Evening star., 1945-08-02
Troop Flow From Europe
To Pacific Is Increasing
gy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The flow of troops to the final
processing camps at LIE HaVre,
France, for shipment to the United
States has dropped of markedly
from a month ago and emphasis
appeared to have shifted to Mar
seille, where troops sail directly to
the Pacific.
officers at the Marseille process
ing camps said the troop flow direct
to the Pacific was increasing con-
siderably.
Headquarters of the 9th Army,
the 28th Infantry Division and the
18th and Goth Armored Divisions
were on the high seas today en-
route from LIE Hayre to the United
States.
Advance units of the 18th Air
borne Division sailed from the
French port yesterday.
The status of other units await
ing shipment from Europe:
30th Division Advance units
sailed from LIE Havre July %.
35th Division Main body at
Reims assembly area. advance
parties sailed from LIE Havre July 81.
45th Division-Advance units
sailed July 27, main body at Reims.
The following Army units are due
in the United States today:
At New York-25th Bomber Group
Reconnaissance, 654th Bomber
Group (weather reconnaissance Spe-
ciaD, 828th and 859th Air Engineer
Squadrons and 652d Air Materiel
Squadron, all of the 9th Air Force;
10th, 50th, 81st. 313th, 365th, 366th
and 367th Fighter Squadrons, all Of
the 9Th Air Force; 34th, 106th, l44th,
117th, 10th, 123d, 135th and 297th
General Hospital Units, plus ele-
ments of 129th, 131st and 14oth.
Headquarters and Base Service
Squadrons of 437th and 552d Air
Service Groups; 398th Engineer
General Service Regiment; ele-
ments of 624th Ordnance Base Au-
tomotive Maintenance Battalion;
3O08th Ordnance Base Depot Com
pany; 3025th, 3026th and 3043d Ord
nance Base Automotive Mainten-
ance Companies; elements OF 87th
Chemical Mortar Battalion. elements
of 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron mechanizeO elements OF
305th Signal Operations Battalion;
87th Army Ground Forces Band;
6868th Rehabilitation Detachment;
881st Chemical Company, air opera
tions; 476th Quartermaster Platoon,
air operations group; seth, SD, and
327th Station Complement Squad
rons: 14th and 18th TRAFFIC Regula-
ton Groups; 536th Ordnance Heavy
Maintenance Company; 3245th and
3246th Quartermaster Service Com
panies; advance detachment of 826th
Convalescent Center.
4l2th, 413th, 414th Armored Field
Artillery Battalions, Combat Com
mands A and B and Military Police
platoons and headquarters, all OF
20th Armored Division; 138th Ord
nance Battalion, 33d Cavalry Squad
ron; 30th and 764th Field Artillery
Battalions; headquarters and head
quarters squadron OF 434th and
435th Troop Carrier Groups of 9th
Air Force; list, 72d, 73d, 74th Troop
Carrier Squadrons of 434bh Troop
Carrier Group; 18th, 10th, 77th and
18th Troop Carrier Squadrons Of
the 435th Troop Carrier Group;
headquarters and headquarters bat
terry of 209th Field Artillery Bat
talon; 311th, 318th and 347th Mil
itary Police escort guard detach-
ments; 22d, 32d, 477th, 493d, 494th,
496th, 508th, 510th, 5l7th, 521st 530th,
534th, 541st, 556th and 697th Medical
Hospital Ship Platoons.
At Boston - Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, Headquar-
tiers Special Troops. Military Police
Platoon, all of 18th Infantry Divi-
sion; 72Sth Ordnance Light Mainte-
nance Company; Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 28th Division
Artillery; 1o7th, 109th and 229th
Field Artillery Battalions; 103d En-
gineer Combat Battalion; 238th and
s26th Military Police Escort Guard
Companies.