Evening star., 1946-01-03
Queen Mary Returns
$500 Veterans Of
S2d Airborne Division
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The British
liner Queen Mary, bearing $500 vet
erans of the renowned 82d Airborne
Division, arrived today at the head
of parade of troopships return
ing the greatest number Of services
men of any day since vi day.
The Queen Mary was the flagship
of II transports, carrying q total
of 30,837 troops. scheduled to dock
here today. The number of service
men was exceeded only once for
World War lion July 20, when 31,-
455 were landed.
Today arrivals would have set a
new record had the carrier Wasp,
with $3.50 Army officers and men,
been able to arrive on schedule. The
Wasp was held up by Atlantic storms
and will not reach port until Satur-
day or Sunday, Navy oficials said
The Queen Mary was met by
New York's new Mayor, William
O'Dwyer, and Maj Gen. James M.
Gavin, commander of. the 82d.
Other ships scheduled to arrive
here today included.
General Taylor, from Karachi
|3,2l7 troops, including 853d. 1877th,
1878th and 1905th Engineer Bat
talions; 426th Quartermaster Laun-
dry Detachment, 479th Engineer
Maintenance Company, 3846th
Quartermaster Truck Company
709th Engineer Petroleum Distribut-
ing Company, 885th Ordnance Heavy
Auto Maintenance Company, 779th
Engineer Forestry Company, 446th
Engineer Base Depot, 3894th Quar-
termaster Truck Company, 3l99th
Signal Service Battalion, 18th Gen.
eral Hospital. l95th Engineer Dump
Truck Company and headquarters OF
463d Quartermaster Group.
Miscellaneous troops on following
Gen. Brooke, from Calcutta, 3,417;
Mount Vernon, from LIE Havre, g.
032; Explorer, from Nagoya, 2,148;
ST. Adams Victory, from Marseilles
l ,537; William Pender, from LIE
Havre, 557; Webster Victory, from
Marseilles, 1852; william Cushing
from LIE Havre, 584; James Monroe
587, and U. 8. S. Aurega, II.
Thirty-eight other ships are due
at other East and West Coast ports
today as follows:
At Newport News-Blue Island
Victory Originally due yesterday
/ l,533 troops, including 126th Anti
aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion;
962d Quartermaster Service Com
pany; 12lst Signal Radio Company
434th Engineer Dump Truck Com
pany; 895th Antiaircraft Artillery
Air Warning Battalion, and 1896
Evacuation Hospital.
Sedalia Victory Originally due
yesterday. 1.473 troops. including
377th Engineer Regiment; 353d
Antiaircraft Artillery Signal Battal-
ion: 788th Engineer Petroleum Dis
tributing Company. Peter ]. Nc
Guire, 572 troops, including Com
panies G, H and K of 328th Infantry
Regiment.
Texarkana Victory. 1,57l troops
including 173d General Hospital
93d Signal Battalion; Medical De.
tachment, 353d Antiaircraft Artil'
lery Signal Battalion. Coils p
Huntington, 20 miscellaneous per.
sonnel.
At San Diego-Six ships, from
Pearl Harbor, LCIs 1888. 1,024. l,026
1,cSe; LIST 800, LSD Catamount
with a combined total 3l6 Army ant
Navy personnel.
At Los Observation-Disclosures!
personnel on following: Admira
Rodman, from Nagoya, 4,739; Presf.
dent Hayes, from Saipan, 1889
President Adams, from Yokohama
1,767; Basque, from Okirawa, 1856;
LIST 885, from Pearl ,Harbor. 1877;
Thurston, from Leyts, 1852; Frank
lin Bell, 1880; Caballero, III; Be.
for, 139, and Blossnan, 178.
At Miscellaneous per.
sonnel on following: Lycoming
from Okinawa, 2,027 Army; Sea Fly.
er. from Okinawa, 1878 Army.
At Seattle-Miscellaneous person.
mel on following: Baranof, from
Alaska. 145 Army; LIST l,l46, from
Hawaii, l52 Army, and LIST 843
from Hawaii. 1870 Army.
At Tacoma - Alderamin. from
Shanghai, 978 Army, including 23e
Fighter Group (original Flying
Tigers. Sarita, from Yokohama
543.
At San miscellaneous
personnel on following: Saratoga
from Pearl Harbor, 1859; Garrard
from Manila, 905 Army; Stephen
Girard, from Leyte. 901 Army. Fol-
lowing from Pearl Harbor: Conso-
lation, 42l Navy; Rankin, 3ls Army;
Burns, 213 Navy: Haraden, 20s
Navy; Bell, l5S Navy; Wiley, l0s
Navy; Philip Victory. from Tokyo