VAST REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, August 17. Doscribed as the greatest mass movement oi'-.men in history, the United States current Pacihc demobilisation •irogramme 'which has now returned 1,2(53,000 inen from Far Eastern vvar tiieatres, will be completed on SeptemboT 1. The programme began on Septeniber 20, 1945. The naval repatriation fieet subsequently rose to a peak of 1200 vessels ranging from carriers to lauding craft.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 8
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