Lt. Colonel Jacob Brem served as Executive Officer in command of the U.S. Army 182d General Hospital, arriving in England in April 1944.
Chrome plated Zippo with a U.S. Army Medical Corps insignia on one side, a Lieutenant Colonel rank insignia on the other side and various engravings on both sides: «Taunton 1944», the owner's monogram «JB» and his service number «O-285742».