Evening star., 1945-08-31
10 Ships With 25,881
To Arrive in j. :,
From Europe Today
b. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Decks
swarming with khaki, 10 troop-car-
rying ships will arrive II. the United
States today, bringing 25,881 soldiers
and sailors home from Europe.
In the forefront was the British
liner Queen Elizabeth with 1850
Army and Navy personnel, among
them Col. James Stewart, motion
picture actor. The passenger list
also included Herbert H. Lehman.
UNRRA director; Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise, Brig. Gen. William M. Gross
of the 9th Air Force, and 270 nurses.
-Four other transports were due to
dock in New York, four in Boston
and one in Newport News. Va,
Units reaching the United States
today are:
At New York-(Aboard Queen
Elizabeth) 832d, 833d, 834th, 835th,
836th, 837th. 838th, 839th, 848th,
849th, 850th and 851st Bomb Squa-
drons; 486th, 487th and 490th
Bomb Groups; 362d Airdrome Squad
ron; 827th Convalescent Center;
860th Army Postal Unit; Hath,
1920 and 297th General Hospital;
9Th Medical Supply Platoon; 892d
Signal Depot Company; 8O3d Hos
pital Center; 434th Fighter Squad
ron; 816th Medical Air Evacuation
Squadron; Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment, Tooth Quar-
termaster Battalion: Headquarters
and Headquarters Squadron, 14th
Bomb Wing; 1908th Ordnance Am
munition Company; I'd Historical
Unit; 861st and 885th Chemical
Companies; 1962d Ordnance Depot
Company; Headquarters and Head
quarters Squadrons, lst and I'd Bomb
Wings; 363d Airdrome Squadron;
741st Medical Detachment; 256tn,
263d and 266th Finance Disbursing
Sections, 1944th, 1968th, 1969th and
8022d Quartermaster Truck Compan-
les; 825th Convalescent Center; 9th
Infantry Division Replacement De-
tachment; 104th Infantry Division
Replacement Detachment; 1920
Quartermaster Truck Company;
215th Engineer Service Detachment; |
237th Signal Service Company;
508th Quartermaster Service Com
pany; 556th Signal Battalion and
12o3d Military Police Company.
Hospital Units Return.
fAboard Borinquen) 1,437 troops
including Quartermaster Bakery
Companies 4,360th, 4,362d. 4,363d and
4,370th; Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment, 30th Medical
Group: 1l7th, 129th and 13lst Army
Postal Units; 242d General Hospital,
1.678th Engineer Detachment;
2,9O0th, 2,9O1st, 2,9o2d, 2,950th En-
gineer Technical Teams. (Aboard
James Cropper) 432 miscellaneous
troops. (Aboard James Rumsey) IL
casual troops. (Aboard Archbishop
Laney) TAB troops including l30th
General Hospital; 32d Ordnance
Medium Maintenance Company;
32d Machine Records Unit, mobile,
and 18th Bomb Disposal Squadron.
At Boston (Aboard General
Hodges 3,267 troops including 9th,
30th, 37th and 57th Machine Rec
ords Units; 37th Postal Regulating
Section; 58th and 186th Military
Police Companies; 60th Station
Hospital; 68th and I'D Veterinary
Detachments; 225th Quartermaster
Salvage Repair Company; Head
quarters Detachment, 255th Ord
nance Battalion (aviation); 486th
Aviation Squadron; 496th Engineer
Heavy Shop Company; 651st Am
bulance Company; 704th Engineer
Petroleum Distribution Company;
807th Medical Air Evacuation
Squadron; 985th Signal Service
Company; 2,070th Engineer Utility
Detachment; 3,592d Quartermaster
Truck Company.
Regiment on Ship.
(Aboard Excelsior) 1889 troops,
including Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment. 165th Ord
nance Battalion; Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 144th
Quartermaster Battalion; 389th En-
gineer General Service Regiment;
4 ,489th Quartermaster Base Depot
Company; 4,029th Quartermaster
Truck Company; 873d Quartermas-
ter Fumigation and Bath Company;
10Th Military Police Detachment;
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, Gath Replacement Bat
talon; 471st, 473d and 474th Re
placement Companies.
(Aboard CristobaD 1858 troops,
18th Infantry Regiment
of 35th Division.
(Aboard Robert E. Peary) % mis-
cellaneous air forces personnel.
At Newport News-(Aboard Ste
phen Crane) 16 miscellaneous
troOps The Sten'hen Crane orip.