105th Engineer Combat Battalion, Fact Sheet

105th ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION

30th Infantry Division

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These statistcs were gleaned from a variety of sources. Notes on sources are at the end of the page.

Profile of U.S. Servicemen, 1941 - 1945

38.8% (6,332,000) servicemen and women were volunteers.
61.2% (11,535,000) were drafted.
Of the 17,955,000 men examined for induction, 35.8% (6,420,000) were rejected as physically or mentally unfit.
Average duration of service: 33 months.
Overseas service: 73% served overseas with an average of 16.2 months abroad.
Combat Survivability (out of 100): 8.6 were killed in combat, 3 died from other causes, and 17.7 received nonmortal combat wounds.
Noncombat Jobs: 38.8% had rear echelon assignments--administrative, technical, support, or manual labor.
Average Base Pay: $71.33 per month for enlisted and $203.50 per month for officers. U.S. Army pay scale during the war.

U.S. Active Military Personnel, Enlisted & Officer

ARMY NAVY MARINES TOTAL

1939 189,839 125,202 19,432 334,437

1940 269,023 160,997 28,345 458,365

1941 1,462,315 284,427 54,359 1,801,101

1942 3,075,608 640,570 142,613 3,858,791

1943 6,994,472 1,741,750 308,523 9,044,745

1944 7,994,750 2,981,365 475,604 11,451,719

1945 8,267,958 3,380,817 474,680 12,123,455

Peak Strength of Armed Forces During WWII

U.S. 12,364,000 Switzerland 650,000

U.S.S.R. 12,500,000 Rumania 600,000

Germany 10,000,000 Phillipines 500,000

Japan 6,095,000 Yugoslavia 500,000

France 5,000,000 Netherlands 500,000

China, Nationalist 3,800,000 Sweden 500,000

China, Communist 1,200,000 Bulgaria 450,000

Britain 4,683,000 Finland 250,000

Italy 4,500,000 Brazil 200,000

India 2,150,000 Czechoslovakia 180,000

Poland 1,000,000 New Zealand 157,000

Spain 850,000 Greece 150,000

Turkey 850,000 South Africa 140,000

Belgium 800,000 Thailand 126,500

Canada 780,000 Iran 120,000

Australia 680,000 Portugal 110,000

Argentina 100,000

Toll of War, 1939 - 1945

KILLED WOUNDED

Army & Air Corp 234,874 565,861

Navy 36,950 37,778

Marines 19,733 67,207

Coast Guard 574 432

Total military 292,131 671,278

Merchant Marines Died as POWs: 37 Dead: 5,662

Missing: 4,780 Killed at sea: 845

Estimated International Cost of WWII

Battle deaths 14,904,000

Battle wounded 25,218,000

Civilian deaths 38,573,000

Direct economic costs $1,600,000,000,000

Costs By Individual Nations Directly Related To The War (in U.S. Dollars)

U.S. 288,000,000,000 Netherlands 9,624,000,000

Germany 212,336,000,000 Belgium 6,324,000,000

France 111,272,000,000 India 4,804,000,000

U.S.S.R. 93,012,000,000 New Zealand 2,560,000,000

Britian 57,254,226,000 Sweden 2,334,000,000

China 94,072,000,000 South Africa 2,152,000,000

Japan 41,272,000,000 Turkey 1,924,000,000

Italy 21,072,000,000 Switzerland 1,752,000,000

Canada 20,104,000,000 Norway 992,000,000

Australia 10,036,000,000 Portugal 320,000,000

Aircraft Production (all types)

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

U.S. 2,141 6,086 19,433 47,836 85,898 96,318 46,001

Britain 7,940 15,049 20,094 23,672 26,263 26,461 12.070

Soviet Union 10,382 10,565 15,737 25,436 34,900 40,300 20,900

Germany 8,295 10,826 12,401 15,409 24,807 40,593 7,540

Japan 4,467 4,768 5,088 8,861 16,693 28,180 8,263

Military Aircraft Losses (1939 - 1945)

U.S. 59,296 France 2,100

Germany 95,000 Canada 2,389

Japan 49,485 New Zealand 684

Britain 33,090 India 527

Australia 7,160 Sweden 272

Italy 4,000 Denmark 154

(U.S.S.R. losses were extremely high, but figures were undisclosed by the Soviet government.)

