21. On 18 October 1944 an advanced detachment was directed to report to the New York Port of Embarkation . 22. His final command was of the Boston Port of Embarkation , for which he received the Army Commendation Medal. 23. The remainder, along with some few aircraft, were transported to ports of embarkation by the Air Transport Command. 24. The squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at the Port of Embarkation in December 1945. 25. Survivors say more than 80 perished in the disaster, many of them from the port of embarkation : Vlora. 26. Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation , administratively based in Newport News, Virginia, included the exclusively cargo sub port of Baltimore. 27. It was the second-largest port of embarkation for US forces and material to the Pacific Theater during the war. 28. They flew sixty million miles of operational flights from aircraft factories to ports of embarkation and military training bases. 29. The squadron returned to the United States in December and was inactivated when it reached the Port of Embarkation . 30. The wing also operated Aerial Port and Port of Embarkation for the Northeast United States, primarily for European flights.
