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Capt. Edward C. Corsi
CAPTAIN EDWARD C. CORSI (December 29, 1896 - December 13, 1965) was an Italian-American association executive and government official and an original member of the Kosciuszko Squadron (American vol...view moreCAPTAIN EDWARD C. CORSI (December 29, 1896 - December 13, 1965) was an Italian-American association executive and government official and an original member of the Kosciuszko Squadron (American volunteers in the Polish army) during World War I.
Born in Italy in 1896, he moved to New York City with his family in 1906 and attended Clason Point Military Academy and Saint Francis Xavier College.
In the early days of WWI, aged 18, he enlisted in the Norton Harges Ambulance Service, then volunteered his services to France and joined the Foreign Legion and became a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps. He saw active service at the front during the War.
In July 1919 at Paris he offered his services to Poland and became one of the original members of the Kosciuszko Squadron, which was being organized at that time. He served as flight commander of the unit throughout the entire Polish-Bolshevik War, helping in part to repay France for Lafayette and Poland for the service rendered by Kosciuszko and Pulaski in the American War of Independence. He was decorated several times by both the French and Polish Governments for bravery in action.
After the war, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen and received his LL.B. degree from Fordham University in 1922. He then became a well-known writer and speaker about the foreign-born.
During the early years of WWII, he was appointed chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board, Southern District of New York State. He became chairman of the New York State Industrial Board, then Industrial Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor in 1943, serving until 1955.
He died in an automobile accident in 1965 at the age of 68.view less