Glossary

A	American
A.A.	Antiaircraft
AAI	Allied Armies in Italy
AAR	After Action Report
ABTF	Airborne Task Force
AC	Allied Commission
ACA	Armistice Control Authority
AC/AMG	Allied Commission/Allied Military Government
AC/AUS	Allied Commission/Army of the United States
ACC	Allied Control Commission
ACC/AMG	Allied Control Commission/Allied Military Government
ACMF	Allied Central Mediterranean Force
ACofS	Assistant Chief of Staff
Actg	Acting
ADCCAO	Assistant Deputy Civil Affairs Officer
Adm; Admin	Administrative
Admr	Administrator
ADSEC	Advance Section
Adv	Advance
AEF	American Expeditionary Forces
AF	Allied Forces
AFA	Allied Financial Agency
AFHQ	Allied Force Headquarters
AFLRS	Allied Forces Local Resource Board
AFRA	Allied Forces Records Administration
AG	Adjutant General
AGIP	The Italian semigovernmental organization which had charge of the distribution of petroleum in Italy AGO Adjutant General's Office
AGp	Army Group
AGWAR	Adjutant General, War Department
ALCOM	Allied Commission (Italy)
AM	Allied Military
Amcross	American Red Cross
AMFA	Allied Military Financial Agency
AMG	Allied Military Government
AMG/AC	Allied Military Government/Allied Commission
AMGLO	Allied Military Government Liaison Organization
AMGOT	Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory
AMM	Allied Military Mission
ANVIL	The planned Allied invasion of southern France in the Toulon Marseille area
A.P.B.	Allied Publication Board

APO	Army Post Office
ARB	Allied Relief Board
ARC	American Red Cross
ARGONAUT	International Conference held at Malta and Yalta, January-February 1945
ASAA	Allied Supply Accounting Agency
ASCZ	Advance Section, Communications Zone
ASF	Army Service Forces
ASFM	Army Services Forces Manual
Asst	Assistant
ASW	Assistant Secretary of War
AT(E)	Administration of Territories Committee (Europe)
AUS	Army of the United States
Auth	Authority
AVALANCHE	Invasion of Italy at Salerno
B	British
BAC	Balkan Affairs Committee
B.A.S.	British Army Staff
BAYTOWN	British invasion of Italy on Calabrian coast
Bd	Board
BEW	Board of Economic Warfare
BGS	British General Staff
BIGOT	Special security procedure for OVERLORD
BJSM	British Joint Staff Mission
BMA	British Military Authority
Bn	Battalion
Br	British
Bull	Bulletin
Bur	Bureau
BYSEPP	Code name for Belgium and Luxembourg Section
CA	Civil Affairs
CAD	Civil Affairs Division
CAHQ	Civil Affairs Headquarters
CAL	Designates cables from CCAC to G-5, AFHQ on Italian supply and economic matters
CA/MG	Civil Affairs/Military Government
CAO	Civil Affairs Officer; Chief Adininistrative Officer
CAPO	Civil affairs police officer
C.A.R.	Civil Affairs Regiment
CATS	Civil Affairs Training School
CBR	Cornnzisscrricrt Belge au Repatriement
CBS	Continental Base Section; Channel Base Section
C.C.	Chief Commissioner
CCAC	Combined Civil Affairs Committee
CCAC/L	Subcommittee of Combined Civil Affairs Committee in London
CCAC/S	Supply subcommittee of the Combined Civil Affairs Committee
CCAO	Chief Civil Affairs Officer
CCC	Commodity Credit Corporation
CCNA	Combined Committee for North and West Africa
CCRR	Carabinieri Raeli (Royal Carabinieri), the National Police force which formed a part of the Italian Army
CCS	Combined Chiefs of Staff

CEC	Central Economic Committee
CEF	Corps Expeditionnaire Franfais
CFA	Commissioner of Fine Arts
CFB	Combined Food Board
CFO	Chief Financial Officer
CG	Commanding General
C.G.I.L.	Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (Italian General Confederation of Labor)
CIAA	Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
CIC	Counterintelligence Corps
CID	Civilian Intelligence Division
CinC	Commander in Chief
CinC Med	Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
Civ	Civilian
CIV	Designates cables from Civil Affairs, War Office, London, to British Joint Staff Mission, Washington
CLAC	Combined Liberated Areas Committee
CLN	Comitate di Liberazione Nazionale
CLNAI	Comitate di Liberazione Nazionale per l'Alta Italia (Committee of National Liberation for Northern Italy)
CLO	Chief Legal Officer
CM-IN	Classified message, incoming
CM-OUT	Classified message, outgoing
CMF	Central Mediterranean Forces Group
CMP	Controlled Materials Plan
Cmsr	Commissioner
CO	Commanding Officer
COB	Committee of Combined Boards
CofS	Chief of Staff
Com	Commission
Comdg	Commanding
Comdr	Commander
Comdt	Commandant
Comm.	Committee
ComZ	Communications Zone
Conf	Conference
Contl	Control
COSSAC	Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Command; Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) Coy Company
C.P.O.	Civil Police Officer
CPRB	Combined Production and Resources Board
CRICKET	Malta portion of ARCONAUT Conference
CRMB	Combined Raw Materials Board
CSAB	Combined Shipping Adjustment Board
CSO	Chief of Staff Officer
CsofS	Chiefs of Staff
DACofS	Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff
D.B.S.	Delta Base Section
DCAO	Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
DCCAO	Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer
DCofS	Deputy Chief of Staff

