Dalessondro Boulevard - Albany, New York - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

This plaque can be found on Peter Dalessondro Boulevard near the Albany International Airport, Albany, New York. This boulevard is the road that connects Albany Shaker Road (highway 155) with the Albany Airport's passenger terminal.

The text on plaque reads as follow:

DALESSONDRO BOULEVARD

IN DECEMBER 1944, NEAR KALTERHERBERG, GERMANY
TECHNICAL SERGEANT PETER J DALESSONDRO OF THE 9TH
INFANTERY DIVISION, AT THE GREAT PERSONAL RISK, INTREPIDLY
FOUGHT AGAINST OVERHELMING ENEMY ATTACK TO SAVE
HIS COMPANY FROM DEFEAT. HIS SINGLEHANDED EFFORTS
EARNED HIM THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND EMPRISONED FOR SIX
MONTHS, SGT. DALESSONDRO RETURNED TO THE CAPITAL
DISTRICT AS HERO AND CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY
AND COMMUNITY AS A SIX TERM MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
STATE SENATE.

HIGHWAY DEDICATED BY
THE RESIDENTS OF ALBANY COUNTY
COLUMBUS DAY, 1987

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Group that erected the marker: the residents of Albany County URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Peter Dalessondro Boulevard Albany, New York USA

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