Evening star., 1945-09-15
1880 Veterans Due
Today on 10 Vessels
Landing at 4 Ports
BY the Associated Press.

More than $500 Servicemen are
scheduled to arrive in the United
States today from the Pacific and
European war theaters. aboard 10
troopships docking at one West
Coast and three East Coast ports.
Six troop carriers are due at New
York, one at Boston and two at
Newport News, Va, bringing more
than $1,000 men home from Europe.
| One vessel is due at Seattle with
more than 500 Pacific veterans.
The transport Gen. Stewart led
todays arrivals, docking early this
morning.
Among the passengers on the
Santa Rosa, which docked yesterday
at New York with 3,248 veterans,
was 1st Lit. James M. Morris of
Hagerstown, Md. He was described
by fellow officers as one of the high
est discharge point men in the
Army.
1t. Morris said that despite his
l9l points he would stay in the
Army. He has a wife and a g.
month-old son, James, jr. He said
he never had seen the child.
II like the Army. 1t is my home, n
1t. Morris said
Arriving at New York.
Ships and troops arriving today
include:
At New York-(Aboard Gen
Stewart, 1921 troops including Sd
General Hospital; 35th Engineer
Combat Battalion; 566th, 567th
568th and 569th Transportation
Corps Port Companies; 35l6th Quar-
termaster Truck Company; Head
quarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment of l59th Quartermaster Bat
talon; 63d Military Police Com
pany: 469th Engineer Maintenance
Company; 982d Signal Service Com
pany: Headquarters and Headquar.
ters Company of 40th Engineer Com
bat Group; 82d Financial Disburslns
Section; 462d Medical Dental Pros.
thetic Detachment; 388th Quarter
master. Gas Supply Company; 1722d
l750th Engineer Utility Detachment;
303d Medical Service Detachment.
(Aboard Sea Pike, from Mar
seilles), 2,613 troops, including 3053d
Quartermaster Salvage Collection
Co.; 651st, 3479th. 3653d. 3659th
37l3d, 3994th Quartermaster Truck
Cos; 77th Engraving Co.. 32lst
Quarmaster Laundry Detachment,
Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment of 33d Ordnance Bat
talon, 136th Ordnance Medium
Maintenance Co., 88th Engineering
Heavy Pontoon Battalion; 1022d
Engineering Treadway Co.: 866th
QuartermaSter Co.: Headquarters
and Headquarters Co. of 1l60th
1163d Engineer Combat Group; l4th
Armored Division Postal Detach-
ment; 67th Military Police Co.:
556th Quartermaster Railhead Co.;
603d Ordnance Ammunition Co.
(Aboard Francis Y. Slanger, from
Cherbourg), 1,546 soldier patients
and six troops, undesignated units
tAboard Tarleton Brown, from LII
Havre), TAT miscellaneous troops
(Aboard Lucretia Mott, from Ant.
werp), 1856 troops, including 762c
Chemical Depot Co.; 209th Med.
ical DiSpensary Co; 1296th, 1851
Military Police Co.'S; ls57th, 2o04th
2202d Quartermaster Truck Cos.
366th. Signal Co. Troop Carrier
(Aboard William Floyd, from L,
Harye!-745 troops, undesignatec
units. - .
Troops Due at Boston.
At Boston laboard Mariposap-6,.
lat 'tcocps, Including 'the folIowihi;
elements of the l7th Airborne Di.
vision: Medical staff, Chaplain
Headquarters Company, i .specia
troops, Military Police Platoon
Parachute Maintenance Compan,
and Reconnaissance Platoon; 717tl
Airborne Division Ordnance Main
tenance Company; filth Airborn,
Quartermaster Company; 5l7th Air.
borne Signal Company; 507th Para.
chute Infantry Regiment with med
ical staffs and chaplain; 466th Para
chute Field Artillery Battalion will
medical staff 139th Airborne Engi
neer Battalion with medical staff
224th Airborne Medical Compan,
and miscellaneous personnel.
AT Newport News (aboard J. C
Osgood)-Twenty-four troops, un
designated units; (aboard T. Park.
err 46 troops, undesignated units.
At Seattle (aboard Jean Lafaitte,
-l.596 casuals and troops for rota
ton.