Last updated 11 January 2007
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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