Alesse, Joseph, T/5

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Technician Fifth Grade

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last Primary MOS
521-Basic Soldier

Last MOS Group
Infantry (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1945-1946, 99th Infantry Division

Service Years
1939 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1919

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Home Town Malverne N.Y.	Last Address Valley Stream Long Island

Date of Passing Jun 30, 1998
Location of Interment Pinelawn National Cemetery - Long Island, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

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	2000, WWII Memorial National Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
Joseph Alesse resting place Pinelawn National Cementy
Farmingdale Long Island
Joseph is on the right side of picture

Joseph Alesse was my brother inlaw

Served in Btry. B 69 AAA Gun Bn. Camp Haan Calif. 1944

Other Comments:
Served at the battle Of the Buldge in Europe.With the 1st Army Division. And the 99th Div.

Joseph W. Alesse, Jr.

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

HOMETOWN
Brooklyn, NY

HONORED BY
Ann Ruvolo, Sister

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
SERVED AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WITH THE 1ST ARMY DIVISION AND THE 99th ARMY DIVISION. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL (WITH TWO BATTLES STARS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL, FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE, NEW YORK STATE CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL. SERVED FROM 1939 TO 1946.

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Current Photo	The Bronze Star Meda...	Joseph Alesse	ww2 Memorial
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WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of the Bulge
From Month/Year December / 1944	To Month/Year January / 1945
Description The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive with the primary goal to recapture the important harbour of Antwerp. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred the highest casualties for any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's war-making resources. The battle was known by different names. The Germans referred to it as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), while the French named it the Bataille des Ardennes ("Battle of the Ardennes"). The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase "Battle of the Bulge" was coined by contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps and became the best known name for the battle. The German offensive was supported by several subordinate operations known as Unternehmen Bodenplatte, Greif, and Währung. As well as stopping Allied transport over the channel to the harbor of Antwerp, Germany also hoped these operations would split the British and American Allied line in half, and then proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers' favor. Once that was accomplished, Hitler could fully concentrate on the eastern theatre of war. The offensive was planned by the German forces with the utmost secrecy, minimizing radio traffic and moving troops and equipment under cover of darkness. Despite their efforts to keep it secret, the Third U.S. Army's intelligence staff predicted a major German offensive, and Ultra indicated that a "substantial and offensive" operation was expected or "in the wind", although a precise date or point of attack could not be given. Aircraft movement from the Russian Front and transport of forces by rail, both to the Ardennes, was noticed but not acted upon, according to a report later written by Peter Calvocoressi and F. L. Lucas at the codebreaking centre Bletchley Park. Near-complete surprise was achieved by a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance. The Germans attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions, which grounded the Allies' overwhelmingly superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive around Elsenborn Ridge and in the south around Bastogne blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success; columns that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This and terrain that favored the defenders threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops. Improved weather conditions permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, as survivors retreated to the defenses of the Siegfried Line. About 610,000 American forces were involved in the battle,[2] and 89,000 were casualties, including 19,000 killed. It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II.