Evening star., 1945-07-20
Queen Elizabeth Due
Today With All Units
OF 44fh Division
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 20.-The 44th
Infantry, Division, which battled
through France into the heart OF
Hitler'S Europe, arrives en- masse
today from France aboard the
Queen Elizabeth, largest ship in
the world.
AS the 14,766 soldiers with the
orange-and-blue shoulder insignia
leave the vessel it will be the
first time an entire Army division
has debarked in the United States
from one ship.
Troops of the 44th will be among
31,455 American soldiers arriving in
New York today aboard seven YES
sels-the largest number of GI's to
debark here in a single day. More
than $4,000 troops arrived here July
IL, but many were Canadians.
Six Other Vessels Expected.
Other ships due are the Month
cello. LIE Jeune, Bret Harte, Nish-
maha, Frances Y. Slanger and the
Marine Panther. They are bringing
home the 23d and 36th Regiments of
the I'd Infantry Division, the 18th
Regiment of the 5th Infantry Di-
vision, 1861 casualties, IL liberated
Air Corps prisoners of war and MEM
bers of scattered units.
A gala harbor welcome awaits
the 44th Division and Army officials
promised that within "a hours after
their arrivel at Camp Kilmer, N. j.,
they would be en- route to Fort Dix.
From there they will be sent to
their homes for furloughS.
Throwing back larger force OF
Germans in the mountains north OF
Schalbeck, France, last November,
is perhaps their greatest achieve
ment. The Distinguished Unit Ci-
tation was given the I'd Battalion for
this engagement.
The division originally was COM
posed of New York and New Jersey
National Guard units.
AQuitania Arrives.
At New York yesterday, the
Aquitania and two other ships dis
embarked units of the 9Th Air Force
as follows: Headquarters 92d, Esd,
95th Combat Wings; Headquarters
and Headquarters Squadron of the
46th Air Depot Group; 46th Depot
Replacement Squadron; 46th Depot
Supply Squadron; 46th Medical
Supply Platoon; 913th Signal Depot
Company; 987th MP Company; 1862
and 882d Chemical Companies air
operations.
2,214th Quartermaster Truck Com
pany, aviation; 763d Chemical Depot
Company, aviation; 479th Quarter
master Platoon Air Depot Wing,
1,947th, 2,Oo5th, 2,056th, 2,o91st and
2,l03d Quartermaster Companies,
aviation; 1,912th Ordnance Ammu-
milton Company, aviation; l,131st,
l,132d and 874th Army Postal Units;
137th, 155th, 157th, 61st, 10th and
125th General Hospitals, less ad-
vance detachments; Headquarters
and Headquarters Detachment 324th
Ordnance aBttalion: 248th, 251st,
lO4th and 10th Finance Disbursing
Sections; 38Sth, 389th, 39Oth, 391st,
413th, 414th, 424th, 426th, 427th,
430th and 425th Military Police De-
tachments, and Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment 101st and
49th Replacement Battalions.
The following units were landed
at other ports:
Hampton Roads - Headquarters
and Headquarters Squadron 18th
Depot Group; Headquarters Service
Group; 655th Quartermaster Gas
Supply Company; 3519th Quarter
master Truck Company, and roth
Field Artillery Battalion.
Charleston, s. C.-ElementS OF
18th and 18th Air Forces.
Beston-Headquarters and Head
quarters Company and Headquar-
ters special troops 5th Infantry Di-
vision; 5th Quartermaster Company
of 5th Division; I'd Signal Company,
9th Infantry Regiment, 18th Field
Artillery Battalion, I'd Engineer
Battalion and I'd Medical Battalion,
all of the I'd Division, and 346th
Infantry Regiment of the 87th In
fantry Division.
At Bangor, Me, yesterday, 1000
officers and men of the 9th Troop
Carrier Command arrived from Eu-
rope aboard go Gas and CAT
transports.