Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
B Troop Carriers
Scheduled 10 Land
42,7O0 Men today

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Twenty -four troop carriers, with
1900 American servicemen, are
scheduled to arrive today at three
East Coast ports, while at Pacific
points more than 1870 troops are
due to debark from 24gessels.
Ships and units arriving:
AT New York-George Washing
ton, 6,145 troops, including elements
81 566th Signal Air Warning Battal-
ION, 3915th, 3934th and 3859th Quar-
termaster Gas Supply Companies;
6o2d. 748th Field Artillery Battalions;
956th, 4689th Quartermaster Service
Companies; 593d. 540th Quarter
master Salvage Replacement Com
panies; 24Sth Engineer Combat Bat
talon; 659th Port Company: 599th
Quartermaster Laundry Battalion;
18th Antiaircraft Artillery Group;
Sd Cavalry Group: s47th Engineer
Battalion Aviation; advance de-
tachment Bad Artillery Division;
29th Field Hospital; 593d Ordnance
Ammunition Company; l78th Gen.
eral Hospital Detachment; 16sth
General Hospital; also ~ Navy
personnel.
GAINESVILLE Victory, 1883 troops,
including personnel of 143d Anti
aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion,
Type A; Antitank Company, Com
panies D and H, 35Sth Infantry
Regiment.
Laconia Victory, 1872 troops in
Guiding eight WACs and elements
of the 390th Engineer Regiment and
s4th Field Hospital.
Thomas johnson. due yesterday.
63l troops, including 321sth and
4480th Quartermaster Service Com
panies; 3906th Quartermaster Truck
Company; 39lsth Quartermaster
Gas Supply Company
Stephen Douglas. 6oa troops, in
Guiding 9th Photo Reconnaissance
Squadron: Headquarters and Head
quarters Battery, 1e4th Field Ar.
tillery Battalion. King s. Woolsey,
586 troops including 54Sth Field Ar
tillery Battalion. Caleb Strong, $50
troops, including 2916th Quarter
master Truck Company; Companies
A and x, 357th Infantry Regiment.
Miscellaneous troops on following:
Robert Stockton from lie Havre, $50;
John Dickinson from Marseilles, SGT;
Santa Cecilia from Naples, 365; s..
M. Babcock from Antwerp, due yes
terday, 113 ;Pittsburg Seam from
Antwerp, s; James Sullivan from
Newport, England, a.
At Newport News-Ponce de Leon,
due yesterday. SCI troops including
l52d Station Hospital; Francis Lee,
SAT troops, including Company D,
14lst Infantry Regiment; Company
B, 4l3th Infantry Regiment; 36th
Cavalry Reconnaissance
Troop; Thomas Sim Lee, 583 troops,
326th Ordnance Depot
Wooster Victory, 1871 troops, in
Guiding Headquarters and Head.
quarters Company, 141st Infantry
Regiment; and following units Of
143d Infantry Regiment-Headquar-
tiers and Headquarters Company,
Cannon Company, Antitank Conn
pany, Headquarters Company of LIST
Battalion Companies G, D and II,
ana Headquarters Company Of sd
Battalion.
Excelsior, 2,1oo troops, including
Company e, 143d Infantry Regi-
ment; and following units of 141st
Infantry Regiment-Antitank Com
pany, Headquarters Companies OF
LIST, I'd and Sd Battalions and Com
par1ies E, F, H, M. Also following
357th Infantry Regiment Units
Cannon Company and Headquarters
Companies, LIST and Sd Battalions.
Don Air Seam, eight miscellaneous.
At Bostop-Sea Scamp, due yes
terday, 1852 troops, including 1o4th,
lo7th Evacuation Hospitals; 18TH,
254th Engineer Combat Battalions;
55th General Hospital; 31st Mobile
Railway Squadron, 1954th Quarter
master Truck Squad. Henry Gibbins,
due yesterday, 1898 troops, includ-
ing 18th Field Hospital: Headquar-
tiers and Headquarters Battery,
207th Antiaircraft Artillery Group:
953d Field Artillery Battalion; s4th
Engineer General Service Regiment.
Haverford Victory, 1,45s troops, in
Guiding 1896 Engineer Combat Bat
talon and oath Engineer Dump
Truck Company. Ward Hunt from
LIE Havre, 5s1 casuals.
At Portland, Greg. Pickaway
from Samar, 1910 Navy, Coast
Guard personnel
At Los Angeles-Cabinta from
Hollandia, 1852 Army, 8 Navy.
At San Observation-Disclosures
personnel on following-Monterey
from Manila, 4,347; Hunter Liggett
from Guam, 2,37l; Attu from Leyte,
1911; Zaurak from Shanghai, 1,019
Navy; Copahee from Pearl Harbor,
SGT Navy; Gree from Japan, 479
Navy; Wantuck from Pearl Harbor,
100 Navy; Polana from Guam, l03
Navy; Plunkett from Adak, 1855
Navy; LIST 1888 from Pearl Harbor,
106 Navy; also few each on Light
ming, LIST 615, Belazon Smith, John
Sedgwick, LIST 1852, Cinnamon,
Torchwood, Silver Bell and Melucta.
At Seattle, observation-disclosures
troops on following-DenaI from
Alaska, due yesterday, Ito; Broad
water from Saipan, 80.
At Tacoma, Wash.-Missoula from
Okinawa. 2,051 miscellaneous Army
personnel.
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