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Appendix B: Chemical Warfare Service Personnel Strength, Overseas:(a) 30 April 1942 to 31 December 1945

Total overseas American Theaters b North African, Mediterranean Theaters c European Theater d South Pacific Theater e Central Pacific Theater g Southwest Pacific Theater h Asiatic, China, Burma, India Theater i Middle Eastern Theater j Mil. Attachés, and WD Groups and Missions k En route U.S. to Theaters
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1942
April 104 1,515 31 410 0 0 2 19 1 2 28 365 35 581 2 33 0 0 0 0 5 105
May 144 2,057 34 421 0 0 4 99 2 10 35 494 38 563 8 97 0 0 0 23 373
June 188 2,898 38 589 0 0 28 288 6 120 38 725 39 615 8 37 0 0 0 0 31 524
July 245 3,143 51 634 0 0 66 604 5 120 57 759 41 734 8 50 0 0 2 0 15 242
August 338 3,889 55 825 0 0 120 1,080 7 120 66 970 52 773 13 57 1 9 2 0 22 55
September 369 4,292 70 1,305 0 0 142 1,113 9 125 66 906 52 695 13 57 1 9 2 0 14 82
October 421 4,297 89 1,369 0 0 166 1,117 10 126 71 900 61 677 13 57 8 22 2 0 1 29
November 479 4,597 91 1,360 (f) (f) 185 1,236 40 196 72 956 57 775 11 52 9 19 2 0 12 3
December 490 5,134 99 1,417 76 575 129 913 23 200 64 998 64 888 11 52 18 45 2 0 4 46
1943
January 539 5,720 112 1,474 98 948 136 981 24 200 67 1,057 65 892 9 69 21 52 2 0 5 47
February 532 5,934 107 1,444 101 1,158 132 854 24 236 62 1,036 65 892 11 64 23 66 1 0 6 184
March 626 6,116 104 1,356 148 1,438 144 1,004 26 221 58 988 79 938 13 64 25 78 1 0 28 29
April 815 9,440 100 1,127 164 1,503 151 1,052 29 191 72 1,055 111 860 21 74 29 89 1 0 137 3,489
May 946 11,628 99 825 342 5,922 175 1,240 33 223 68 981 98 939 21 80 30 92 2 0 78 1,326
June 1,182 15,522 111 867 457 7,260 274 3,203 38 330 64 962 131 1,391 23 78 29 84 2 0 53 1,347
July 1,286 15,825 111 870 477 7,354 303 3,414 76 1,534 73 953 138 1,433 37 75 27 79 3 0 41 113
August 1,447 17,101 120 867 536 7,211 358 3,924 78 1,644 69 932 142 1,450 85 166 26 47 3 0 30 860
September 1,550 18,598 119 894 553 7,775 436 5,131 80 1,653 69 924 151 1,508 86 168 27 50 3 0 26 495
October 1,783 22,552 115 941 556 7,841 535 7,074 82 1,664 69 934 160 1,713 128 311 24 37 4 0 110 2,037
November 1,803 23,978 112 1,095 529 7,949 707 9,975 81 1,644 78 961 167 1,922 88 267 17 24 3 0 21 241
December 2,043 25,939 111 1,059 571 8,106 816 10,358 92 1,696 87 1,170 180 2,125 101 489 15 19 3 0 67 917
1944
January 2,134 27,891 115 1,059 535 7,825 913 12,522 99 1,777 96 1,298 199 2,169 86 479 12 21 4 0 75 741
February 2,257 29,969 111 1,029 492 7,500 991 13,277 117 2,045 99 1,403 207 2,311 108 542 16 11 4 0 96 1,851
March 2,344 30,164 118 1,160 509 7,580 1,087 13,756 155 3,230 109 1,405 214 2,409 137 615 12 9 3 0 149 2,158
April 2,506 34,065 119 1,108 490 7,844 1,184 16,475 166 3,236 115 1,501 262 3,164 152 729 16 8 2 0 82 1,168
May 2,805 36,573 101 1,086 532 7,811 1,281 17,137 173 3,328 150 2,065 289 3,393 156 869 12 10 40 56 71 818
June 2,824 36,716 95 1,078 508 7,727 1,340 17,020 98 1,848 154 2,093 388 5,459 151 901 12 11 48 81 30 498

