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Chapter XII, Chemicals in Combat 1 (1) Ltr, ACCWS for Field Opns to CCmlO ETOUSA, 16 Nov 43. (2) Ltr, Rowan to Hist Off, 3 Dec 51 . CWS 314.7. 2 Ltr, CCmlO NATO to ACCWS for Field Opns, 2 Dec 43. 3 See above, ch. XI. 4 (1) CM-IN 7606, 12 Dec 43. (2) CM-OUT 7110 16 Dec 43. 5 (1) Memo, MacArthur, CmlO FUSAG, for Brig Gen James E. Wharton, ACofS G-1 FUSAG, 25 Mar 44. (2) CM-OUT 1365 3 Feb 44. 6 The only other mortar battalions activated overseas were the 99th and 100th, converted from antiaircraft artillery units in Italy, and the 98th converted from a tank destroyer battalion on New Guinea. 7 Unless otherwise noted, the unit material in this chapter has been taken from the histories, journals, and after action reports of the several mortar battalions. 8 87th Cml Bn Journal, 6 Jun 44. 9 87th Cml Bn Opns Rpt, 6-15 Jul 44. 10 87th Cml Bn Journal, From D Day to D plus 20. 11 Memo, MacArthur for ACofS G-3 Hq l2th Army Group, 28 Jul 44, p. 2. CWS 314.7 Unit Files. CMLHO. 12 86th Cml Bn AAR, 1 Jul-31 Jul 44, pp. 5-6. 13 Craven and Cate, eds., Europe: ARGUMENT to V-E Day, pp. 231-34. 14 Rpt, St. John for CCWS, 28 Jun 44. 15 (1) Ibid. (2) Ltr, Rowan to Waitt, 24 Feb 45, no sub. CWS 314.7 Personal Ltr files, ETO. (3) Rowan Interv, 26 Sep 58. 16 Memo, Batte to Porter, 26 Jun 44. CWS 314.7 Personal Ltr files, ETO. 17 See Brophy and Fisher, Organizing for War, ch. XV. 18 Colonel Batte had some first lieutenants who actually broke down and cried at the prospect of being sent into battle. Ltr, Batte to CMLHO, 28 Jul 60. 19 Memo, Rowan, no addressee, 26 Aug 44, sub: Notes on Trip to Far Shore, in Ltr, Rowan to Waitt, 2 Sep 44. 20 Ltr, CO 86th Cml Bn to CCWS, 18 Jul 44, sub: Employ of Cml Combat Bn. 21 (1) Ltr, Maj Otis P. Gray to CCmlO ETOUSA, 15 Jan 45, sub: Rpt on Cml Training Bn, Incl to History of Plans and Tng Div Cml Sec ETOUSA, 6 Jun 44-9 May 45. Admin File 545B. Hq ETO, WW II Div NA. (2) Memo, St. John for Comdt Cml Warfare School, 21 Sep 44. (3) Ltr, Rowan to Waitt, 22 Dec 44, no sub. CWS 314.7 Personal Ltr files, ETOUSA. 22 Ltr, CmlO 12th Army Group to CCWS, 11 Dec 44, no sub. 23 92d Cml Bn AAR, Dec 44. 24 (1) CM-IN 22090, 22 Feb 45. (2) Ltr, Rowan to Waitt, 24 Feb 45, no sub. CWS 314.7 Personal Ltr files, ETO. 25 (1) Brig. Gen. Hugh W. Rowan, "Mortars in Normandy," Chemical Warfare Bulletin (January-February, 1945). (2) 92d Bn History. 26 (1) Rowan, "Mortars in Normandy," Chemical Warfare Bulletin (January-February, 1945). (2) Memo, CCmlO 12th Army Group for G-3 12th Army Group, 28 Jul 44. CWS 314.7 (3) Rowan Interv, 26 Sep 58. 27 (1) CWS TofO Ltr No. 18, 14 Sep 44, p. 3. (2) This view was substantiated by a postwar study in chemical mortar battalions by the General Board, U.S. Forces European Theater.
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