According to the history of the 87th Infantry Division, they were deployed in Scotland/England as follows
[Note from: An Historical and Pictorial Record of the 87 Infantry Division in WWII – “The Queen Elizabeth” departed from New York Harbor on 17 October 1944 and arrived at Gourock, Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde, on 22 October. Debarkation proceeded on 23 and 24 October with the Division Headquarters and other organizations proceeding by rail to Cheshire County, England. Division Headquarters was set up at Peover Manor, near Knutsford, England, with the other organizations being billated in nearby towns.]
England
October 25, 1044
Hello Folks,
While I’ve got a little time now I’ll start a letter and I’ll do my best to get it finished before too many days have past. This is the last air mail stamp I have so I’ll try to make this a fairly long letter and then I’ll have to use V-mail or the “Free” method till I can get some more. Till they get some kind of a PX opened up around here and I can get some ink and V mail forms I wish you would sort of share your letters with Grandma Carver, Aunt Mary and whoever else you can without putting yourselves out. After things get to working on schedule here I don’t know how much writing I’ll be able to do but I’ll do my best. It’ll sure be a happy time for me when we start getting mail from home. Of course, it hasn’t been any extended length of time since we got mail but even a few days seem like a long time when you want news so badly. I hope it won’t take too long for… [missing page?]… hate to use Vmail but I think I’ll use it the next letter I write. I haven’t received any of them yet and I just wonder how fast they do travel.
There’s one phase of being overseas that I haven’t said anything about and I wouldn’t even mention it now if I weren’t in need of talking to someone about it. That is the way the morals of the fellows drop when they feel they are so far from home that no one knows them. It was bad enough back in the States but some few had their wives with them and whatever other influences there were just held them in check a little. It’s just like the bottom had dropped out of everything and things just go wild. I’ve enough determination to continue to do as I have done in the past but it does take courage. I want you to pray for my strength along this line as well as any other.
I’m pretty tired and since I couldn’t possibly fill another page I’ll sign off. God bless you all.
Love, Donald