Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
$4,000 els Expected
On West Coast Today;
10000 Due in East
BY the Assoeia ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
More than 10000 veterans are due
to debark today from 80 ships al
crowded West Coast harbors and
approximately 10000 troops on "a
vessels are expected at East Coast
ports. New Orleans also has one
ship scheduled with 297 men.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-India Victory, from
Antwerp, 1887 troops, including ele-
ments of the Sd Battalion, 18th In
fantry Regiment and 399th Tank
Destroyer Battalion. Williams Vic
tory, from Antwerp, 1,49l miscel-
laneous personnel, including many
Negro troops.
Sommelsdjik, from Marseilles,
1,505 troops, including elements of
2916th Quartermaster Truck Com
pany, Companies A and K of 357th
Infantry Regiment and miscellan-
eous troops. Tristan Dalton, from
LIE Havre, $50 miscellaneous troops.
George Woodward, from Marseilles,
SCI troops, including 512th Field
Artillery Battalion and the 1232d
Engineer Fire Fighters Platoon.
Caleb Strong, from Marseilles, 500
miscellaneous troops, including 174th
Field Artillery Battalion. Thomas
Johnson, from LIE Harve, 63l troops,
including 32l8th and 4480th Quar-
termaster Service Companies, 3906th
QuartermaSter Truck Company and
39l8th Quartermaster Gas Supply
Company. Santa Cecilia, from
Naples, 365 miscellaneous troops
James Sullivan, from Newport, Eng
land, "a miscellaneous troops. Harry
Gluckshan, 16 miscellaneous troops.
Cruiser Philadelphia. 1857 miscel-
laneous troops.
At Newport News-Ponce de Leon
from LIE Havre, SCI troops, including
152d Station Hospital. Wooster
Victory, from Marseilles, 1,527 troops
including Headquarters and Head
quarters Company, l41st Infantry
Regiment, and miscellaneous units
of the 1880 Infantry Regiment
Thomas Sim Lee, from Leghorn
Italy, % miscellaneous troops.
Mariposa, 4,156 troops, including a
Military Police Platoon of the Goth
Infantry Division; the Goth Signal
Company; Company H of the 358th
Infantry Regiment; 343d Field Artil-
lery Battalion; 344th Field Artillery
Battalion; 345th Field Artillery Bat
talon; 315th Engineer Construction
Battalion; 315th Medical Battalion
H. M. S. Attacker, SOL troops, in
Guiding the 285th Signal Pigeon
Company; Headquarters and Base
Service Group of the Saith All
Service Group. Benjamin Milan
555 troops, including Company K OF
the 141st Infantry Regiment; Com
pany A and Service Company, 143d
Infantry Regiment. Daniel Drake,
% miscellaneous troops; David Yulee,
80 miscellaneous troops; Elihu Root,
19 miscellaneous troops; Mayo
Brothers, 566 troops, including 689th
Field Artillery Battalion.
At Boston - Waterbury Victory,
from Antwerp, 1922 miscellaneous
troops. Lambert CadWalader, from
LIE Havre, 576 miscellaneous troops,
including 755th Railway Shop Bat
talon. Antioch Victory, from lie
Havre, 1893 troops, including the
3858th and 657th Quartermaster Gas
Supply Companies; the 4409th Quar-
termaster Service Company; the
899th Tank Destroyer Battalion; the
4226th Quartermaster Sterilization
Company; the 4050th Quartermas-
ter Truck Company, and miscellane-
GUS troops. Z
At San Diego-LSTs 500 and 110I,
"a Navy personnel. LSMs 141, 304
and 107, is Navy men. Destroyer
rninesweeper Shannon. 1873 Navy per,
sonnet, Fraser, 1l2 Navy men. De-
stroyer transport Weber, 8 Navy
men. Destroyer F. H. Bauer, 119
Navy men. Assault cargo ship Cas-
well, 231 Navy men. Minesweeper
Pinon, Navy men. Assault trans
port Hyde, 1870 Navy men. De-
stroyer transport Gilmer, 81 Navy
men. Patrol craft No. 848, 10 Navy
men. Destroyer escort O'Reilly, Al
Navy men.
At Los Angeles-Robert Techner
1858 miscellaneous troops; Kada-
shan Bay, 1859 miscellaneous
troops; Goodhue, 1852 miscellaneous
troops; San Diego, $40 Marines and
Navy men; Joy, 40 Navy men;
O'Reilly, 81 Navy men; Duke VIC
tory, so Army men, Navy; Lei No
100, 10 Navy men; John Hay, 805
miscellaneous troops.
At Portland-Edward S. Hale
from Yokohama, SO Army and Navy
personnel.
At Tacoma-U. S. S. Lenawee
from Okinawa, 1889 miscellaneous
Army and Navy personnel.
At Anchorage Holmes Harbor-
U. S. S. Murzim, from subic Bay, a.
Navy personnel.
At Seattle Miscellaneous person
mel aboard the following: Delazon
Smith from Okinawa, 10 Army; U
S. S. Chief Washable from Alaska
% Army; Army transport Etolir
from Okinawa, 1,56 Army; U. S. S
Arcturus from Shanghai, 231 mis-
cellaneous troops.
At New Miscellaneous
personnel aboard the following
Army transport Monterrey from
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 297 Army
men,
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