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July 2,931 39,732 95 1,120 535 7,118 1,396 17,711 91 1,816 159 2,040 369 6,200 158 2,896 12 11 49 123 67 697
August 3,027 39,917 92 1,082 514 9,037 1,452 17,769 (e) (e) 255 3,882 467 6,734 146 1,109 14 54 92 28 207
September 3,070 40,777 94 1,118 487 8,738 1,503 18,453 –– –– 271 4,001 480 7,138 149 1,078 14 4 50 85 22 162
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October 3, 201 41,091 81 830 511 7,960 1,550 18,989 –– –– 284 4,024 486 7,353 146 1,050 14 5 53 86 76 794
November 3,220 42,075 77 703 295 3,635 1,765 24,476 –– –– 295 3,990 505 7,0447 149 1,052 13 5 66 292 55 875
December 3,324 41,044 69 530 291 3,821 1,913 23,945 –– –– 285 3,808 508 7,253 153 1,045 14 10 73 331 18 301
1945 –– ––
January 3,489 44,672 58 562 317 3,856 1,981 26,316 –– –– 280 3,795 514 7,343 156 1,048 12 9 101 935 70 808
February 3,788 45,752 60 527 313 3,755 2,075 26,685 –– –– 271 3,460 622 7,771 162 1,083 14 9 204 1,643 67 819
March 3,748 45,173 59 471 315 3,627 2,072 26,909 –– –– 279 3,543 595 7,709 173 1,060 10 22 215 1,644 30 188
April 3,841 45,288 59 474 316 3,545 2,097 26,506 –– –– 301 4,100 641 7,686 176 1,207 10 23 222 1,601 19 146
May 3,833 44,937 61 474 289 3,382 2,025 26,247 –– –– 305 4,083 679 7,698 166 1,179 9 16 264 1,792 35 66
June 3,764 46,281 57 446 271 3,971 1,930 26,151 –– –– 346 4,578 673 7,929 176 1,195 9 16 277 1,785 25 210
July 3,444 40,115 50 417 246 3,562 1,530 19,643 –– –– (e) (e) 1,088 12,750 159 1,235 9 16 268 1,775 94 717
August 3,210 36,215 45 372 187 2,390 1,274 15,355 –– –– –– –– 1,190 14,507 160 1,221 10 16 286 2,256 58 98
September 3,005 32,946 41 365 162 1,650 1,057 12,149 –– –– –– –– 1,282 15,041 154 1,313 10 17 262 2,317 37 94
October 2,582 27,880 33 354 94 708 835 9,175 –– –– –– –– 1,232 14,965 123 1,024 10 16 235 1,626 20 12
November 2,101 21,001 32 194 53 243 654 5,711 –– –– –– –– 1,013 12,822 115 477 10 2 198 1,530 26 22
December 1,614 14,428 29 160 33 102 500 4,691 –– –– –– –– 833 8,581 69 300 5 1 140 582 5 11

a Army reports of branch strength were compiled on the basis of branch designation of personnel with each command, and not on the basis of duty assignment. Some of the listed personnel may not, therefore, have been on chemical duty and personnel of other branches or personnel without branch designation may have been assigned chemical duty.

b Includes:

May, June 1942—Personnel listed by location in the Americas.

July 1942 to February 1944-Personnel listed under “North American Theater” and “Latin American Theater.”

March, April 1944—Personnel listed under “American Theater.”

May 1944 to November 1945—Personnel listed under headings:

(1) Alaskan Department.

(2) U.S. Armed Forces in Eastern Canada (combined with (3) below in August 1944; dropped in September 1945).

(3) U.S. Army Forces in Central Canada.

(4) Eastern Defense Command (outside U.S.).

(5) Greenland Base Command (dropped in August 1944).

(6) Caribbean Defense Command.

(7) U.S. Army Forces in South Atlantic (dropped in September 1945).

(8) Northwest Service Command (September 1944 to July 1945).

c North African Theater established 4 February 1943. Prior the March personnel reported in European Theater totals, but identified as in North Africa. Redesignated Mediterranean Theater 1 November 1944.

d Theater established 8 June 1942. Prior reports for command, U.S. Army Forces in the British Isles.

e South Pacific Area forces absorbed by Central Pacific forces 1 August 1944.

f Not reported.

g Central Pacific Area activated 14 August 1943. Prior reports for Hawaiian Department. Central Pacific forces absorbed by U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas on 1 August 1944. Redesignated U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific, 1 July 1945. Strength reported under U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific from 1 July 1945.

h Southwest Pacific Area established 18 April 1942. Strength merged under U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific from 1 July 1945.

i Asiatic Theater became U.S. Army Forces, China-Burma-India Theater on 4 March 1942. China Theater and India–Burma Theater established 24 October 1944, but strength reports consolidated for entire period.

j Includes:

August 1942 through September 1943—Persian Gulf Service Command, U.S. Army Forces in Central Africa, U.S. Army Forces in Liberia, Middle Eastern Theater.

September 1943 to March 1945—U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East, Persian Gulf Command (redesignated from Persian Gulf Service Command, 10 December 1943).

March 1945 to 30 November 1945—African Middle East Theater, Persian Gulf Command(absorbed by theater on 1 October 1945).

k Includes:

Military Attaches and all War Department Missions and Groups on duty outside continental United States; May 1944 to November 1945 also includes all missions and groups under the jurisdiction of the Commanding Generals, Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, or Army Service Forces.

Source: Extracts from STM-30, Strength of the Army Report, prepared by Machine Records Branch, TAG, Monthly.