Evening star., 1945-09-26
A-16 ***THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
BOTS Yanks Arrive
In New York From
Asiatic War Zone
Hy the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Sept. 26-Cheerine
Yanks from the China Burma In
dia theater arrived here today after
a 13,000-mile trip on the U. S. S
General Greely. which carried BOTS
troops and passengers.
Units represented included Maj
Gen. Claire Chennault's Flying
Tigers" the 10th Air Force, the lst
and I'd Air Commando Squadrons
Merrill's Marauders, the Mars Task
Force, the Army Airways Communi-
cation System, the 352d Army En-
gineers, the 61st Railway Operating
Company, the 478th and 21st Army
Quartermaster Corps, the Kachin
Rangers, members of the Office OF
Strategic Services, the 48th Evacua-
tion Hospital, the Goth General Hos
pital and the 151st Medical Bat
talon.
Also aboard were Is Red Cross
workers, number of Army nurses
and 1872 Chinese and Indian civilians
sent to the United States by their
governments for educational and
scientific research.
The 352d Engineers built and op-
Grated the Ledo Road while the 6lst
Railway Operating Company oper-
ated over 700 miles of railroad in the
wild Assam Valley section of North
east India. The Kachin Rangers
operated almost entirely behind the
Japanese lines and taught guerrilla
warfare to the natives.
The Greeley was one of 19 vessels
scheduled to arrive in the United
States today with more than $4,000
Servlcemen. Nine ships are due in
San Francisco, four more in New
York, three at Newport News and
Boston expects two.
Other ships and units arriving:
At New ork-(Aboard j. E. John
som, % troops, undesignated units
tAboard Sea Serpent, Jamaique and
Atenus). 63 miscellaneous troops.
At Newport News (aboard Cristo-
baD 1884 troops, including the fol-
lowing elements of the goth Infan-
try Division: Headquarters: Head
quarters Special Troops; goth Quar-
termaster Company, 37Oth Field Ar
tillery Battalion, 371st. 324th and
924th Engineer Battalions. (Aboard
Mount Evans and c. Long 81
troops. undesignated units.
At Boston aboard Brandon Vic
tory 1857 troops, including follow
ing elements of the 63d Infantry
Division: Headquarters and Head
quarters Company; special troops,
Military Police Platoon. ID Bat
talon: 253d Infantry Regiment with
medical attendants; 862d Field Ar
tillery Battalion with medical at
tendants and miscellaneous person
mel. (Aboard Dominican Victory
! ,939 troops for separation, and mis-
cellaneous troops.
At San Francisco-ApproXimately
5000 troops from the Pacific are
expected aboard the following ships
The carriers U. S. Roi and Kada-
shan Bay, and the Sea Corporal,
Brazil, Charles E. Smith, Wilfred
Grenfell, Farralon, Utahan and
Paul Chandler.
The Army transport Puebla, home
from the Philippine Island of Leyte
by way of Ulithi and Eniwetok
docked at San Francisco last night
and landed 1880 American soldiers
At Portland, Greg. a troopshiE
bearing 1900 combat veterans of the
Philippines docked last night. The
men will leave in a few days fol
separation centers nearest theil
homes.
Most of the men were from in
fantry and artillery outfits and the
number of men represented almost
as many towns from every State In
the Union, Army officers reported.
Some 2o7 were sick and wounded
ambulance cases.