Evening star., 1945-08-24
IL Transports Slated
To Reach u. 5. Today
From European Area


NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Six trans
ports carrying s,693 troops from
Europe are scheduled to arrive in
New York today.
One of the vessels, the General
Breckenridge, with 5,l35 soldiers,
was diverted from its Pacific desti-
nation after the japanese surrender.
Six other ships with several thou
sand men are due at Newport News,
Va, and Boston.
Arriving units include:
At New York (aboard Abraham
Clark)-145 troops including 666th
Quartermaster Truck Company, and
Hath Ordnance Bomb Disposal
Squadron. tAboard General Breck-
enridge)-5,135 troops diverted from
the Pacific, including 176th Quarter
master Laundry Company; 835th
Ordnance Base Depot Company;
792d, 1364th and 1358th Engineer
Dump Truck Companies; headquar-
ters, 10th Tactical Control Group;
18th Field Medium Maintenance
Squadron; seth and 57th Signal
Automatic Weapons Detachments;
18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad
ron (main body; 558th FA Battal-
ion; l285th and l29oth Engineer
Combat Battalions; Seth Field Hos
pital; 33d and Seth Station Hospital;
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, 224th Ordnance Base De-
pot Company; 458th, 46Sth and 47otn
Amphibious Truck Companies: 784ttl
Base Depot Company; 437th and
595th Port Companies, and 4l5th
Military Police Escort Guard Com
pany.
(Aboard William N. MulhollanO
TAG troops including 3l8th Station
Company Squadron; 166th Financial
Disbursing Section and following
units of 454th Air Service Group:
872d Air Engineer Squadron, Head
quarters and Base Service Squadron
and 696th Air Material Squadron.
fAboard Fayetteville Victory
1865 troops including 18th, 18th, 10th
and 26th Special Service Companies
l12th Chemical Processing Com.
pany, and casual troops. (Aboarc
Robin Sherwood )-634 troops, in.
cluding 610th Observation Battalion
367th Military Police Patrol Detach.
ment and 1793d Engineer Foundry
Detachment. (Aboard Reverdy John.
SOM - 736 troops, including 722o
and 731st Air Materiel Squadrons
and 722nd and 9o7th Air Enginee,
Squadrons. (Aboard Morris Sign.
man)-27 troops including 3275th
3276th, and 3277th Engineer Power
Plant Operating Detachments, 262no
Financial Disbursing section.
At Boston (aboard Benjamin
Bourne)-74 troops, surplus person
mel. (Aboard James Turner)-42s
troops, including 843d Air Engineer
Squadron, 667th Air Materiel Squad
ron, miscellaneous air force per.
sonnel for reassignment and duty
personnel for discharge and medi-
cal attendants.
At Newport News (aboard West
Po1nt)-7,728 troops, including these
elements of 85th Infantry Division:
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, band, medical detachment
and special troops, Military Police
Platoon, 785th Ordnance Company
85th Quartermaster Company, 85th
Signal Company, 338th and 339th
Infantries, Headquarters and Head.
quarters Battery, 85th Division Ar.
tillery, 328th, 329th, 403d and 910tt
Field Artillery Battalions, 310th En-.
gineer Battalion, 310th Medical Bat.
talon, and 85th Cavalry Reconnais.
sance Troops. (Aboard ]. K. Jones)
10 troops, undesignated units
(Aboard Lake G.. Victory)-1,94t
troops, mostly colored, undesignatec
units. (Aboard George H. Dern)-
742 troops, undesignated units.