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LINER RETURNS 13,658 TROOPSQueen Elizabeth Will Dock Today; Princess AboardBy Th* AsooriaUrf Pr*«».NEW YORK. June 29—lae liner Queen Elizabeth, with Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and nearly 15,000 other passengers, including 13.658 United States troops, was to dock here this afternoon.Most of the army troops are members of Eighth air force ground crews and hospital units. Aboard are 1,202 navy personnel, 442 army nurses and seven civilians, including Sens. Richard Russell (D) of Georgia and Burnptt R. Maybank (D) of South Carolina.Another ship, the S. S. Marine Raven, with 3,002 troops of the 387th regiment of the 97th infantry division, is scheduled to anchor off Piermont, N. Y. today. |Ten army pilots of the First air Commando group, who flew more than 6,000 supply and mercy missions in unarmed grasshopper planes over Burma, Thursday said they are eager to return to the war with planes that can fireback.The group arrived at LaOuardia field from Casablanca on rotation furloughs, with a total of 3,980 hours In the combat air zone, many of them flown far behind Japanese lines.
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East Liverpool Review
East Liverpool, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 29, 1945
Page 7
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