Evening star., 1945-08-22
Queen Mary Returns
With 30th Divisions S
Heroes Of the BULGE
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The gal
liant fighting men of the 30th (Ol'
Hickory Division. heroes of tn
Battle of the Bulge, were back OF
American soil today after 10 month
of bitter warfare. 7
The young. combat hardened vet
erans lined the rails and crowded
the portfolios of the great line
Queen Mary as she nosed into New
York Harbor late last night.
1t was the greatest, noisiest wei.
come since We day for returning
troops.
Bands and boat whistles serenadec
them and hundreds of harbor craft
outlined their giant vessel with
search lights. Thousands lined the
shore to cheer and wave.
Aboard a welcome home" boat
200 girls began to sing:
Hail, Hail the Gangs All Here
But the song died quickly as the
cutters captain Quilted them.
Not that song, please" he said
"They don't like it. All of that
gang is not here"
Rockets Fired.
Rockets and flares shot into the
sky as the Queen slipped past Fort
Hamilton, and huge welcome home"
signs beamed from nearby military
installations. The ship was ablaze
with lights.
The famous 30th Division, which
had top role in stopping Marshal
Won Rundstedt's onslaught last De-
cember, is made up largely of men
from Tennessee, Georgia and North
and South Carolina.
A total of 10 ships are scheduled
to dock at East Coast ports today
with the following Army units:
At New York-(Aboard Oneida
Victory Units of the 18th Airborne
Division, including Headquarters 1st
and I'd BattalionS, and Companies
G, D, E and F of the 517th Parachute
Infantry Regiment; Military Police
Platoon. 18th Parachute Mainte-
nance Company; 18th Counter
Intelligence Corps Detachment, 18th
Finance DisburSing Section; also:
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, 335th Ordnance Bat
talon; 3,225th Engineer Power Plant
Detachment: 2,84lst Engineer Well
Drilling Detachment; Mobile Train
ing Unit, No. 200: advance detach-
!1entS of the 692d and 8l1th Tank
Destroyer Battalions, and 47lst Mill
tary Police Patrol Detachment.
Other Units Arriving.
(Aboard William and Mary Vic
tory Units of the 515th Parachute
Infantry Regiment of the 18th Air
borne Division, including Head
quarters and A, B and C Companies
of the 1st Battalion; Headquarters
and Headquarters Companies and
Companies D, E and F of the I'd
Battalion tAboard James Jack
SOM 1st Platoon of the 224th Air
borne Medical Company; Company
c of 139th Airborne Engineer Bat
talon; Air Transport Company of
194th Glider Infantry; 1,013th and
1017th Engineer Treadway Bridge
Companies; 119th Ordnance Bomb
Disposal Squadron; 3,256th Engi-
neer Power Line Maintenance De-
tachment; 115th and 121st Ordnance
Bomb-Disposal Squadrons; 3,250th
Engineer Pipeline Operating De-
tachment; 3,259th, 3,28oth and
3,281st Engineer Powr Plant Operat-
ing Detachments.
(Aboard Greenville Dodge Head
quarters and Base Service Squadron
of 453d Air Service Group; 761st
Chemical Depot Company, Aviation;
2,205th, 2,208th, 2.2O9th Quartermas-
ter Truck Companies, Aviation; 96th
Station Complement Squadron, Seth
Medical Supply Platoon, Aviation;
25th Medical Section Veterinary,
Aviation. aboard Mexican) 128
miscellaneous. (Aboard Phantom
HID 13 casuals
At Boston-(Aboard Wakefield)
Headquarters 31st and SD Fighter
Group, 5lst Signal Operations Bat
talon, 3O2d, 361st 392d and 668th
Army Postal Units; 1880, 464th and
465th Military Police Patrol Pla-
toon; I'd, 4th, 5th. 3O7th, 308th and
309th Fighter Squadrons; 121st
Liaison Squadron, 37th Special Serv-
ice Company; 38th Depot Supply
Squadron, 18th Medical Supply Pla-
toon, aviation; advance detach-
ments of the Tooth Chemical Mortar
Battalion and the 91st Infantry
18th Weather Squadron,
9th and 7th Army Air Forces Mo-
ton Picture Unit, 159th Medical
Dispensary, aviation; 2,019th Ord
nance Maintenance Company, 2265th
and 2,445th Quartermaster Truck
Companies, aviation; 432d, 437th
and 441st Quartermaster Platoon,
air depot group; advance detach-
ment, 85th Infantry Division
tAboard Sea Fiddler Headquar-
ters and Headquarters Detachment,
1168th Engineer Construction Group;
185th and 255th Engineer Con-
struction Battalions, 103d Signal