsed from his serious wounds. Lieutenant Commander Corsi's courage, leadership and gallant devotion to duty upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

At the time of the action he held the rank of Lieutenant.
General Orders: Authority: Board of Awards: Serial 1779 (June 27, 1946).