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Brief Achievements of the United States in Year One War
A concise review shows wartime totals: government outlays at about 12.067 billion dollars without Allied loans, U S military strength rising from 9 524 officers and 202 510 enlisted to 123 801 officers and 1 528 924 enlisted, and the Navy expanding to roughly 21 000 officers and 330 000 enlisted with a total naval establishment over 425 000. It notes disbursements and obligations around 1.881 billion, naval appropriations near 3.333 billion, and arrivals of destroyers to a British port 28 days after war declaration, plus expeditionary forces landing 88 days after war began and front lines being joined by American troops 187 days in. It mentions selective service rapid registration of about 10 million men, factory output for weapons, ships and ammunition, and large Treasury bond sales. It closes with Concord’s Liberty Loan bell tolling.