Hi!
I just had a chance to look at site - so happy to have a few minutes.
I know with the 4th Division they came home and had a month leave. They were to report back to the Division Headqtrs, I think at that time in NC, and they knew when they did they were all going to Japan.
But for them while on their month leave, the bombing of Japan occurred, and they then knew they would not have to go overseas anymore. So they stayed Stateside - one gentleman for instance who was a Medic and Dentist did dental work on German prisoners and I can't recall what else. Eventually he had enough points to get discharged here Stateside.
American POW's it is my understanding, assuming they were healthy enough, would not be sent overseas again. But they too had to have enough points to get out. My Dad, a POW, worked as an MP on trains guarding German prisoners here in the States - after his arrival home May 9th, 1945.
Jean J