Jacket, Ike, T/4 Andrew Korsky, Jr., Co. A, 56th Arm. Eng. Bn., 11th Armored Division, ETO

Great genuine WWII US Army regulation 'Ike Jacket' of the type introduced in April 1944.

Label is dated June 9, 1944; size 40R.

The present uniform, which is in excellent overall condition, retains all original buttons and insignia: 'U.S.' and Corps of Engineers collar discs, 11th Armored Division (right) and 90th Infantry Division (left) shoulder sleeve insignias, Technician 4th Grade rank stripes, ribbon bars (Bronze Star, American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three Stars, and WWII Victory Medal), 'Ruptured Duck', two Overseas Service Bars and one Service Stripe.

Name Korsky and laundry number K-7884 have been written in the collar.

Andrew John Korsky, Jr. was born on July 18, 1920 in Rockford, Illinois and joined the US Army on October 31, 1942 (ASN 36617884). He went on to serve with Company A, 56th Armored Engineer Battalion, 11th Armored Division, and deployed to Europe, participating in the capture of the Austrian city of Linz in May 1945. He was discharged on December 29 of that year as a Technician 4th Grade, and passed away on November 1st, 1997.

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