This roster was obtained from the after action report about Iwo Jima. This will be updated as time allows. last first rank service no Born State County/state residing at enlistment Officers Busch Edward A. 1LT 01578223/32158197 1915 NJ Middlesex/NJ Etro Francis P. 2LT 01946724/32163196 1917 NY Kings/NY Morgett Charles O. 2LT 1946341 Niemela Axel H. […]

We have received a generous donation from the family of Capt. John E. Mellen, who commanded the 818th and was with them from their training at Camp Gordon Johnston through the end of the war and beyond. Although we are just in the beginning of constructing the history of the 818th, this is what we […]

U. S. ARMY 81ST CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION –   The 81st Chemical Battalion (Motorized) was constituted March 12, 1942 as an inactive unit and made active at Fort D. A. Russell, Texas on April 25, 1942 under the command of Lt Col Thomas James. On 10 March 1943 General Keating told the assembled officers of the Center that the future of the organization was […]