Evening star., 1945-07-10
.5,S52 in 4th Division
Arrive at New York;
.2,259 Others Due
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 10.-Three
troopShips brought home today
more than 5000 European war vet
Grams, including 1882 members of
the 4th Gvy) Division that spear
headed the Normandy invasion,
threw back the Germans at st. Lo
and went on to liberate Paris.
A fourth ship, the Hawaiian
/ Skepper, was due at Piermont, N. Y.
late today with 2,259 troops. to bring
the days arrivals to more than
IL 900.
Slender, gray-haired Maj, Gen,
Harold w, Blakeley, 81, Washing
ton, D. c., the 4th's commander,
disclosed the cost of II months in
combat-22, 900 casualties-but de-
clared:
I'm ready and eager to lead this
division into the war against Japan. "
The Ivy Division men, who took
$1,000 prisoners in their sweep from
the Channel coast to Paris, arrived
on the Navy transport Hermitage,
formerly the Italian luxury liner
/ Conte Blancomano.
| Also aboard the Hermitage was
Maj. Gen. Warren F. P. Draper of
4710 North Twenty fifth street, Ar
! lington, Va, who served Is months
overseas as chief of Supreme Allied
Headquarters public health branch.
Gen. Draper said very careful
planning in advance of the in
vasion" had prevented epidemics in
Europe. He said 10000 typhus cases
were found in Germany, mostly In
concentration camps, and that DDT
powder helped greatly to kill the lice
that spread typhus.
| Units aboard the Hermitage were
the divisions headquarters COM
pany, the 9th Infantry Regiment
and four artillery battalions-the
29th, 42d, 44th and Goth.
Sea Pike Brings ISIS.
Arriving with the Hermitage in
New York Harbor was the Army
transport Sea Pike, carrying 2,616
troops, including the Sd Cavalry
Reconnaissance Squadron, mechan-
lied; the 86th Chemical Mortar Bat
talon, the $500 Tank Destroyer
Battalion, the 665th Field Artillery
Battalion and seven men and three
officers of the 767th Field Artillery
Battalion.
The 86th displayed a banner CIV
ing its record, including 3l5 days in
action, of which 1873 were without
rest.
The Tristram Dalton arrived with
382 veterans, including members of
the 838th Ordnance Depot Com
pany, 3463d Ordnance Medium
Maintenance Company, 77th Ord
nance Battalion Headquarters and
6840th Quartermaster Drivers De-
tachment.
The Sd Cavalry was commanded
by Col. Marshall Wallach, Warren
ton, Va.
Gen. Blakeley, whose wife lives at
5000 Porter street NV, is well
known here, as he was stationed at
Fort Myer from 1880 to 1895. He is
native of Boston.
The general won Silver Star for
gallantry in action on D-day. An
accompanying citation declared that
through personal bravery he was
materially responsible for the sue
cess of the operation" A graduate
of Boston University, Gen. Blakeley
trained for a commission at an off,
GERS training camp during the
World War and has remained in the
Army since.
Graduate of Harvard.
Gen. Draper's training particu-
larly fitted him for the post of
SHAEF health chief. After grad
uating from Harvard Medical School
in 1910, he entered the Public Health
Service and served number of
years with that organization before
entering the Army with the rank of
brigadier general in August, 1914.
He served as a medical officer dur