The former POWs boarded the U.S.A.T Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth and sailed for the United States and arrived in San Francisco on May 29, 1945.
Pvt. Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez was born on May 12, 1918, in Durango, Mexico to Alfredo and Alexandra Nevarez. He was the oldest of six children,
Pvt. William John Smith was born in 1922 to Durwood C. and Lucille E. Smith and raised at 309 Quince Street in Brainerd, Minnesota with
Headquarters, Provisional Tank Group Major John C. Morley+ Major Havelock D. Nelson+ Cpl. Daniel H. Nugent
Headquarters, Provisional Tank Group Cpl. William E. Burns Jr.*+ Sgt. Norman F. Spencer*+ Headquarters Company,
Lt. Col. Curtis T. Beecher ’15 – U.S.M.C. Maj. John B. Rago ’20 – U.S.A. Capt. Frank J. Grady ’31 – U.S.A. Sgt. William B. Mitchell Jr. Ex. ’32-
S/Sgt. Louis J. Aiani Jr. ’41 USAAC Sgt. Jack J. Griswold ’38* USA Pvt. James P. Miller ’41 USA 1st. Lt. Paul W. Andermann ’39
Transferred to 86th Field Artillery – 2 April 1942 2nd Lt. George T. Holland Headquarters, Provisional
Medical Detachment Capt. Leo J. Schneider Capt. Harry S. Hickman+ PFC Floyd T. Allen Cpl. George W. Gober+ PFC Herman Omansky+ Pvt. Frederick P. Bartik+
Headquarters Company, 194th Tank Battalion Capt. Lyman E. Johnson* 1st Lt. Benjamin E. Gwynn*+ 1st
Headquarters, Provisional Tank Group Pvt. Joseph Sanchez Pvt. William J. Smith*+ Headquarters Company, 194th Tank Battalion Lt. Col. Ernest B. Miller* Capt. Clinton
Headquarters, Provisional Tank Group Lt. Col. Thaddeus E. Smyth+ Pvt. George L. Abapo Pvt. Luther D. Hall* PFC Willard E. Hall*
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