Evening star., 1945-07-08
Army Plans TO Return
az Fighting Divisions
From Europe by AS
30 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The War Department an
nounced last night that AZ of the
SO divisions which fought in
Europe and the Mediterranean
will be back home or on the way
by the end of the year.
Three full infantry divisions
the 86th, 9th and 95th-already
have arrived and most of a fourth
division-the 104th Infantry-is
back.
Advance detachments of seven
other divisions. the I'd, 4th, 5th, 9th,
44th and 87th Infantry and the
18th Armored, have reached this
country and the remainder of the
units will arrive shortly.
Under present plans, which may
be changed later, 81 divisions will
embark for home from August to
January eight will remain in
Europe as occupation forces and 18
divisions will remain in Europe at
least until the end of this year.
Eleven Going to Pacific.
The shifting of the AZ divisions
will involve the movement of more
than 100000 men.
The War Department said that
although security considerations
were involved in releasing the Elm
formation on the movement of the
divisions, it was believed that in
stead of bringing aid and comfort
to the Japanese, the information
will demonstrate "conclusively" that
the Army intends to throw against
Japan the largest force possible.
The IL divisions which have re-
turned or are now arriving have
been ticketed for the Pacific front.
In addition, complete headquarters
of tbs 1st Army has returned en-
route to the Pacific.
The War Department emphasized
that the men who will fight with
those divisions against the Japanese
will not necessarily be the same ones
who fought with the units against
the Germans.
EmbarkatiOn Schedule.
In practically all cases, the de-
partment said, the personnel of units
returning to the United States for
deployment to the Pacific are men
who do not have sufficient point
scores for discharge. Most men with
the minimum of IS points for re-
lease, the department added, either
have been returned to this country
or have been weeded out of the
divisions while overseas to await re-
turn to the United States.
Here is the schedule for embarka-
ton of the divisions for the five
months beginning in August. For
reasons Of military security, the
department said, no information is
being given as to whether these
units will be redeployed to the
Pacific, assigned to the reserve in
the United States, or disbanded.
August 85th, 28th, and 30th In
fantry Divisions and the goth Ar
mored Division.
Berlin Unit to Sail.
September-14th, 5th, 9Th and 7th
Armored Divisions; the 18th Air
borne Division, 88th, 91st, 35th, 45th |
and 103d Infantry Divisions.
October-9th Armored Division
and the 92d. 26th, 18th and 99th
Infantry Divisions.
November-10th Armored Divi-
sion, 10th Mountain Division 18th
Air-borne, 83d, 63d and 106th In
fantry Divisions.
December-2d and 18th Armored
Divisions and the 34th, Goth, 80th
and 10th Infantry divisions.
The I'd Armored Division, booked |
to sail in December, recently en-
tered Berlin.
The eight divisions which cur
rently are designated as occupation
forces in the European and Medi-
terranean theaterS are the 1st and
4th Armored Divisions, the 1st, Sd,
9th, 29th and 36th Infantry Divi-
sions and the 82d Air-borne Divi-
sion.
Four ArmOred Units Held.
The 18 divisions scheduled to re-
mair in the European theater for
the remainder of 1915, presumably
as a result of the tight shipping
situation, are the Sd, 9th, 18th and
10th Armored Divisions, the 101st
Air-borne Division, and the 42d,
65th, 66th, 69th, 10th, list, 18th,
18th, 84th, 89th, Gath, Tooth and
102d Infantry Divisions.
The War Department renewed its
request that relatives and friends of
soldiers scheduled to return to this
country not telephone or otherwise
contact points of embarkation for
further information. The returning
soldiers will get furloughs at home
and, the department said, the trans
portation corps is making every +
effort" tosspeed the homeward jour-
ney.