Peter J. Dalessandro

Peter Joseph Dalessandro (May 18, 1918 – October 15, 1997) was United States Army soldier who earned the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — on December 22, 1944, for action occurring in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II.
Medal of Honor citation.
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He was captured during the battle and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war.
After the war.
After returning home a war hero, Dalessandro was elected as a Democrat to the New York State Senate in 1947, representing the 35th district from 1947 to 1954 and the 36th from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. He was a member of the American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Elks.
He died in 1997.
Honors.
A portion of County Route 151 alongside Albany International Airport has been named in his honor in Colonie, New York.