Bastard battalion
Subtitle: a history of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II
By: by Terry Lowry
Publisher: 35th Star Pub.; 35th Star Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, WV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780966453430
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Chemical Battalion, Motorized, 83rd; Directories; United States. Army. Chemical Mortar Battalion, 83rd; Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Regimental histories; History
Other titles: History of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II; History of the Eighty-Third Chemical Mortar Battalion in WWII
Notes: Includes battalion roster with service details and some biographical information.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 588-594).
Table of contents: title: Edgewood Arsenal : birth of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion; title: Camp Gordon, Georgia, basic training, June 10, 1942-April 19, 1943; title: Camp Myles Standish, Taunton, Massachusetts, April 20-25, 1943; title: Atlantic crossing, April 29-May 11, 1943; title: North Africa, invasion training, May 12-July 9, 1943; title: Operation Husky and the Sicilian Campaign, July-August 1943; title: Operation Avalanche and the Italian Campaign, September-December, 1943; title: Operation Shingle, Anzio and the sinking of LST 422; title: Anzio to Rome, January-July, 1944; title: Invasion of Southern France, Operation Dragoon, August-September 1944; title: The Vosges Mountains Campaign, October 1944-January 1945; title: Stay alive in '45, January-May 1945; title: The final days, May-November 1945.