23rd Chemical Battalion
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The 23d CBRN Battalion is a Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives defense battalion of the United States Army, part of the 2ID Sustainment Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Humphreys, Korea.
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Quick Facts 23d CBRN Battalion, Active ...
23d CBRN Battalion | |
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Active | 1944–45 1949–59 1988 – present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Chemical |
Size | Battalion |
Part of | 2nd Sustainment Brigade |
Engagements | World War II Korea War War on Terror |
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It traces its lineage back to the 1944 formation of the 23rd Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion in England during World War II. The 23rd was inactivated after the end of the war and reactivated in 1949 as the 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, serving in the Korean War before being inactivated in Germany at the end of the 1950s. The 23rd Chemical Battalion was reactivated in Korea in 1988.