Original U.S. WWI Army Air Service Balloon Corps Painted Soldier’s Trunk - Private First Class Joseph C. Lohman, Waynesboro, PA Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia More on the M56 Helmet

More on the M56 Helmet

It was during this campaign that the Brigade proved that they truly were the "Iron Brigade of the East" During Chancellorsville the regiment saw a quick but highly deadly action alongside the Sixth Wisconsin in the Battle of Fitzhugh's Crossing

with the Maker's name inside under the liner leather sweatband :-

There is even part of the original detonator still installed

with two holes

Original U.S. WWI Army Air Service Balloon Corps Painted Soldier’s Trunk - Private First Class Joseph C. Lohman, Waynesboro, PA Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia More on the M56 HelmetOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U. S. War Department during World War I by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, Signal Corps as the