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Last updated 5 August 2005
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Army Ground Forces Study No. 4
TABLE III
GROWTH OF THE ARMY BY BRANCH
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BRANCH |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1945 |
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Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery (includes Artillery Armored and Tank Destroyer)* |
690,083 |
1,512,730 |
1,960,068 |
2,423,075** |
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Coast Artillery Corps |
177,379 |
425,187 |
590,939 |
330,442 |
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Total Ground Arms |
867,462 |
1,939,317 |
2,451,007 |
2,753,517 |
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Adjutant General |
966 |
4,416 |
15,688 |
56,115 |
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Engineers |
91,476 |
333,209 |
561,066 |
688,764 |
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Signal |
50,596 |
241,227 |
309,641 |
331,105 |
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Medical*** |
129,512 |
469,981 |
622,227 |
670,151 |
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Ordnance |
34,278 |
235,350 |
316,174 |
332,042 |
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Quartermaster |
122,672 |
327,794 |
453,419 |
491,301 |
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Chemical |
6,269 |
46,182 |
66,610 |
61,458 |
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Military Police |
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147,840 |
222,639 |
203,823 |
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Transportation |
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51,041 |
167,612 |
260,260 |
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Total Services |
435,769 |
1,359,042 |
2,735,076 |
3,095,020 |
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Air Corps |
270,535 |
1,270,677 |
1,810,900 |
1,331,091 |
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All Other (includes Women’s Army Corps, Warrant and Flight Officers, and No Branch Assigned)
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83,391 |
333,252 |
485,451 |
477,758 |
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Total |
1,657,157 |
5,400,988 |
7,482,434 |
8,157,386 |
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Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery |
41.7 |
28.0 |
24.9 |
29.7 |
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Coast Artillery Corps (incl AAA) |
10.7 |
9 |
7.9 |
4.1 |
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Total Ground Arms |
52.4 |
35.9 |
32.8 |
33.8 |
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Adjutant General |
.1 |
.1 |
.2 |
.7 |
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Engineers |
5.5 |
6.2 |
7.5 |
8.4 |
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Signal |
3.0 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
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Medical |
7.8 |
8.8 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
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Ordnance |
2.1 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
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Quartermaster |
7.4 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
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Chemical |
.4 |
.8 |
.9 |
.7 |
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Military Police |
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2.7 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
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Transportation |
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0.9 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
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Total Services |
26.3 |
34.4 |
36.5 |
37.9 |
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Air Corps |
16.3 |
23.5 |
24.2 |
22.4 |
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All Others |
5.0 |
6.2 |
6.5 |
5.9 |
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Total Army |
100.0. |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
*Armored, Tank Destroyer and Antiaircraft war not reported as separate arms. Because of inclusion of these specialties in the basic ground arms, exact breakdown of the ground arms cannot be made.
**This figure, at this date, includes perhaps 300,000 carried in the Troop Basis as “Hospital Population,” most casualties occurring in the ground arms and to a less extent in the Air Corps.
***Includes Army Nurse Corps, Dietitians and Physical Therapists.
SOURCE: “Strength of the Army,” prepared monthly by Machine Records Br. A.G.O.
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