[Firedup6975]

People on cruise ships with many luxuries complain daily about simple things, this picture says soooo much of what our soldiers endured on their ships. What an amazing picture!

U.S. troops returning to New York harbor after World War II RMS Queen Elizabeth, returning serviceman from Gourock Scotland, August 1945.

Ship carried over 15,000 troops, and 900 crew, in total the ship would travel over 500,000 miles.

Any Serviceman remember this? Or have family members that may have been on this ship?

[Dennis H.]

My mother was a warbride from England, she was a member of the RAF and my dad was a member of the 8th Air Force, they married in England, and she returned on the Queen Mary to the United States after the war.

[Stuart]

I suspect all personnel were on deck for the photo - they weren't packed on there like that for the whole voyage.

[ReelFun]

Originally Posted by Dennis H.

My mother was a warbride from England, she was a member of the RAF and my dad was a member of the 8th Air Force, they married in England, and she returned on the Queen Mary to the United States after the war.

Dennis,

There is a museum dedicated to the 8th Air Force that you may find interesting off of I-95 near Savannah, Ga.

http://www.mightyeighth.org/

[JimFB400HO]

I have a similar photo of my Grandpa's ship returning from WW1 and a visualization from a WW2 story my father-in-law told me about days packed in the hold of a troop ship heading to the invasion of Okinawa.

Update: I checked my WW1 research photos. I blended two photos in my mind. First, I have an unidentified US ship with the deck packed with troops heading into Brest, France at the beginning of the US involvement to WW1. Second, I have a stock photo of the ship I know Grandpa came from home from the war on.

[OG68]

After the Pacific war ended aircraft carriers were used to ferry the troops home. Some carriers made 2-3 round trips.
Each carrier had a ships company of approximately 15-1800. They would then pack the hanger bay and berthing areas vacated by the air wing to bring the troops home.

Same procedure was used to bring the Vietnam refugees to the resettlement areas in the Philippines and Guam.

[CraigGT37]

My grandfather was stationed in the Philippine islands. On the way home, about 3 days in, the ships captain called his brothers name over the loudspeaker. My grandfather did not know his brother was on the same ship till then. There were so many soldiers on that ship.

[400 4spd.]

I have a picture of two uncles who were in the Army. They saw each other while walking the same German street in the 40's while in uniform, and had another soldier take the picture of them standing together. Neither one had any idea that the other was also in Germany.
Being the youngest, my father followed the same path with his Army career beginning in '46 and was stationed in Germany soon after.