Posts tagged with "83rd"



In Memoriam · 16 September 2020
Corporal Leonard E. HALL from Nashville was killed in action in town of Briançon, on the 29th of August 1944 same day than First Lieunant Andre LAUS. He had seven sisters, and tow brothers , He was maried, and aged of 22 years old. He served oversea with the 83rd Chemical Battalion, Italian ans southern France Campaign. He have been awarded of Purple heart medal for previously wounds in the battle. He was also awarded of the Soldier medal's for administering first aid to his friends victims of...

In Memoriam · 16 September 2020
Andre Nichole Laus was born in Paris, France in 1915. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937 with a chemistry degree, and worked as a chemist in Boston, Massachusetts. Commissioned in the Chemical Warfare Service with the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, on 10 July 1943, he was awarded the Silver Star: When the landing craft holding his company was grounded in deep water and heavy surf and was being subjected to intense enemy machine gun and coast-artillery...