Evening star., 1945-10-28
|14,6OO Troops Due +,
On East Coast Today;
Seattle Expects 200
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press
More than 14,600 troops from
Europe are scheduled. to arrive at
three East Coast ports today, and
about 1900 servicemen are due
from the Pacific at Seattle.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-tGen. H. L. Scott
from Cairo, 3,153 troops including
725th Railway Operating Battalion,
1st Tactical Air Command Squad
ron, 23d Fighter Control Squadron,
427th Night Fighter Squadron and
miscellaneous Air Forces personnel.
(James H. Kimball, from Cardiff ),
and Thomas Sumpter), 739 miscel-
laneous troops,
(James Parker from LIE Havre) 2,665
troops, including 690th and 933d
Field Artillery Battalions, 774th
Tank Destroyer Battalion, 665
WACS and 48 nurses. \
(Sea Robin from Marseilles) 2,103
troops, including 150th and 10th
Engineers Construction Battalions
and 927th Signal Battalion.
At Newport News tWilliam Evarts
from Kohrramshah and Cairo 1882,
undesignated units. (Colby Victory
from LIE Havre) 1882 troops. includ-
ing 67lst and 215th Field Artillery
Battalion, headquarters company,
1,137th and 1,l02d Engineers Con-
struction Groups, 367th Engineers
Construction Battalion.
civilian A. Richardson from Leg
horn 752 troops, including 82d Ord
nance Company, 972d Ordnance
Company and 3567th Quartermaster
Truck Company.
At Boston - (Montclair Victory
from lie Harve, with 1890 troops,
including Headquarters and Head
quarters Battery, 405th Field Artil-
lery Group with medics, 645th Tank
Destroyer Battalion with medics,
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 188th Field Artillery Group
with medics, and 957th. 978th Field
Artillery Battalions with medics.
At Seattle-Gogan from Eniwe-
tok) 869 Army personnel. undesig-
mated units.
(Klipfontein from Manila) 1853
Army personnel including 997 re-
covered military personnel, undesig-
mated units.
The following ships and units ar
rived in the United States yester-
day. At New York-tCarrier Lake
Champlain from Southampton
3,671 troops including Headquarters
and Base Service Squadrons of the
following: 447th, 448th, 435th, 445th
Air Service Groups; 82lst, 823rd,
824th. 86lst Air Engineering Squad
rons: 645th. 647th, 648th. 685th Air
Materiel Squadrons; 184th General
Hospital 550th AAA Auto Weapons
Battalions and some units of the
684th General Hospital.
Ga Grande Victory from lie
Havre) 2009 troops including
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery of 4l6th Field Artillery
Group and Headquarters and Head
quarters Company of the 1148th
Engineering Group.
George Meade, from Antwerp,
John Constantine and Benjamin
Brewster) 699 miscellaneous troops.
At Newport News (Mahoney City
Victory 1888 troops, including 413th
AAA Gun Battalion; 1134th Engi-
neering Group; 198th Air Engineer
ing Squadron; 173rd Liaison Squad
ron; l372d Signal Company Wing;
Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron of 476th Air Service
Group: Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron of 496th Air Serv-
ice Group. 40
(Eufaula Victory 1852 troops, in
cluding 696th Armored Field Artil-
lery Battalion; 5lst Engineering
Battalion; 462d Medical Collection
Group; Headquarters and Head
quarters Squadron of Air Forces
advance depot area command; /
Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 169th Medical Battal-
ion: Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Detachment. 181st Medical Bat
talon; 683d Ordnance Ammunition
Company.
(Andrew Hamilton) 800 miscel-
laneous personnel. Samuel Grif- |
fin) 728 troops, including 18th Fight
er Control Squadron; 3857th Quar-
termaster Gas Supply Company and |
miscellaneous personnel.
At Boston Hugh williams on from
LIE Havre) 4 casual troops. Daniel |
Lownsdale, from italy, tat troops,
including the 535th Air Service |
Group; 785th Air Materiel Squad
ron; 961st Air Engineer Squadron;
1880 Engineer Depot Company.