Sunday, August 16, 2009

Service in WW II - Inductions and Enlistments

Army inductions by race, July 1, 1944-December 31, 1945 United States and Territories



Accumulative to June 30, 1944 July-Dec. 1944 Jan.-June 1945 July-Dec. 1945 Accumulative to Dec. 31, 1945

All Races

Number

7,041,087

393,392

518,127

272,747

8,225,353


Percent

100

100

100

100

100

White

Number

6,139,589

348,060

457,460

236,675

7,181,784


Percent

87.2

88.5

88.3

86.7

87.3

Negro

Number

797,444

30,882

46,123

27,447

901,896


Percent

11.3

7.8

8.9

10.1

11.0

Japanese

Number

11,260

3,483

2,933

2,404

20,080


Percent

0.2

0.9

0.6

0.9

0.1

Puerto Rican

Number

32,344

8,109

8,005

2,980

51,438


Percent

0.5

2.1

1.5

1.1

0.6

Others

Number

60,450

2,858

3,606

3,241

70,155


Percent

0.8

0.7

0.7

1.2

0.9

TABLE 36 [page 190]

Enlistments by race and service, July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945

Branch of Service Total White Negro
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

TOTAL

483,605

100

477,285

98.7

6,320

1.3

Army

90,707

100

89,952

99.2

755

0.8

Navy

392,898

100

387,333

98.6

5,565

1.4

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