SURPLUS SALE TO MEAN END OF MISSION IN I-B
Roundup Assistant Editor As a result, G.I.'s and officers alike were eagerly awaiting announcement of completion of the pending sale of all remaining U.S. Army surplus materials to the Government of India. Foreign Liquidation Commission officials assured Roundup that negotiations regarding the final conditions of sale and transfer of the property were proceeding satisfactorily. In his Washington statement to United Press, Patterson indicated a possibility that all U.S. forces in the I-B and Africa and the Middle East would be out by July 1. This revised a recent War Department estimate that on July 1 forces in India and Burma would be down to 4,000 and 5,000 in Africa and the Middle East. The Secretary of War said disposition of Air Force personnel will await a decision on whether to terminate the Air Transport Command service through the Middle East to the Far East. This is still under consideration. NEW SHIPPING QUOTAS Meanwhile, I-B Theater Headquarters issued a new Theater Circular No. 45, dated Feb. 23, setting a quota of 6,173 officers and men to be released from duty during the period of March 1 through 10, inclusive, and moved to Replacement Depot No. 3 for return to the U.S. According to tentative figures, approximately 19,000 officers and men will be in the Theater after the departure of the General Hodges, Mar. 5, and that figure will drop to about 12,000 on April 1, after the
Quotas for the major commands for movement during the period from March 1 to 10, inclusive, are shown at right. Personnel from the Assam, Delhi, Agra and Karachi areas will be moved on scheduled ATC flights insofar as possible. APRIL 30 RELEASES Theater Circular No. 35 is being strictly complied with, which requires that male enlisted personnel with an ASR score of 45 or above as of V-J Day or with at least 30 months' service as of April 30 and male officers with an ASR score of 67 or above or with 45 months' service as of April 30 will be released from I-B duty by April 15 and will be home or on the way by April 30. The General Collins sailed from Calcutta for Seattle last Friday, Feb. 22. Coming shipping dates are as follows: General Hodges, March 5; Marine Jumper, March 22; Marine Cardinal, March 24. All ships are continuing to sail to Seattle, stopping at Manila for refueling. These ships will carry approximately 3,200 men each. |
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MISSING ROUNDUP COPIES WANTED Unable to furnish the Theater Historical section with a complete file of Roundups to be used for historical purposes, the editors this week appealed to old-time readers in the hope that the missing copies may be secured. In 1942, 17 Sept., 24 Sept., 22 Oct., 26 Nov., 10 Dec. In 1943, 22 April, 29 April, 6 May, 20 May, 10 June, 1 July, 22 July, 29 July, 16 Sept., 23 Sept. In 1944, 13 Jan., 10 Feb., 17 Feb., 30 March. In 1945, 18 Jan. and 5 April. Any readers having these copies may send them to Roundup. More |
Sgt. Edward G. Krasnecki, a transient on his way from China to New Delhi, snaps a picture of Chancham Bunnag, ATC receptionist in Bangkok and graduate of Northwestern University, with Pfc. James H. Cordrey. Cordrey is from the 1304th ATC BU. The group is visiting Bangkok's fabulous Temple of the Emerald Buddha. |
Chancham Bunnag and Pfc. James H. Cordrey, look on as Mr. C. Rangrikul, Chief of the Bulletin Section of Siam's Publicity Department, points out Bangkok's modern Assembly building. Literally translated, Miss Bunnag's first name means "moonbeam." |
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U.S. TROOPS ASSIGNED DELHI PARADE PLACE NEW DELHI - Two hundred and two enlisted men and three officers, representing United States Army forces in the India-Burma Theater, will be the leading marching element of nearly 14,000 Allied troops who will parade through New Delhi's main streets on March 7. Details of the parade, one of the many events scheduled as part of Victory Week, March 3-9, were disclosed this week by Capt. Treadwell S. Place, American Delhi Military Area Command adjutant. The USF group will be chosen from different units in the new Delhi area. At the head of the contingent will be Capt. Donald C. McCullough, commanding officer of Co. A, Hq. Bn., Lt. Donald Soper of the 835th Signal Bn., and Lt. I. R. Wendt of ADMAC. Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India, will take the salute from a reviewing stand on Kingsway, governmental mall of New Delhi. Units will assemble in the vicinity of Prince's Park, then proceed along Kingsway, Queensway, Minto Road and Circular Road to the vicinity of Irwin Hospital, a distance of more than four miles. |
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