Jacket, Herringbone Twill, US Army, CC2-Impregnated, Pfc. Louis Seifert, Co. K, 116th Inf. Regt., 29th Infantry Division, ETO

Genuine WWII US Army 'Special' HBT overshirt, featuring an inner flap behind the front buttons and two buttons under the collar intended for attaching the antigas woolen hood.

This type, which features two buttoned-flap breast cargo pockets, was worn both as a combat jacket and as a utility jacket in the ETO, particularly in Normandy. 

Size 38R.

Complete and in good, worn condition; CC2-impregnated.

Name Seifert Louis and ASN 42006991 have been written in the collar.

Louis Fontanella was born on June 16, 1918 in Haledon, New Jersey. Following his parents' divorce and his mother's second marriage in 1923, he decided, in 1940, to change his birth name in favor of his stepfather's name, thus joining the US Army on July 30, 1943 as Louis Seifert. He deployed to Europe in 1944 and went on to serve with Company K, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He was involved in the Battle of Normandy. He was discharged on January 9, 1946, and passed away on March 1st, 2014.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=42006991&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=8231402

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