Evening star., 1945-08-11
GIs Arrivinq
lon Queen Elizabeth
Cheer Peace Offer
BY ihe Associated Press.

oy Lac <AooOClhtco Eiesb.
Shouting, cheering servicemen,
celebrating Japan's surrender offer
by ba1,gips Mlsss S.Gs and sprinkiing
torn paper overheard, arrived in
New York today from Europe on
the British liner Queen Elizabeth.
First Of fiye troopships due to AZ
rive today, the liner carried some
1000 men, including 8th Air Force
units slated for redeployment to
the Pacific II the war with Japan
continues, and 1,0e1 Navy personnel.
Mingling with the mems cheers
were the frantic blasts Of harbor
whistles, one of the noisiest well
comes accorded returning troops
since We day.
The 10th Regiment Of the 30th
Infantry Division is scheduled to
said today from LIE Havre.
Other vessels due to dock today are
The Brandon Victory with 1881, the
Nicholas Gilman, 419; James Mac
Gosh, Ill, and the John w. Brown,
41s.
Arriving Units Listed.
Units arriving today include:
New York (aboard Queen Eliza
beth)-Headquarters 492d Bomber
Group, heavy; 406th, 856th, 857th
and 858th Bomber Squadron. heavy;
Headquarters 4th Bomber Squadron,
heavy, and 7th Bomber Squadron;
18th and 391st Bomber Squadrons;
Headquarters 95th Bomber Group,
heavy; 334th, 335th, 336th and 4l2th
Bomber Squadrons; 385th Bomber
Group, heavy; 548th, 549th, 550th,
551st Bomber Squadrons; Headquar-
tiers, 388th and 39Oth Bomber Group;
5s1st, 562d, 563d Bomber Squadrons,
heavy; 39Oth Bomber Group; 568th,
569th. 570th, 571st, 728th, 729th,
730th, 731st, 860th, 861st, 862d and
863d Bomber Squadrons: Headquar-
ters 493d Bomber Group, 18th
Bomber Wing and Doth and 96th
Bomber Wing. heavy.
Also, Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Squadron, 31st Air Depot Group:
89th Depot Repair Squadron; 93rd
Depot Supply Squadron; 904th Sig
nal Company Depot Aviation. 983d
Military Police Company Aviation; |;
31st Medical Supply Platoon Avia-
ton; 2077th Quartermaster Truck
Company Aviation; 478th Quarter
master Platoon; 18th and 18th Vet
erinary Section Aviation, 1929th
Ordnance Ammunition Company
Aviation; 1960th Ordnance Depot
Company; 879th Signal Company;
1920 Medical Dispensary Aviation;
87th Transportation Squadron, Car
go and Maintenance; elements Of
3s8th Signal Company Aviation,
2032d and 2085th Quartermaster
Truck Companies Aviation; 356th
Airborne Squadron Special; 2001st
Ordnance Maintenance Company
Air Force; 822d Ordnance Base
Depot Company.
Hospital Units.
Advance detachments and ele-
ments OF 34th, 106th. 117th, l23d,
l35th, l60th, 162d, 183d and 1S2d
General Hospitals; 55lst Army Post
al Unit, Hath, 115th, 1l6th, 26lst
and 264th Finance Disbursement
Sections.
(Aboard Brandon Victory 1.020th
Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Of 354th Engineer General Service
Regiment; 3258th Engineer Power
line Maintenance Detachment; lad
Chemical Processing Company; 61st
Field Artillery Battalion. (Aboard
Nicholas Gilman 80th and 86th
Troop Carrier Squadrons.
At Boston (aboard James J. Hin)
-847th Air Engineer Squadron;
990th Medical Hospital Ship Platoon,
670th and 67lst Air Materiel Squad
rons. aboard Henry Ward Beech
err 354th, 355th Airdrome Squad
rons.
At Hampton Roads taboard Mount
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 10th Mountain
Division, including headquarters
and headquarters company and
headquarters special troops; Mill
tary Police Platoon, 10th Mountain
Ordnance, Maintenance Company; +;
10th Mountain Signal Company,
87th Mountain Infantry Regiment;
616th Field Artillery Battalion, 10th
Mountain Cavalry Reconnaissance
Troops, 126th Mountain Engineer
Battalion, 10th Mountain Quarter
master Battalion.