Glossary
AA | Antiaircraft |
AAA | Antiaircraft artillery |
AAF | Army Air Forces |
AAR | After Action Report |
ABC | American-British Conversations (January-March 1941) |
ABDA | American-British-Dutch-Australian (Command) |
ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
Actg | Acting |
Admin | Administration; administrative |
AdminO | Administrative order |
ADSEC | Advance Section (on Continent) |
AFB | Air Force Base |
AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters (Mediterranean) |
AFWESPAC | U.S. Army Forces, Western Pacific |
AG | Adjutant General |
AGF | Army Ground Forces |
AGWAR | Code letters for War Department messages |
AMMISCA | American Military Mission to China |
AP | Armor-piercing |
APD | High-speed transports |
Armd | Armored |
ASCOM | Army Service Command (Southwest Pacific) |
ASD | Ammunition supply dump (British) |
ASF | Army Service Forces |
ASP | Ammunition supply point |
AW | Air warning |
BAM | Base automotive maintenance |
BAR | Browning automatic rifle |
BCL | Barge, concrete, large |
Bd | Board |
Br | Branch |
BS | Base Section |
CBI | China-Burma-India |
CBS | Continental Base Section |
CDL | Canal Defense Light |
CinC | Commander in Chief |
Comdr | Commander |
CMH | Chief of Military History |
Cof Ord | Chief of Ordnance |
CofS | Chief of Staff |
COMGENAFMIDPAC | Commanding General, Army Forces, Mid-Pacific |
COMGENTEN | Commanding General, Tenth Army |
COMZ | Communications Zone |
CONAD | Continental Advance Section (Europe) |
Conf | Conference |
COrdO | Chief Ordnance Officer |
CP | Command post |
C&P | Cleaning and preserving |
CPBC | Central Pacific Base Command |
CTF | Center Task Force (North Africa) |
DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
DD | Duplex drive |
DDAR | Division of Defense Aid Reports |
Det | Detachment |
DUKW | 2 1/2-ton amphibious truck |
EBS | Eastern Base Section (Mediterranean and England) |
EEIB | Enemy Equipment Intelligence Branch |
Engr | Engineer |
ETF | Eastern Task Force (North Africa) |
ETO | European Theater of Operations |
ETOUSA | European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
FA | Field army; field artillery |
FECOMZ | Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (Europe) |
Flak | Flugabwehrkanone, German antiaircraft gun |
FS | Fast Supply (ships) |
FUSA | First U.S. Army |
FUSAG | 1st U.S. Army Group |
G-1 | Personnel section of divisional or higher staff |
G-2 | Intelligence section of divisional or higher staff |
G-3 | Operations and training section of divisional or higher staff |
G-4 | Supply section of divisional or higher staff |
GHQ | General Headquarters |
Gp | Group |
HAM | Heavy automatic maintenance |
HB | Historical Branch |
HE | High explosive |
HM | Heavy Maintenance |
HVAP | High-velocity, armor piercing |
Incl | Inclosure |
Ind | Indorsement |
Insp | Inspection |
Instr | Instructions |
Interv | Interview |
ICSOM | Island Command (Okinawa) |
Jnl | Journal |
KCRC | Kansas City Records Center |
Kwk | Kampfwagenkanone, German tank gun |
LCI | Landing craft, infantry |
LCM | Landing craft, mechanized |
LCT | Landing craft, tank |
LCVP | Landing craft, vehicle and personnel |
LM | Light maintenance |
LSM | Landing ship, medium |
LST | Landing ship, tank |
LVT | Landing vehicle, tracked |
LVT (1) | Landing vehicle, tracked, unarmored, Alligator |
LVT (A) | Landing vehicle, tracked, armored (turret type) |
Maint | Maintenance |
MAM | Medium automotive maintenance |
MBS | Mediterranean Base Section |
MFR | Memo for record |
MIM | Military Iranian Mission |
Min | Minutes |
MM | Medium maintenance |
MNAM | Military North Africa Mission |
M&S | Maintenance and supply |
Msg | Message |
MTO | Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
MTOUSA | Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
MVA | Motor vehicle assembly (company) |
MVD | Motor vehicle distributing (company) |
N.A. | North Africa |
NAMM | North African Military Mission |
NATO | North African Theater of Operations |
NATOUSA | North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
N.G. | New Guinea |
NGF | New Guinea Force |
NIBC | Northern Ireland Base Command |
NUSA | Ninth U.S. Army |
NYPE | New York Port of Embarkation |
OCM | Ordnance Committee Minutes |
OCO | Office of the Chief of Ordnance |
OCT | Office of the Chief of Transportation |
OHF | Ordnance Historical Files |
OMET | Ordnance Middle East Tasks |
O.O. | Ordnance Office |
O.O.B. | Ordnance Office Bulletin |
OPD | Operations Division |
Opn | Operation |
Ord | Ordnance |
Orgn | Organization |
Pak | Panzerabwehrkanone, German antitank gun |
PBS | Peninsular Base Section (Italy) |
Plng | Planning |
POA | Pacific Ocean Areas |
POE | Port of Embarkation |
POG | Provisional Ordnance Group |
POM | Preparation for Overseas Movement |
POZIT fuze | European theater term for proximity fuze or VT |
PROCO | Projects for continental operations |
Prov | Provisional |
Pzkw | Panzerkampfwagen, German tank |
QM | Quartermaster |
RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
Rad | Radiogram |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RAOC | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
RCT | Regimental combat team |
Recn | Reconnaissance |
REME | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
RPH | Remember Pearl Harbor (Group) |
Rpt | Report |
SBS | Southern Base Section (England) |
Sec | Section |
Secy | Secretary |
Serv | Service |
SFPOE | San Francisco Port of Embarkation |
SHAEF | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
SNL | Standard Nomenclature List |
SOLOC | Southern Line of Communications |
SOPAC | South Pacific Area; South Pacific Force |
SOS | Services of Supply |
SP | Self-propelled |
SPA | South Pacific Area |
Spec | Special |
SPOBS | Special Observer Group |
SS | Special Staff |
SSUSA | Special Staff, U.S. Army |
Sub | Subject |
SUP | Single unit pack for vehicles |
SWPA | Southwest Pacific Area |
TAG | The Adjutant General |
TAP | Truck assemble plants |
T/BA | Table of basic allowances |
TC | Transportation Corps |
TD | Tank destroyer |
T/E | Table of equipment |
Tech | Technical |
TICAF | The Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
Tk | Tank |
T/O | Table of Organization |
TOE | Table of Organization and equipment |
TUP | Twin unit pack for vehicles |
TUSA | Third U.S. Army |
U.K. | United Kingdom |
USAAS | United States Army Air Services |
USAFBI | United States Army Forces in the British Isles |
USAFFE | United States Army Forces, Far East |
USAFIA | United States Army Forces in Australia |
USAFICPA | United States Army Forces in Central Pacific Area |
USAFIME | United States Army Forces in the Middle East |
USAFPOA | United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas |
USANIBC | United States Army Northern Ireland Base Command |
USANIF | United States Army Northern Ireland Force |
USASOS | United States Army Services of Supply |
USAT | U.S. Army transport |
USFET | United States Forces in the European Theater |
USFIA | United States Forces in Australia |
USFIP | United States Forces in the Philippines |
USMNAM | U.S. Military North African Mission |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
UXB | Unexploded bomb |
VT | Proximity fuze |
WBS | Western Base Section (England) |
WD | War Department |
WDGS | War Department General Staff |
WPD | War plans Division |
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