AGF Study, NO. 6: The Procurement and Branch Distribution of Officers

Table III

OUTPUT OF AGF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOLS, 1941-1945

 

19411

1942

1943

1944

19452

Total

     

Enlisted3 ROTC

Enlisted ROTC4

   

Antiaircraft

341

9,637

13,385

936

303

507

----

25,109

Armored

177

4,998

4,590

216

164

471

733

11,349

Cavalry

181

1,536

1,468

179

60

40

----

3,464

Coast Artillery

----

913

899

51

29

72

----

1,964

Field Artillery

233

10,905

9,898

1,840

417

1,255

595

25,143

Infantry

457

24,190

19,452

1,874

4,143

2,786

8,300

61,202

Tank Destroyer

----

1,565

3,261

161

77

194

----

5,258

     

52,953

5,257

5,193

5,325

   

Total

1,389

53,744

58,210

10,518

9,628

133,489

 

Notes:

1. First graduations, September 1941.

2. Includes graduates through 31 August 1945.

3. 1943 ROTC totals include a small number of 1942 graduates.

4. ROTC totals through 31 J uly 1944.

Sources:

(1) Consolidated Reports of Officer Candidate Schools,
            Ground Statistics Section, Headquarters, Army Ground Forces.
(2) Files of Executive for Reserve and ROTC Affairs, WD.

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