Front page of the North-China Daily News. This Friday, November 16, 1945 edition was published in Shanghai and features a photo credited to Larry Gahn, USIS . The caption reads "U.S. SOLDIERS BOARD USS HOCKING FOR HOME. Their bags packed, these US soldiers were stopped (?) when ready to board the USS Hocking which is now carrying them home after months in the China Theatre. The Hocking, first US ship to leave from Shanghai with homeward bound troops, carried more than 1,500 Army and Navy enlisted men and officers. The ship is expected to make one fuelling (sic) stop in Okinawa, and the US West Coast about December 3." For more on the USS Hocking, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hocking
