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The information on this page has been furnished or verified by the contact shown below. If anyone else can supply additional information or corrections, please send e-mail to the Webmaster, or postal mail to Bruce Elliott, P.O. Box 498, Henniker NH 03242. Thank you very much.
Shoulder patches: The men of the 93rd wore the shoulder patch shown above. The Patch Page displays all the patches we have been able to obtain of this and other chemical mortar battalions.
Nickname: none
Association: no formal association
Membership: in contact with 118 veterans of the unit, as of 8-16-99
Reunions:
Contact: Joseph P. Towell
Newsletter: 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion News
Web site: none other than this page
Activated 24 Mar 1944 as 93rd Chemical Bn Motorized at Camp Rucker, AL
Redesignated 17 Nov 1944 as 93rd Chemical Mortar Bn
Inactivated 20 Oct 1945 at Fort Bragg, NC
Overseas: Arrived BPE 18 Jan 1945, departed aboard Santa Maria, arrived France-ETO 29 Jan 1945, departed France-ETO 25 Jun 1945 aboard Bienville, arrived BPE 4 Jul 1945.
Campaigns: Central Europe
Number of men killed in action: 2
Number of days in combat: 22
Number of rounds fired: 1148 (579 HE, 570 WP)
History of 93rd Cml Mortar Bn, by Joseph P. Towell