Evening star., 1945-09-01
$1,000 Troops Slated
To Arrive Today
On 10 Transports
py the Associated Press.


ny the Associated Press
Ten transports bringing home
more than 11;000 servicemen from
Europe are scheduled to dock today
in New York, Newport News, Va,
and Boston.
More than 3,700 troops will de-
bark in New York, 4,600 in Newport
News and 1890 in Boston.
The huge liner Queen Elizabeth.
her decks packed solidly with nearly
$4,000 singing, yelling GIs home
from the war, docked yesterday in
New York Harbor-the fourth time
since We day.
The whole harbor let loose well
come for the majestic British vessel,
the 401st to arrive with total of
more than 100000 veterans from
the European and Pacific theaters.
Cab Galloway and Sammy Kaye
and their bands greeted the men.
Throw Hats and Souvenirs.
Perched on rails and deck ladders
and poking their heads from port
holes. they threw hats, shirts, equip
ment, souvenirs and paper in their
exuherance.
Army units and troop designa-
tons arriving today include:
At New York: (Aboard Thomas
Johnson 746 troops for rotation
and reassignment.
aboard Joseph Warren) Isl
casual troops.
aboard John Blair 749 troops,
including infantry division reorgan-
tied detachments. aboard James
De Wolff IL reassignment troops.
(Aboard M. Guhin> 742 troops, in
cluding Headquarters and Head
quarters Squadron, 215th Air De-
pot Group: 21st Depot Repair
Squadron, 21st Air Depot Group and
21st Supply Squadron.
tAboard George McClellan) TAO
troops, including General Hospital
Detachment d.; 464th Military
Police Escort Guard and elements
of following units: 778th and 791st
Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons
Battalions; 6o9th, 691st and S17th
Tank Destroyer Battalion, 8lst
Chemical Mortar Battalion.
At Boston (aboard Santa Maria)
1852 troops, including Engineer Gas
General Detachment; 95th Medi-
cal Gas Treatment Battalion. Head
quarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment, 62d Ordnance Group, 3o43d
Quartermaster Graves Registering
Co, 554th Engineer Heavy Pontoon
Battalion, Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment, 561st Quar-
termaster Group; 193d Signal Re-
placement Company, Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, l,056th
Engineer Port Construction and Re
pair Company, 420th Engineer De-
pot Truck Company, 872d Quarter
master Fumigation and Bath Com
pany and $3.50 Transport Harbor
Craft Company.
Arrivals in Hampton Roads.
At Newport News (aboard Cody
Victory: 2,032 troops including ele-
ments of 101st Ordnance MN Com
pany. 316th ASF bands. 1.206th.
1,245th, 1,7O1st, i,7o4th, 1,705th En-
gineer Firehghter Platoons; 21st
Special Service Company, 3,853d and
3,579th Quartermaster Supply Com
pany; Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Detachment of 109th and 10th
Replacement Battalion.
(Aboard Sea Tiger. 1854 troops,
including 1,645th Engineer Utilities
Detachment; Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 362d
Port Battalion; 92d 117th, 121st,
122d, 123d, 124th, 126th and 127th
Financial Disbursing Sections;
2,73Oth Engineer Company; 302d and
354th Ordnance MN Companies;
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, 546th Quartermaster
Group; 5Sth Signal Repair Com
pany: 3,414th and 4,031st Quarter
master Truck Companies; Head
quarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment of 159th, 160th, 162d and l63d
Ordnance Battalions; 828th Ord
nance Depot Company; 421st Ord
nance Evacuation Company; 20lst
Ordnance Company Field Army
l,045th Engineer Generating Detach-
ment; 354th and 372d Harbor Craft
Companies; l09th Port Marine
Maintenance Company.
(Aboard Stansburg), II troops, un-
SeSionate6 unitS