LTC Joseph D. Eisenbrown
Organization(s): 213th Coast Artillery Corps
Battles & Campaigns: WWI, Tunisia and Naples-Foggia
Decorations & Citations:
History: A veteran of both WWI and WWII, LTC Joseph D. Eisenbrown shared insights on the differences between wars and the war landscape in North Africa and Italy in a 1943 Reading Eagle Newspaper article (please see link below).
Links:
Reading Eagle Newspaper (10.13.1943)
213th Coast Artillery (Wikipedia)
WWII Items: Below are photos of the two helmets worn by LTC Eisenbrown during WWII. The first is an early M1 helmet with a Hawley fiber liner. The helmet possesses a major insignia painted with a desert khaki paint and an early camouflage net. The second helmet, a mid war M1 used during stateside service, contains a Lieutenant Colonel insignia as well as Eisenbrown's name stenciled on the front of the liner.
Battles & Campaigns: WWI, Tunisia and Naples-Foggia
Decorations & Citations:
History: A veteran of both WWI and WWII, LTC Joseph D. Eisenbrown shared insights on the differences between wars and the war landscape in North Africa and Italy in a 1943 Reading Eagle Newspaper article (please see link below).
Links:
Reading Eagle Newspaper (10.13.1943)
213th Coast Artillery (Wikipedia)
WWII Items: Below are photos of the two helmets worn by LTC Eisenbrown during WWII. The first is an early M1 helmet with a Hawley fiber liner. The helmet possesses a major insignia painted with a desert khaki paint and an early camouflage net. The second helmet, a mid war M1 used during stateside service, contains a Lieutenant Colonel insignia as well as Eisenbrown's name stenciled on the front of the liner.
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