World War II Honoree

Louis Arsena

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Biagio & Joseph Arsena

Relationship

Sons

CORPORAL, U.S. ARMY, COMBINED ARMS CENTER, BATTERY E, 192ND COAST ARTILLERY BATTALION. SERIAL NUMBER: 32 188 858. ENTERED THE SERVICE AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. INDUCTED ON JANUARY 7, 1942. DISCHARGED JANUARY 16, 1946 AT INDIANTOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVE, PENNSYLVANIA. WAS A LIGHT ARTILLERY MECHANIC. BATTERY A, 8TH TRAINING BATTALION, FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA; BATTERY E AND F, 7TH COAST ARTILLERY, FORT TOTTEN, NEW YORK. IN DECEMBER 1941, FORT TOTTEN WAS MADE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT COMMAND OF THE EASTERN DEFENSE COMMAND, RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING AND ASSIGNING ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNITS FOR THE ENTIRE EAST COAST. IN 1944, THE FORT BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC REGION OF THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND, HANDLING TROOP MOVEMENTS BY AIR THROUGH LAGUARDIA FIELD. BATTERY B AND I, 245TH COAST ARTILLERY, FORT TILDEN, NEW YORK. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.