1. “An Army in Transformation” The U. S. Army 1945 – 1948 – Leo J
“An Army in Transformation” The U.S. Army – 1948 – Leo J. Daugherty III, Ph.D. Senior Command Historian U.S. Army Cadet Command & Fort Knox

2. The Post-World War II U.S. Army 1945 - 1948

3. U.S. Army/National Guard/Army Reserve Strength 1945 - 1950
U.S. Army 591, , , ,000 National Guard 324,761 U.S. Army Reserve 186,541 USAR (Inactive) 390,961

4. U.S. Army Tactical Organization 1945-1948
2 Battalions of two batteries each
2 Infantry Regiments

5. Model Retained after 1945 U.S. Army Infantry Regiment 1943
2 Infantry Battalions

6. The U. S. Army 1945 – 1948 ` A World War II Army”
M4AE8 Tanks
M-26 Pershing Tanks
M1 Garand/.45 Caliber Pistols
.50 and .30 Caliber Machine Guns
60-mm/81 -Mortars
105-mm Howitzers
155-mm Howitzers

7. The Armed Forces of the USSR 1945 - 1948

8. “In 1947, the Russian (Red) Army in Eastern Europe had 10 Mechanized Armies with a strength estimated between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 men.” - Major Hal D. Steward, Infantry Journal Estimate

9. Soviet Expansion

10. Each Soviet Mechanized Army had Three Corps

11. Each Soviet Mechanized Corps had one Motorized Division and two Rifle
Divisions x x

12. `A Better U.S. Army – ’
Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 5th Regimental Combat Team in action on the Pusan Perimeter, Korea June 1950