 The 14th Armored was deactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia on September 16, 1945 and Smith was ordered to Fort Jackson, South Carolina and assumed command of 30th Infantry Division.Smith supervised the demobilization of the troops until December 1945, when 30th Division was deactivated and he was reverted to his peacetime rank of Colonel ordered to Washington, D.C. for duty as President of War Department Board for Selection of Regular Army Officers.While in this capacity, he was shortly thereafter promoted again to Brigadier general and ordered to the Philippines, where he assumed duty as Assistant Division Commander, 86th Infantry Division.