Glossary of Abbreviations

Glossary of Abbreviations

AAF	Army Air Forces
ABC	American-British Conversations
ACofAS	Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
ACofS	Assistant Chief of Staff
Actg	Acting
A. C. W.	Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
AFHQ	Allied Force Headquarters
AGF	Army Ground Forces
AGWAR	Adjutant General, War Department
AKA	Attack cargo ship
AMET	Africa-Middle East Theater
AMMDEL	American Military Mission, Delhi. Code name for American Headquarters at New Delhi, India
APA	Attack transport
ASF	Army Service Forces
Assoc	Associated
ASW	Assistant Secretary of War
ATC	Air Transport Command
AWPD	Air War Plans Division
Bd	Board
Br	British
Bull	Bulletin
C. A. R.	Brig. Gen. Carl A. Russell
CBI	China-Burma-India theater
CBO	Combined Bomber Offensive
CCS	Combined Chiefs of Staff
CG	Commanding general
CinC	Commander in Chief
CINCPAC	Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
CINCSWPA	Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area
C. K. G.	Col. Charles K. Gailey, Jr.
C. K. S.	Chiang Kai-shek
C. L. J.	Lt. Col. Clyde L. Jones
CM-IN	Classified message, incoming
CM-OUT	Classified message, outgoing
CNAC	Chinese National Aviation Corporation
CNO	Chief of Naval Operations
CO	Commanding officer
CofAS	Chief of Air Staff
Comd	Command

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Comdr	Commander
COMINCH	Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet
COMSOPAC	Commander, South Pacific Area
Conf	Conference
Conv	Conversation
COs	Chiefs of Staff (British)
COSSAC	Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate)
COSSEA	Communications identification-British Chiefs of Staff Southeast Asia Command
CPA	Central Pacific Area
CPS	Combined Staff Planners
CsofS	U.S. Chiefs of Staff
CTF	Commander, Task Force
CTO	China Theater of Operations
DCofS	Deputy Chief of Staff
Dept	Department
D/F	Disposition Form
Dir	Directive
Div	Division
ETO	European Theater of Operations
Exec	Executive
FAN	Symbol for messages from Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force to the Combined Chiefs of Staff
FCNL	French Committee of National Liberation
F. D. R.	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
G_1	Personnel Division, War Department General Staff
G_2	Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff
G_3	Operations Division, War Department General Staff
G_4	Supply Division, War Department General Staff
G. A. L.	Col. George A. Lincoln
G. C. M.	General George C. Marshall
Gen	General
G	Group
GS	General Staff
HALPRO	Halverson Project-bombing detachment for China-Burma-India theater
HB, OCT	Historical Branch, Office, Chief of Transportation
Hist	History, historical
Hq	Headquarters
Inf	Infantry
Info	Information
Interv	Interview

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JAdC	Joint Administrative Committee
JB	Joint Board
JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. E. H.	Maj. Gen. John E. Hull
JIC	Joint Intelligence Committee
J. J. B.	Col. Joseph J. Billo
J. J. M.	John J. McCloy
J. K. W.	Lt. Col. James K. Woolnough
JLC	Joint Logistics Committee
JPS	Joint Staff Planners
JSSC	Joint Strategic Survey Committee
J. T. M.	Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney
JUSSC	Joint U.S. Strategic Committee
JWPC	Joint War Plans Committee
LCI (L)	Landing craft, infantry, large
LCT	Landing craft, tank
LCT (6)	Landing craft, tank (Mark VI),
L. J. L.	Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Lincoln
LSI	Landing ship, infantry, large
LSM	Landing ship, medium
LST	Landing ship, tank
Ltr of Instrs	Letter of Instructions
LVT	Landing, vehicle, tracked
Mil	Military
MILID	Military Intelligence Division
Min	Minutes
MM&D	Mat6riel, Maintenance, and Distribution
M. S. F.	Major Gen. Muir S. Fairchild
Msg	Message
Mtg	Meeting
MTO	Mediterranean Theater of Operations
NAF	Symbol for messages from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force
NATO	North African Theater of Operations
n.d.	No date
NEI	Netherlands East Indies
OPD	Operations Division
OSS	Office of Strategic Services
PC	Policy Committee (Operations Division)
Pers	Personnel, personal
PGC	Persian Gulf Command
PGSC	Persian Gulf Service Command
P. L. F.	Col. Paul L. Freeman, Jr.

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POA	Pacific Ocean Area (s)
PTO	Pacific Theater of Operations
P. W. C.	Lt. Col. Paul W. Caraway
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RAF	Royal Air Force
Rcd	Record
Rep	Representative
Rev	Revised
Rpt	Report
S8CP	Strategy and Policy
SACSEA	Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia
SCAEF	Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
SCAP	Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan
SEAC	Southeast Asia Command
SEACOS	Communications identification-Southeast Asia Command to British Chiefs of Staff
Secy	Secretary
SGS	Secretary, General Staff
SHAEF	Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
SJB	Secretary, Joint Board
SOPAC	South Pacific Area
SOS	Services of Supply
SOWESPAC	Southwest Pacific
Sp	Special
SS	Strategy Section
Suppl	Supplemental
SW	Secretary of War
SWNCC	State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee
SWPA	Southwest Pacific Area
TAG	The Adjutant General
TAGO	The Adjutant General's Office
Tel	Telephone
T/Opns	Theater of Operations
T. T. H.	Maj. Gen. Thomas T. Handy
U.K.	United Kingdom
USAF	United States Army Forces
USAFICA	United States Army Forces in Central Africa
USAFIME	United States Army Forces in the Middle East
USFOR	United States Forces (radio address)
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VLR	Very long range

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Wac	A member of the Women's Army Corps
WD	War Department
WDC	Western Defense Command
WDCSA	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
WDGCT	Identifying symbol-War Department, Organization and Training Division
WDGS	War Department General Staff
WDMB	War Department Manpower Board
WPD	War Plans Division
WSA	War Shipping Administration
XAP	Civilian-manned transport

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