USS General A . E . Anderson ( AP - 111 ) USS " General A . E . Anderson " ( AP - 111 ) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War . " General A . E . Anderson " was launched 2 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny , New Jersey ; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1943 ; placed in partial commission the same day for transfer to Baltimore for conversion to a transport by the Maryland Drydock Company ; and placed in full commission at Baltimore 5 October 1943 , Cap . W . E . Miller in command . World War II . From 25 October 1943 to 21 March 1944 " General A . E . Anderson " made four round - trip transport voyages out of Norfolk , Virginia to Casablanca , French Morocco . Underway again 26 March 1944 , she returned to North Africa and touched at Gourock , Scotland , before steaming to Bermuda , where British censors and their families embarked for passage to New York . The ship reached New York 7 May , and following a round - trip voyage to Belfast , Northern Ireland ( carrying the Nebraska " All Hell Can ' t Stop Us " 134th Infantry Regiment along with other elements of the 35th Division , including the Band , and accompanied by the cruiser USS Marblehead . Troops were disembarked at Avonmouth , Port of Bristol " ) she stood out of Norfolk 29 June for Bombay , where her troops debarked 7 August . " General A . E . Anderson " returned to San Pedro , California , 11 September 1944 and subsequently made another long round - trip voyage thence to Bombay via Australia , returning 9 December . Until the summer of 1945 the busy ship made two round - trip voyages from San Francisco to Hollandia and Leyte , sailing from Leyte 24 [ ? ] to reach Norfolk 22 July 1945 . The most famous voyage was the return of Prisoners of War rescued by the Raid at Cabanatuan . The " General A . E . Anderson " departed Hollandia , New Guinea carrying 489 Prisoners of War . It traveled a longer route due to threats from the Japanese . It arrived in San Francisco on March 8 , 1945 , amid great fanfare and a band playing " Don ' t Fence Me In " . Film footage of this voyage can be seen in the ending credits of the movie , " The Great Raid " . After hostilities . " General A . E . Anderson " then commenced troop rotation and Magic Carpet duties . From 8 August 1945 to 15 April 1946 she made eight transatlantic voyages to France ( Marseilles , Le Havre ) , England ( Southampton ) , and India ( Karachi ) . Of these active voyages , six were from New York , and one each from Norfolk and Boston . The ship stood out of Norfolk 9 July 1946 for San Francisco , arriving 24 July , and commenced a pattern of troop carrying and supply runs from West Coast ports to China , Japan , the Philippines , and Guam . Korean War . Assigned to MSTS in October 1949 , she continued these duties until war flared again in the Far East when Communist troops crossed the 38th Parallel to invade the Republic of Korea . The Navy moved quickly to bring American force into action to halt and push back the North Koreans . " General A . E . Anderson " embarked the men and equipment of Marine Air Group 33 at Terminal Island , California , and headed for Japan . She reached Kobe 31 July 1950 with these Marine fliers who helped save the day for embattled South Korean and American ground forces as they struggled to maintain a foothold at the southern tip of the beleaguered Korean peninsula . Returning to San Francisco in August , she embarked 1 , 800 men of the 11th Airborne Division ' s 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team and brought them to Moji , Japan , on 20 September 1950 . Throughout the remainder of the Korean War " General A . E . Anderson " followed her familiar pattern of transport runs from West Coast ports to Japan and Korea as she supported United Nations forces in Korea . Decommission . Thereafter she continued identical peacetime operations until she decommissioned at Oakland , California , 10 November 1958 . After being returned to the Maritime Administration she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay , California . She was sold for scrap on 14 November 1986 for the sum of $ 1 , 177 , 200 and scrapped in Taiwan in July 1987 . Awards . " General A . E . Anderson " received one service star for Korean War service .