Evening star., 1945-12-14
Queen Mary 10 Head
78 Ships Home Today
With $1,000 Troops
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Led by the Queen Mary, a total of
70 vessels are scheduled to arrive at
nine East and West Coast ports to-
day, bringing home more than g.
600 servicemen.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-Queen Mary, IL 400
troops including 32d Heavy Bomb
Squad; Batteries c and D, 557th
Antiaircraft Artillery warning Bat
talon; 223d Chemical Base Depot
Company; 168th Station Hospital,
1595th Ordnance Supply Mainte-
nance Company, 3O2d Transport
Wing, 18TH General Hospital, 687th
General Hospital Complement. 332d
Bomb Squad of oath Bomb Group;
33sth, 350th. 351st Heavy Bomb
Squads; 435th Fighter Squad, Head
quarters and Base Service Squad of
411th Air Service Group, 411th Air
Service Group of 661st Air Material
SQUAD, Headquarters and Base Serv-
Ice Squad of 412th Air Service
Squad, 838th Air Engineer Squad of
4l2th Air Service Group, 662d Air
Material Squad of 412th Air Service
Group, 18th AAF Photo Intelligence
Detachment, 5th Airdrome Squad,
365th Airdrome Squad, 55th Depot
Supply Squad, Goth Medical Supply
Platoon. 188th Medical Dispensary,
3l3th Transport Squad, 20O3d Ord
nance Maintenance Company, 306th
Station Hospital. 3O9th Port Com
pany, SD General Hospital, 444th
Engineer Base Depot Company,
3l9th Quartermaster Depot Supply
Company, 4233d Quartermaster
Sterilization Company, 241st Quar-
termaster Depot Supply Company
and miscellaneous personnel.
Marine Panther-2,373 troops, in
cluding 96th Signal Battalion, 188Oth
Engineer Aviation Battalion, 43d,
46th and 48th Port Surgical Hospi-
tails.
J. w. McAndrew-1,94 ,949 troops, in
Guiding 734th Field Artillery Bat
talon, 631st Tank Destroyer Bat
TALON and 648th Tank Destroyer
Battalion.
Colby Victory-1,535 troops, in
cluding Military Police platoon of
89th Division, 714th Ordnance Light
Maintenance Company, 405th Quar-
termaster Company, 89th Signal
Company, 88lst Air Engineer Squad,
22d Photo Reconnaissance Squad.
Croatan-1,236 troops, including
750th Tank Battalion, detachment
713th Military Police Battalion, de-
tachment 296th Engineer Combat
Battalion.
Saturnia-1,126 troops, including
SAID Ordnance Heavy Maintenance
Company, SAITH Ordnance Heavy
Maintenance Company, Headquar-
ters and Headquarters Detachment
177th Quartermaster Battalion.
Tabitha Brown, SGT troops, in
cluding Companies L and M, Anti
tank Company of the 3l4th Infantry
Regiment. Samuel Ashe, $50 troops,
including the 200th Field Artillery
Battalion. A total of 4,125 miscel-
laneous personnel on seven ships.
At Newport News-Peter Minuit,
544 troops, including Medical De-
tachment of 314th Infantry; Com
panies I and K of 314th Infantry.
Joseph Hollister, 589 troops, in
cluding Rear Detachment, 177th
Evacuation Hospital; Service Com
pany, 314th Infantry Regiment;
Companies G and H, 314th Infantry.
A total of 1899 miscellaneous troops
on six transports.
At Boston-Samuel Livermore,
900 troops, including 555th Anti
aircraft Artillery Automatic Weap-
ons Battalion, with medical atten-
dants. Six hundred and seventeen
miscellaneous troops on one ship.
At Portland-2,206 miscellaneous
troops.
At Los Angeles-9,641 miscellane-
Gus personnel on II ships.
At San Diego-A total of 624 mis-
cellaneous personnel.
At San Francisco-More than
6,821 miscellaneous personnel.
At Seattle-A total of 10,669 mis-
cellaneous personnel.
At Tacoma-1,4 ,473 miscellaneous
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