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It may be his initials, although it is hard to discern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/21ab0a09-8f24-46aa-bad5-c9eff6afe231/IMG_3392.jpg Stephen O'Rourke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/50fa5480-6f5f-4293-9a94-3ec86ab5efc3/IMG_3393.jpg Stephen O'Rourke A diamond shape scratched on the front, possibly a nod to the 26th Infantry Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/ebc267f4-c788-4f66-b9ad-b775a2572968/IMG_3390.jpg Stephen O'Rourke Faintly visible even in proper lighting, Stephen O'Rourke wrote his name on the sweatband. In this photo, it looks more like a few faint lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/505f9f72-fc65-4633-8a9d-dc9b5e5e7ed8/orourke.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/914d9836-f6d9-43f8-8592-8aa54aabae5c/IMG_3388.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/bb1dd18e-85de-4cf8-9096-aee26ce4ef95/information+grid+for+pages.png https://www.averagejoemueseum.com/edward-thoden daily 0.75 2026-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/9714976b-2240-4649-bbb7-9c50e077383d/IMG_3574.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden This shade of olive drab paint is very often associated with helmets from the 104th Infantry Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/686bd80d-7c96-4d2c-83e6-e1417f18129d/IMG_3365.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden Notice the stitching work on the chinstraps are not factory applied. Given that this helmet is an earlier war model, they were probably applied at a repair depot and re-issued to Edward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/2f7a313b-9642-482d-a13f-6b4723cc1a25/IMG_3570.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden The simplified Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) of the 414th Infantry Regiment, often paired with a Timberwolf stencil or paper decal on the right side of the helmet. The Timberwolf insignia is absent on Edward's helmet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/5c9de393-f1a8-4ec2-838e-f4d2606cdd74/IMG_3366.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/51a8129b-8ec6-4720-99f9-4a3531f2f71a/IMG_3571.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/ebe1ca4d-51ac-4971-adf2-66e10fc96695/IMG_3367.jpg PARENT PAGE Edward Thoden Faintly visible, "THODEN" is written in pen on the liner's sweatband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/45746a7b-b09c-4c78-8c6b-ba30950a8777/IMG_3568.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/fae32695-1421-4d63-accb-2487bc8b57d3/thoden.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/7cbae98a-e17e-4c4f-922a-46d578e91e0d/thoden.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/979c61d0-e8fd-4ccc-8cee-121a9cb7914d/Ed.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/b4c2b3dc-7009-4151-8bc4-2f73cef9181a/thoden.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/76e65ed8-05e6-4bce-a51b-206bbfc3910e/rose+helmet.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/e923d27b-cc28-4078-82d5-0be7ddaa5358/Rose.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/0d81e025-aa21-47df-9022-77011bae3399/IMG_2004.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/ab6b6de6-eb6b-4968-b308-dd802342aa51/Screenshot+2026-09-10+113803.png https://www.averagejoemueseum.com/siegfried-hamisch-1 daily 0.75 2026-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/cbfccc0d-6248-4d36-b010-108afdc434dd/IMG_3591.jpg Siegfried Hamisch Some kit of Lieutenant Hamisch. The M1911, M3 Knife, and ration box were added for display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/ed5211ba-3782-4ffa-8958-9264cc7d3c76/IMG_3490.jpg Siegfried Hamisch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/07176d97-fcd3-4810-8f33-7c1067a92013/IMG_3489.jpg Siegfried Hamisch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/c7a9a43d-f9f6-431f-858c-58a4cb456cbe/IMG_3496.jpg Siegfried Hamisch The "ETO Bar", or a vertical stripe used to identify officers in the field, applied with a strip of medical tape on the rear of Lieutenant Hamisch's helmet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/97280d9a-5216-48c3-9dae-9ef1b1213d98/IMG_3492.jpg Siegfried Hamisch Hamisch's partial laundry number stamped in the liner webbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/15518a0e-3aa2-45b3-8543-a575e0875ee0/IMG_3491.jpg Siegfried Hamisch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/4680573d-6583-4bc6-9914-4bd3d443825f/IMG_3493.jpg Siegfried Hamisch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/88d44722-6ee7-432f-bf4b-2dc44da487b9/IMG_3494.jpg Siegfried Hamisch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/2e69001b-c5c9-494f-9c60-1f0d33ba4fd2/IMG_3488.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/c58ad0d1-512b-4c53-abd3-3e49795881bf/siegfried+hamisch+grid.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/df485b07-b6fc-44df-bfc9-1fd151aa8064/siegfried+hamisch+grid.png https://www.averagejoemueseum.com/charles-schertzer daily 0.75 2026-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/0b7145a0-6cd9-4f87-a674-4ab62d151401/IMG_4367.jpg Charles Schertzer The bright red and yellow 13th Field Artillery Brigade insignia is an iconic design seen in the Italian campaigns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/88926c23-83e6-44ac-828c-bf89231c7bd8/IMG_4361.jpg Charles Schertzer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/4065a1c9-2dc2-4be1-bacd-1dee88830673/IMG_4370.jpg Charles Schertzer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/0e4a7846-5457-4a56-b8da-357446e1c25c/IMG_4362.jpg Charles Schertzer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/c7b3e8bf-9798-4d5d-8f6c-4d21c4c870d9/IMG_4363.jpg Charles Schertzer Wire attached to the rear of the helmet, perhaps to hang it up somewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/791c9eb5-f4ba-4c50-b9e0-09cc00f708a8/IMG_4364.jpg Charles Schertzer Schertzer's laundry number inside an early helmet liner fitted with rayon webbing, often associated with those who enlisted early in the war, or in Tec/5 Schertzer's case, pre-World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/a7a8fd65-bd58-4c05-9e29-98c278b9d66c/IMG_4365.jpg Charles Schertzer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/665ee718-26b9-4c0f-8534-0c5c5b3f42d6/IMG_4368.jpg Charles Schertzer The 13th Field Artillery Brigade fell under the US Army's II Corps command, and as such, 13th FAB Helmets were painted with II Corps Insignia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/8718e90c-f6f6-4621-9b11-15ba2975fec9/IMG_4369.jpg Charles Schertzer Remnants of 13th FAB insignia on the liner, perhaps removed when Tec/5 Schertzer left the unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/c588fd37-96f5-4921-94d8-498e5170f080/IMG_4366.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/82d3c37f-e8ae-43ef-a7c7-3274b36096d8/schertzer.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6aa1823f8caf540e9c282f7b/28f4b128-094c-41fc-89bb-1ad1707eae5f/schertzer.png