Not really sure what I'm looking for here (success rate of missions? kill/death ratios? other measures?), but has there been any scholarly work that studied how these two groups did compared to each other?
Many people primarily associate American involvement in the Pacific theater of World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps, but the U.S. Army deployed more troops and suffered more casualties;
As the chart is quite long, I will split it in half as it appears in the book and "compress" it using abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| T&O | Theater and organization |
| TBC | Total battle casualties |
| TDABC | Total deaths among battle casualties |
| KIA | Killed in action |
| WIA | Wounded in action |
| DOW | Died of wounds |
| DOW (US) | Died of wounds after returning to the United States |
| RTD/DIS (US) | Returned to duty or discharged after returning to the United States |
| RTD | Returned to duty overseas |
| C&I | Captured and interned |
| C&I (KIA) | Killed in action while in a captured or interned status |
| C&I (W&I) | Died of wounds and injuries while in a captured or interned status |
| C&I (OC) | Died of other causes while in a captured or interned status |
| C&I (RTD) | Returned to military control |
| MIA | Missing in action |
| MIA (DD) | Declared dead after being listed as missing in action |
| MIA (OC) | Died of other causes after being listed as missing in action |
| MIA (RTD) | Returned to military control |
| T&O | TBC | TDABC | KIA | WIA | DOW | DOW (US) | RTD/DIS (US) | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Theaters | 157,932 | 50,385 | 30,538 | 95,021 | 5,707 | 29,923 | 59,391 | |
| Combat divisions | 92,900 | 22,839 | 18,223 | 74,342 | 4,538 | 23,869 | 45,935 | |
| Airborne divisions | 2,431 | 620 | 494 | 1,926 | 120 | 659 | 1,147 | |
| 11th | 2,431 | 620 | 494 | 1,926 | 120 | 659 | 1,147 | |
| Cavalry divisions | 4,055 | 971 | 734 | 3,311 | 236 | 961 | 2,114 | |
| 1st | 4,055 | 971 | 734 | 3,311 | 236 | 961 | 2,114 | |
| Infantry divisions | 86,414 | 21,248 | 16,995 | 69,105 | 4,182 | 22,249 | 42,674 | |
| 6th | 2,370 | 517 | 410 | 1,957 | 104 | 586 | 1,267 | |
| 7th | 8,135 | 1,896 | 1,520 | 6,610 | 373 | 2,022 | 4,215 | |
| 24th | 7,012 | 1,691 | 1,374 | 5,621 | 315 | 2,040 | 3,266 | |
| 25th | 5,432 | 1,500 | 1,235 | 4,190 | 262 | 1,441 | 2,487 | |
| 27th | 6,533 | 1,849 | 1,512 | 4,980 | 332 | 1,416 | 3,232 | |
| 31st | 1,733 | 415 | 340 | 1,392 | 74 | 445 | 873 | |
| 32nd | 7,268 | 2,002 | 1,613 | 5,627 | 372 | 1,860 | 3,395 | |
| 33rd | 2,426 | 524 | 396 | 2,024 | 128 | 616 | 1,280 | |
| 37th | 5,960 | 1,348 | 1,094 | 4,861 | 250 | 1,386 | ||
| 38th | 3,464 | 785 | 645 | 2,814 | 139 | 846 | 1,829 | |
| 40th | 3,025 | 748 | 614 | 2,407 | 134 | 779 | 1,494 | |
| 41st | 4,260 | 962 | 743 | 3,504 | 217 | 909 | 2,378 | |
| 43rd | 6,026 | 1,414 | 1,128 | 4,887 | 278 | 1,749 | 2,860 | |
| 77th | 7,461 | 1,857 | 1,449 | 5,935 | 401 | 2,126 | 3,408 | |
| 81st | 2,314 | 517 | 366 | 1,942 | 149 | 456 | 1,337 | |
| 93rd | 133 | 17 | 12 | 121 | 5 | 46 | 70 | |
| 96th | 8,812 | 2,038 | 1,563 | 7,181 | 473 | 2,555 | 4,153 | |
| Americal | 4,050 | 1,168 | 981 | 3,052 | 176 | 971 | 1,905 | |
| Air Force units | 19,584 | 12,002 | 6,879 | 4,164 | 240 | 938 | 2,986 | |
| Other units | 39,340 | 14,556 | 4,777 | 12,439 | 903 | 3,517 | 8,019 | |
| Organizations undetermined | 6,114 | 988 | 659 | 4,076 | 26 | 1,599 | 2,451 | |
| U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces | 2,897 | 2,148 | 1,795 | 407 | 13 | 102 | 292 | |
| Combat divisions | ||||||||
| Air Force units | 2,897 | 2,148 | 1,795 | 407 | 13 | 102 | 292 | |
| Other units | ||||||||
| Organizations undetermined |
| T&O | C&I | C&I (KIA) | C&I (W&I) | C&I (OC) | C&I (RTD) | MIA | MIA (DD) | MIA (OC) | MIA (RTD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Theaters | 27,465 | 2,473 | 182 | 8,452 | 16,358 | 4,914 | 2,889 | 144 | 1,881 |
| Combat divisions | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 309 | 74 | 235 | ||
| Airborne divisions | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 11th | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Cavalry divisions | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1st | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Infantry divisions | 86,414 | 21,248 | 16,995 | 69,105 | 4,182 | 22,249 | 42,674 | 25 | |
| 6th | 2,370 | 517 | 410 | 1,957 | 104 | 586 | 1,267 | ||
| 7th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 24th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 25th | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 27th | 1 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 35 | ||||
| 31st | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 32nd | 1 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 33rd | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 37th | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 38th | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 40th | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 41st | 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| 43rd | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 77th | 1 | 1 | 76 | 7 | 69 | ||||
| 81st | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 93rd | |||||||||
| 96th | 5 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 61 | ||||
| Americal | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Air Force units | 5,947 | 776 | 39 | 2,230 | 2,902 | 2,594 | 1,819 | 19 | 756 |
| Other units | 20,351 | 1,591 | 135 | 6,058 | 12,567 | 1,773 | 969 | 123 | 681 |
| Organizations undetermined | 1,141 | 104 | 8 | 162 | 867 | 238 | 27 | 2 | 209 |
| U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces | 334 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 262 | 361 | 267 | 1 | 93 |
| Combat divisions | |||||||||
| Air Force units | 334 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 262 | 361 | 267 | 1 | 93 |
| Other units | |||||||||
| Organizations undetermined |
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