Evening star., 1945-09-14
Units Of 45th Division
Lead 10000 Home
From Europe Today
B, The Associated press.

b. The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. l4-Units of
the famous Thunderbird Division
the 45th-which suffered 100 per
cent causualties from Sicily to Mu-
Mich. came home today on the Brit
ish liner Aquitania, one of l3 ships
carrying more than 10000 troops to
three East Coast ports.
The men, wearing the arm in
sigma of golden bird, which in
Indian lore means bearer OF unlim-
tied happiness" were members of
the 179th and 180th Infantry Regi-
ments.
CroWding the liners decks and
cheering wildly, they suddenly were
chased indoors by a downpour of
rain.
Also aboard were 800 WACS, the
largest contingent yet returned to
the United States. The ships onlv
banner more their insignia-the
goddess Minerva-and the word
"WACS."
Seven ships are due to dock in
New York, two in Boston and four
in Newport News.
Ships and troops arriving include
At New York-(Aboard Aquitania)
1870 troops, including 179th and
130th Regiments of 45th Division:
99th and 130th General Hospital;
328th Medical Convslescent Center,
and 313 WACS.
fAboard Santa Rcsa) 3,248 troops,
including the following units from
the 69th Division: 724th, 879th,
88Cth, 88lst Field Artillery Bat
talions; Headquarters and Head
quarters Battery; 26sth Engineer
Battalion: 529th, 530th, 531st, sgd,
533d, 534th, 539th. 540th, 54lst, 542d
Counterintelligence Detachments.
(Aboard Monterrey so miscellane-
Gus troops and approximately 300
civilian Puerto Rican laborers.
(Aboard Calvin Coolidge) 654 troops
including 908th Signal Depot Com
pany; 324th Signal Company; Head
quarters, 438th Troop Carrier Group.
(Aboard Peden) Is miscellaneous
troops. (Aboard Belgian Equality
1S miscellaneous troops. aboard
Henry L. HoyD 43 miscellaneous
troops.
At Boston - (Aboard Wakefeld)
8,l55 troops, including 3,549th Ord
nance Medium Automotive Maine
nance Company, and following units
of the 18th Airborne Division
l94th Glider Infantry Regiment:
513th Parachute Infantry Regi-
ment; Headquarters and Headouar-
tiers Battery, 17th Division Artillery;
155tn Airborne Antiaircraft Bat
TALON 680th and 68lst Glider Field
Artillery Battalion. aboard Costa
Rica Victory 1858 troops including
high score and miscellaneous per-
sonnet and so Navy personnel
AT Newport News-(Aboard Squier)
-3,944 troops, including 424th Night
Fighter Squadron; 72d Air Materiel
Squadron, 977th Engineering Main
tenance Company. 5l5th and 699th
Medical Clearing Company, 136th
Evacuation Hospital Group, 555tf1
Engineer Heavy Pontoon Battalion
l39th and 29Oth Ordnance Main
tenance Detachments. 88lst Quar-
termaster Gas Supply Company
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachments of the l64th, 337th and
340th Ordnance Battalions; 654th
Ordnance Ammunition Company
572d and 767th Trucking Companies,
S33d Ordnance Base Depot Com
pany, 854th Quartermaster Fumiga- =
ton and Bath Company; 9Th, 256th
and 292d Military Police Companies,
seth Finance Disbursing Section.
(Aboard McAndrew) 2,422 troops,
including 349th Troop Carrier
Group: 23d, 92d, SD, 3l2th, 313th,
314th Troop Carrier Squadrons; ad-
vance detachment of 91st and Gath
Troop Carrier Squadrons; 10th.
109th. l6lst Tactical Reconnaissance
Squadron; 354s Ordnance Com
pany.
Z (Aboard Eltinge) 3,2o6 troops, in
cluding 562d, 562d, 564th and 565th
Port Companies; 293d Military
Police Company. type C; Headquar-
ters and Headquarters Detachment
of 6l4th Quartermaster Battalion,
3904th Quartermaster Truck Com
pany, 293d Field Artillery Battalion,
48th General Hospital Group, list
Military Police Company, 80th Sta
ton Hospital Group. (Aboard
Yeager) 20 miscellaneous troops