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Some of the desired information for this battalion is missing and we're attempting to obtain it through the contact listed below. If you can help supply any information, please let us know.Send e-mail to the Webmaster, or postal mail to Rodney Young, 251 Pine Mdw, Spring Branch, TX 78070. Thank you very much.
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Last Known Contact: Pete Whitley
Activated: 7 Dec 1944 at Camp Shelby, MS, from 560th AAA Bn
Training: 2 Dec 1944 - 1 Jun 1945 Cp. Shelby, MS
Inactivated: 18 Apr 1946 in Hawaii
Overseas: Arrived SPE 20 Jun 1945, Hawaii 26 Jun 1945
Campaigns: none - "...72d Chemical Mortar Battalions which did not reach Hawaii until mid-1945, too late to see action before the war ended." Kleber, Brooks E., and Dale Birdsell. “The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat.”The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat, Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 2003, p. 516.>
Number of men killed in action: none
Number of days in combat: none
Number of rounds fired: none