On the Enlisted Record and Report of Separation the date of departure is listed as 19 January '46 Destination USA and date of arrival as 5 February '46. It does not give the port of embarkation. So my first question is if someone is part of the occupying force in Germany, from what port would he leave? Secondly, the time between embarkation and arrival in the states seems quite long compared to other troop ship voyage times. I have found no troop ship to match these dates. I was told by my friend that the ship was quite old and the weather was not good but he did not mention pulling into another port on the way home. Would anyone be able to give me an explanation for a voyage that lasted 18 days?? Could this be a typo? Thank you, Adrienne Inman

In that time period it was Marseille and LeHarve POE for continental Europe. BrereHaven was Equipment. The US Army closed Marseille on 31 Dec 45 for troop departures. I was in that area and shipped home by way of LeHarve in Frb. 46. Paul Hinkle WW2 US Vet INZP@aol.com wrote: On the Enlisted Record and Report of Separation the date of departure is listed as 19 January '46 Destination USA and date of arrival as 5 February '46. It does not give the port of embarkation. So my first question is if someone is part of the occupying force in Germany, from what port would he leave? Secondly, the time between embarkation and arrival in the states seems quite long compared to other troop ship voyage times. I have found no troop ship to match these dates. I was told by my friend that the ship was quite old and the weather was not good but he did not mention pulling into another port on the way home. Would anyone be able to give me an explanation for a voyage that lasted 18 days?? Could this be a typo? Thank you, Adrienne Inman ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com