Evening star., 1945-12-01
$4,000 Servicemen
To Arrive Today on
East, West Coasts
By the Associated Press.

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By the Associated Press.
Twenty-four transports, carrying
more than $4,000 service personnel,
are scheduled to arrive today at
three East Coast ports, while at four
West Coast ports more than 5000
troops are due to debark from IS
vessels.
+ Twelve ships with more than U.s.
900 veterans are due at New York,
seven with more than 6,l00 at New
port News, Va, and five with more
than $500 at Boston.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-Santa Rosa, 2,44e
troops, including 236th Engineer
mbatsBattalion. 3276th and 3277th
Quartermaster Clearing Platoons
and miscellaneous troops.
Nyu Victory. 1919 troops, includ-
ing S76th Antiaircraft Battalion
519th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance
Company, 161st Chemical Company
3251st Ordinance Base Depot Com.
pany, 426th Military Police Truck
Company.
Sheepshead Bay Victory, 1850
troops including 202d Field Artil-
lery Battalion. headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment of 80th
Quartermaster Battalion. 3940tt
Quartermaster Gas Supply Com
pany, 97lst Quartermaster Service
Company.
U. s. S. Reno. GIL troops, includ-
ing 37th Engineer Combat Bat
talon.
U. S. S. Boise. 1,188 troops, in
cluding 49lSt Antiaircraft Battalion,
Headquarters detachment of 29th
Antiaircraft Group, 452d Ordnance
Evacuation Company, 3892d Quar-
termaster Truck Company.
Aiken Victory, 1867 troops, in
cluding 394lst and 3947th Quarter
master Truck Companies.
Levi Woodbury., 625 troops, In
cluding 95th Evacuation Hospital,
4l9th Medical Collecting Company
585th and 586th Ambulance Com
panies.
William and Mary Victory, 1,489
troops, including 82d Armored Field
Artillery Battalion, 92d Cavalry Re-
connaissance Squadron of 18th
Armored Division.
14,2l5 miscellaneous troops on fol.
lowing: Hermitage, David Shanks
Joseph Cannon, U. S. S. Randolph
At Newport News-Lsaac Sharp.
less, 572 troops, including 449tt
Heavy Maintenance Company; 68tf
Quartermaster Refrigeration Com.
pany; 1926 Quartermaster Steriliza.
ton Company.
st. Adams Victory-1,9 $50 troops
including 647th Ordnance Ammuni.
ton Company; 682d Ordnance Am.
munition Company: 554th Motol
Amphibious Company; 827th Tanl
Destroyer Battalion.
$3.50 miscellaneous troops on fol
lowing: A. P. Hill, William Rawle
George Steers, Cristobal, Hall J
Kelly, originally due yesterday.
At Boston-Sedalia Victory, origi
nally due yesterday, 1886, including
688th and 809th Field Artillery Bat
talions; 3995th Quartermaster Ga
Supply Company; prisoner-of-wa
escort guard, some civilians.
Santa Maria-1,725 troops, includ
ing Headquarters and Headquarter
Battery of the 34th Antiair Artill
cry Brigade; 4th Combat Gamer;
Unit; 876th Ordnance Heavy Auto
motive Maintenance Company
353d Ordnance Maintenance Com
pany; 677th. 678th and 679th Por
Companies.
81 miscellaneous troops on, follow
ing: Lesvus. originally due Wednes
day; Silas Mitchell, Edward Grieg.
At Los Angeles-1,610 miscellane
GUS personnel on following: Media
Kitkan Bay.
At San Diego-1,732 miscellaneou
personnel on following: Escort car
rier Sargent Bay, light cruise
Montpelier, and on II LCI's.
At San Francisco-1,36 1863 miscel
] laneous personnel on following
Hospital ship Relief, Barnwell, Amy
Gus.
Also, Camay, Great Republic, Wal
ter Wyman, Mata and Ripon Victor
with a few men each.
At Portland, Oreg. miscel
laneous personnel on following: S
Eastland, Fairland, Frances E. Viii
lard, Elwood Haynes, Henry
CAN'T, destroyer escort USS Grend