World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frank Sero Corsini
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Pamela & David Corsini
Relationship
Daughter & Son
STAFF SERGEANT; SERVED WITH 2ND 'INDIANHEAD' INFANTRY DIVISION, 9TH 'THE MANCHU'S' INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BATTALION (MECHANIZED) FROM JULY 19, 1941 TO JANUARY 29, 1946. OVERSEAS FROM OCTOBER 8, 1943 TO APRIL 14, 1945, AS A COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF. TRAINED AT CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN DURING 1942. SAILED ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP SUSAN B. ANTHONY ARRIVING AT BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND ON OCTOBER 19, 1943. ARRIVED AT NORMANDY BEHIND ENEMY LINES PRIOR TO D-DAY. THE 9TH INFANTRY REGIMENT HIT OMAHA BEACH JUNE 7, 1944 (D-DAY +1); IMMEDIATELY MOVED FORWARD TO CAPTURE RUBERCY, FRANCE. WITHIN 3 DAYS HAD INTERRUPTED THE MAIN RAIL LINE BETWEEN CHERBOURG AND PARIS. DROVE THROUGH THE CARISY FOREST; CAPTURED THE TOWN OF ST. GERMAINE D'ELLE; MOVED TO THE BRITTANY PENINSULA ON AUGUST 19, 1944 AND BURST INTO AND ACCEPTED SURRENDER OF THE CITY OF BREST. FOUGHT ACROSS FRANCE; SPEARHEADED THE DRIVE THAT PIERCED THE SIEGFRIED LINE AT WAHLERSHIELD 'HEARTBREAK' CROSSROADS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1944. FOUGHT AT ROCHERATHER BARACKEN IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE FOR 18 HOURS AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS, DESTROYING 17 GERMAN TANKS AND REPULSING A KEY GERMAN THRUST. DROVE ACROSS GERMANY AND CROSSED THE RHINE RIVER ON MARCH 21, 1945. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, TWO BRONZE STAR MEDALS FOR HEROISM, THREE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS FOR ACTIONS AT BREST, THE SIEGFRIED LINE AND IN THE ARDENNES; GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH ARROWHEAD FOR THE D-DAY AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT AND 4 CAMPAIGN STARS FOR NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, THE ARDENNES AND THE RHINELAND; WWII VICTORY MEDAL, BELGIAN FORRAGERE FOR BEING CITED IN THE ORDER OF THE DAY OF THE BELGIAN ARMY FOR THE ARDENNES AND ELSENBORN CREST; THREE OVERSEAS SERVICE STRIPES, ONE SERVICE STRIPE (HASH MARK), AND THE 'RUPTURED DUCK' LAPEL PIN FOR HONORABLE SERVICE. SEPARATED AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.