Naval Losses (1939 - 1945)

U.S. 157 Germany 672

Britain 296 Japan 433

France 129 Greece 22

Netherlands 40 Yugoslavia 13

Norway 40 U.S.S.R.* 102

Italy 300 Others 36

*Unconfirmed statistic

Merchant Ship Losses
(Ships over 200 tons)

Britain 3,194

Japan 2,346

U.S. 866

Other Allied 1,467

Neutral 902

Tank Production
(All types)

U.S. 60,973

Britain 23,202

Germany 19,926

Italy 4,600

Japan 2,464

U.S.S.R 54,500

Figures gathered from the Department of Defense

Robert Goralski, "World War II Almanac"; 1931 - 1945

Athur Enock, "This War Business"

Trade Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty (London), October, 1945

Operations Navy, Division of Naval Intelligence, September, 1945

Additional statistics: www.angelfire.com

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	ARMY	NAVY	MARINES	TOTAL
1939	189,839	125,202	19,432	334,437
1940	269,023	160,997	28,345	458,365
1941	1,462,315	284,427	54,359	1,801,101
1942	3,075,608	640,570	142,613	3,858,791
1943	6,994,472	1,741,750	308,523	9,044,745
1944	7,994,750	2,981,365	475,604	11,451,719
1945	8,267,958	3,380,817	474,680	12,123,455

U.S.	12,364,000	Switzerland	650,000
U.S.S.R.	12,500,000	Rumania	600,000
Germany	10,000,000	Phillipines	500,000
Japan	6,095,000	Yugoslavia	500,000
France	5,000,000	Netherlands	500,000
China, Nationalist	3,800,000	Sweden	500,000
China, Communist	1,200,000	Bulgaria	450,000
Britain	4,683,000	Finland	250,000
Italy	4,500,000	Brazil	200,000
India	2,150,000	Czechoslovakia	180,000
Poland	1,000,000	New Zealand	157,000
Spain	850,000	Greece	150,000
Turkey	850,000	South Africa	140,000
Belgium	800,000	Thailand	126,500
Canada	780,000	Iran	120,000
Australia	680,000	Portugal	110,000
		Argentina	100,000

	KILLED	WOUNDED
Army & Air Corp	234,874	565,861
Navy	36,950	37,778
Marines	19,733	67,207
Coast Guard	574	432
Total military	292,131	671,278
Merchant Marines	Died as POWs: 37	Dead: 5,662
	Missing: 4,780	Killed at sea: 845

Battle deaths	14,904,000
Battle wounded	25,218,000
Civilian deaths	38,573,000
Direct economic costs	$1,600,000,000,000

U.S.	288,000,000,000	Netherlands	9,624,000,000
Germany	212,336,000,000	Belgium	6,324,000,000
France	111,272,000,000	India	4,804,000,000
U.S.S.R.	93,012,000,000	New Zealand	2,560,000,000
Britian	57,254,226,000	Sweden	2,334,000,000
China	94,072,000,000	South Africa	2,152,000,000
Japan	41,272,000,000	Turkey	1,924,000,000
Italy	21,072,000,000	Switzerland	1,752,000,000
Canada	20,104,000,000	Norway	992,000,000
Australia	10,036,000,000	Portugal	320,000,000

U.S.	59,296	France	2,100
Germany	95,000	Canada	2,389
Japan	49,485	New Zealand	684
Britain	33,090	India	527
Australia	7,160	Sweden	272
Italy	4,000	Denmark	154

U.S.	60,973
Britain	23,202
Germany	19,926
Italy	4,600
Japan	2,464
U.S.S.R	54,500