United States Army 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion (High Dawn)

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U. S. ARMY 91ST CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION (HIGH DAWN) -  The 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, code-named High Dawn, was a member of XII Corps, the spearhead of Patton's Third Army.

  • Activated:  Feb 15, 1944 as 91st Chemical Bn Motorized at Camp Joseph T. Robinson
  • Redesignated:  Feb 22, 1945 as 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion
  • Inactivated:  Feb 1, 1949 at Army Chemical Center, MD.  Its men and equipment were transferred to the 2nd Chemical Mortar Bn, activated there the same day.
  • Overseas: Arrived BPE Oct 11, 1944, England Oct 19, 1944, France-ETO Oct 21, 1944
  • Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Rhineland
  • Number of men killed in action: 15
  • Number of men wounded in action: 34
  • Number of days in combat: 117
  • Number of rounds fired: 68,789

The Battalion had placed a memorial monument to its men at Fort McClellan, Alabama. The Army closed that post on September 15, 1999, and all six (2nd, 3rd, 81st, 83rd, 86th, 91st) chemical mortar battalion monuments were moved to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, along with other Chemical Corps monuments including that of the 1st Gas Regiment.  The monuments are now emplaced in a Memorial Park at Leonard Wood near the Chemical Corps Museum there.