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  1. harm10

    harm10 Member

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    Hi there,
    Nice site! Looks like tons of info here.

    My dad was in WW2 and i am always looking for more info.

    He was in the 61st Chemical Depot company. I have lots of pics and some declassified documents that i can share!

    Anyone else here heard of the 61st??

    Tom
     
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    belasar Court Jester

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    Tom, welcome to the forum, the pictures and documents would be very welcome, and might help a rouge or two in providing new info for you.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Hi, Tom. I can't say I've heard of this unit, but then there are lots I don't know about. If you're willing, feel free to share what you can. We're always on the lookout for new material.
     
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    Thanks guys! Where should i start a thread like this? I am thinking "Western Europe 43-45"?
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    That's as good a place as any. If you want, you can post photos in the Militaria forum in the Photos section. Alternatively, you can post information in the Western Europe forum, and make an album on your profile page for the pictures and documents.
     
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    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Welcome to the forums!
     
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    Good to have you here Tom! Will be looking forward to seeing your material.
     
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    Tom welcome aboard...where in Michigan do you hail? I'm from the upper lower. (That makes sense to the Michigan folks) Look forward to your posts!
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I can't find much at all on them.

    Credited with the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes/Alsace, Rhineland & Central Europe Campaigns. Therefore they crossed the Channel as part of the 1st Army. When they moved to the 3rd, I do not know.

    Also served occupation duties until Oct 1945 in Germany.

    I have suspicions that they supported the 4.2in Chemical Mortar Battalions in some capacity.
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    The fingernails of the hand?
     
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    luketdrifter Ace

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    The hand has no fingernails. Common mistake. I would be at just north of where the pointer meets the middle though...
     
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  12. harm10

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    That is correct! I am impressed! Where did you dig that info up?? They trained at camp Sibert Ala. and San bernardino Cal. for chemical warfare but that never really happened so they essentially became a supply depot supplying mostly 4.2 mortar shells, flame throwers etc. to the front line. According to some of the guys from the 61st that i talked to the group was split up a little. My dads "occupation" was a Toxic Gas Handler.


    Holland, Tulip town.

    Tom
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    The Unit Campaign Participation and Credit Register. At least I think that is the full and correct name. It is at my house right now and I am not.

    It was a US Army publication from 1961 that shows what campaigns Army (and USAAF) units participated in.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Is it still possible to get a copy of that book? If so, where?
     
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    formerjughead The Cooler King

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    A really cool person would scan it and create a PDF version for dissemination to his pals.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Do we have any really cool people on the forum?
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I just checked around online, and could only find the 1988 update to the Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register which covers from Vietnam on. I'm still looking for the 1961 edition, which covered WW2. It's pamphlet 672-1; the number is the same for both editions.
     
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    Thanks for all the welcomes and responses!

    I would love to see a copy of that book.

    I will post some pics and docs soon.

    Tom
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Yes. I posted a link to it several months ago. I don't think anyone paid any attention to what it was. I'll have to look for it again.

    A really cool person already has and an even cooler person posted it here several months ago.

    Ahem

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    It is a HUGE pdf file. I printed it out last winter put it in a binder. It is over 500 pages.
     
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