AAF | Army Air Forces |
ABC | American-British Conversations |
ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
Adm | Administrative, administration, Admiral |
Adm O | Administrative Order |
AEF | American Expeditionary Forces (1917-18) |
AG | Adjutant General |
AGF | Army Ground Forces |
AGWAR | Adjutant General, War Department |
ANEPA | Army-Navy Electronics Production Agency |
ANMB | Army and Navy Munitions Board |
Appen | Appendix |
AR | Army Regulations |
ARGONAUT | International conference held at Malta and Yalta, 30vJanuary-9 February 1945 |
ASF | Army Service Forces |
Asst | Assistant |
ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
Atchd | Attached |
Bd | Board |
BOLERO | The build-up of troops and supplies in the United Kingdom in preparation for a cross-Channel attack. |
BPR | Bureau of Public Relations, War Department |
Br | Branch |
Bull | Bulletin |
CBI | China, Burma, and India |
CCS | Combined Chiefs of Staff |
CD | Control Division, Army Service Forces |
CG | Commanding General |
Chm | Chairman |
CIC | Counter Intelligence Corps |
CINC | Commander in Chief |
Cir | Circular |
CMP | Controlled Materials Plan |
CO | Commanding Officer |
CofS | Chief of Staff |
Com | Committee |
Comd | Command |
Comdr | Commander |
Conf | Conference |
Cong | Congress |
Cond | Control |
Corresp | Correspondence |
cos British | Chiefs of Staff |
CPRB | Combined Production and Resources Board |
DAD | Defense Aid Division |
DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
Dept | Department |
Dir | Director, directive |
Div | Division |
Doc | Document, documentary |
DRB | Departmental Records Branch, The Adjutant General's Office |
Env | Envelope |
EO | Executive Order |
Equip | Equipment |
ETO | European Theater of Operations |
EUREKA | International conference at Tehran, 28-30 November 1943 |
FEA | Foreign Economic Administration |
G-1 | Personnel Section of divisional or higher headquarters |
G-2 | Military Intelligence Section |
G-3 | Operations Section |
G-4 | Supply Section |
GAO | General Accounting Office |
GO | General Orders |
GOGO | Government-owned, government-operated |
GOPO | Government-owned, privately operated |
GS | General Staff |
HB | Historical Branch |
Hist | Historical |
Hosp | Hospital |
Hq | Headquarters |
H&R | Holding and reconsignment |
H.R. | House of Representatives, U.S. Congress |
HUSKY | Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 |
ICC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
Ind | Endorsement |
Info | Information |
Interv | Interview |
Intn | International |
JAC | Joint Administrative Committee |
JAG | Judge Advocate General |
JB | Joint Board (Army and Navy) |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JLC | Joint Logistics Committee |
JLPC | Joint Logistics Plans Committee |
JPC | Joint Planning Committee |
JPS | Joint Staff Planners |
LL | Lend-Lease |
MAB | Munitions Assignments Board |
MAC(G) | Munitions Assignments Committee (Ground) |
Maint | Maintenance |
Man | Manual |
MANHATTAN DISTRICT | Atomic bomb project |
MBW | Munitions Assignments Board, Washington |
MDW | Military District of Washington |
Med | Medical |
Min | Minutes |
MP | Military Police |
MPD | Military Personnel Division |
MS | Manuscript |
Mtg | Meeting |
NAM | National Association of Manufacturers |
NDAC | Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense |
NDRC | National Defense Research Committee |
NYPE | New York Port of Embarkation |
OCD | Office of Civilian Defense |
OCMH | Office of the Chief of Military History |
OCofS | Office of the Chief of Staff |
OCT | Office of the Chief of Transportation |
OCTAGON | International conference at Quebec, 12-16 September 1944 |
ODCofS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff |
ODT | Office of Defense Transportation |
Off | Officer |
OLLA | Office of Lend-Lease Administration |
OPA | Office of Price Administration |
OPD | Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
OPM | Office of Production Management |
Opn | Operation |
OQMG | Office of The Quartermaster General |
Org | Organization, organizational |
OSRD | Office of Scientific Research and Development |
OUSW | Office of the Under Secretary of War |
OVERLORD | Plan for the invasion of northwest Europe in the spring of 1944 |
OWMR | Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion |
Pam | Pamphlet |
Pers | Personnel |
PRP | Production Requirements Plan |
Pub | Publication |
PW | Prisoner of War |
QUADRANT | International conference at Quebec, 14-24 August 1943 |
Rad | Radio, radiogram |
RAINBOW | Name for various prewar plans of military action to meet situations created by Axis aggression |
Rec | Record |
Reorg | Reorganization |
Rep | Repair |
Ret | Retired |
RFC | Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
Rpt | Report |
SAS | Supply Arms and Services |
Sec | Section |
Sess | Session |
SEXTANT | International conference at Cairo, 22-26 November and 3-7 December 1943 |
SG | Surgeon General |
Shipmt | Shipment |
SigC | Signal Corps |
SN | Secretary of the Navy |
SO | Special Orders |
SOS | Services of Supply |
SPAB | Supply Priorities and Allocation Board |
Spec | Special |
Sta | Station |
Stat | Statistics, statistical |
Sup | Supply |
Sv | Service |
SW | Secretary of War |
SWPA | Southwest Pacific Area |
TAG | The Adjutant General |
Tech | Technical |
Tel | Telephone |
TERMINAL | International conference near Potsdam, 16-26 July 1945 |
TM | Technical Manual |
Tag | Training |
T of Opns | Theater of Operations |
TORCH | Allied invasion of North and Northwest Africa, November 1942 |
Trans | Transportation |
Trf | Transfer |
TRIDENT | International conference at Washington, 12-25 May 1943 |
USAFICPA | United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area |
USASOS | United States Army Services of Supply |
USN | Under Secretary of the Navy |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
USW | Under Secretary of War |
Vice | CNO Vice Chief of Naval Operations |
WAC | Women's Army Corps |
Wash | Washington |
WD | War Department |
WDGS | War Department General Staff |
WMC | War Manpower Commission |
WPA | Works Progress Administration |
WPB | War Production Board |
WPD | War Plans Division, War Department General Staff |
WSA | War Shipping Administration |