DCOSSAC	Deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Comand
DCPO	Deputy Chief Political Officer
Dept	Department
Det	Detachment
DIA	Algerian or Alpine Infantry Regiment (French)
Dir	Director
Div	Division
DJAG	Deputy Judge Advocate General
DLL	Decreto Legislative Luogotenenziale
DMS	Dept of Medical Supply
DP	Displaced Person
DPIC	(British) Deputy Paymaster-in-chief
DPMG	Deputy Provost Marshal General
DPRSC	Displaced Persons and Repatriation Subcommission
DPR&W	Displaced Persons Relief and Welfare
Dr.	Drawer
DRAGOON	Final code for Allied invasion of southern coast of France, 15 August 1944
DS	Documentary supplement
EAC	European Advisory Commission
EACS	European Allied Contact Section
E.C.A.	Ente Comunale d'Assistenza
ECAD	European Civil Affairs Division
Ech	Echelon
ECLIPSE	Name given in November 1944 to posthostilities plan for the initial phase of military occupation of Germany
Econ	Economic
Ed.	Edition
E&F	Economics and Finance
EIAR	Ente Italiano Audizioni Radio
EM	Enlisted Men
E.N.A.C.	Ente Nazionale Auto-Trasporti Cose
EOTA	Enemy Occupied Territory Administration Est Estimate
ET; ETO	European Theater; European Theater of Operations
ETOUSA	European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
Ex.	Exhibit
Exec	Executive
ExecO	Executive Officer
ExecOff	Executive Office
FACS	Designates cables from CCS to SHAEF
FAN	Symbol for messages from Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force to the Combined Chiefs of Staff
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FCNL	French Committee of National Liberation
FDC	Fire Direction Center
FEA	Foreign Economic Administration
FEComZ	Forward Echelon, Communications Zone
FFI	Les Forces Francaises Interieures (French Forces of the Interior
F.I.	Front de l'Independence
FLAMBO	AFHQ Advanced Administrative Echelon

Fld	Field
FM	Field Manual
FNA	French North Africa
F.O.	Finance officer
Fr	France
FRS	Forces Republicaines de Securite
F.S.P.	Field Security Personnel
FSS	Field Security Service
FTPF	Francs Tireurs et Partisans Francais
FUSA	First U.S. Army
FUSAG	First U.S. AGp
Fwd	Forward
G-1	Personnel Division, War Department General Staff
G-2	(Military) Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff
G-3	Operations Division, War Department General Staff
G-4	Supply Division, War Department General Staff
G-5	Civil Affairs Division of SHAEF or AFHQ
GAI	General Administrative Instructions
Gen	General
GHQ	General Headquarters
G.I.L.	Gioventu Italiana del littorio
GO	General Order
GOC	General Officer Commanding
GOV	Designates cables from CCAC to G-5, SHAEF
Govt	Government
Gp	Group
GPA	General Purchasing Agent
GS	General Staff
GSC	General Staff Corps
H.C.	High Commissioner
H.E.	His Excellency
Hist	History; Historical
H.M.	His Majesty
HMG	His Majesty's Government
HORRIFIED	Code designation for Sicily
HQ; Hq	Headquarters
HRH	His (Her) Royal Highness
HS	Historical Section
HUSKY	Allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943
HUSKYLAND	Code name for Sicily
I&C	Information and Censorship
ID	International Division
IG	Inspector General
IGCR	Inter-Governmental Committee for Refugees
IMPEX	Service d'Importation et Exportation
INC	Information and Censorship Section
Inf	Infantry
Info	Information
Instr	Instructions
INT	Istituto Nazionale Trasporti
Intel	Intelligence

Interv	Interview
IPOW	Italian Prisoners of War
IRCC	International Red Cross Commission
JAG	Judge Advocate General
JAGD	Judge Advocate General's Department
JCAC	Joint Civil Affairs Committee
JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff
JEAPC	Joint Economic and Political Council
Jkt	Jacket
J/S	Jugoslav
Jt	Joint
KCRC	Kansas City Records Center
Km	Kilometer
LAC	Designates cables to CAAC from G-5, AFHQ, on Italian supply and economic matters
LEM	Designates cables from CCAC to Eisenhower for G-5, SHAEF
LO	Legal Officer
L of C	Line of Communications
LST	Landing Ship (Tank)
MAT	Designates cables from AFHQ to CCAC and CCS
MAXWELL	Code name for Belgium and Luxembourg Section
MEL	Designates cables from G-5, SHAEF, to CCAC
MFA&A	Subcommission for Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives
MG	Military Govt
MGD	Military Govt Division
MGSHC	Military Government School and Holding Center at Tizi-Ouzou
MGS	Military Government Section
Mgt	Management
Mil	Military
Miliz	Union of Patriots and Citizens at Large
Min	Minutes
Misc	Miscellaneous
MLA	Military Liquidating Agency
MMIA	Military Mission, Italian Army
MMLA	Mission Militaire Liaison Administrative Welfare teams
M.N.B.	Mouvement National Belge
M.O.	Medical Officer
MOI	Ministry of Information (British)
MOOI	Minister of Occupied Italy
MP	Military Police
MRS	Military Railway Service
MS	Manuscript; military section
Msg	Message
MT	Military Transport
Mtg	Meeting
MTO	Mediterranean Theater of Operations
MTOUSA	Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
MVSN	Fascist Militia
N.A.	North Africa
NAEB	North African Economic Board

NAF	Symbol for messages from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force
NATO	North African Theater of Operations
NATO USA	North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
NEPTUNE	Actual 1944 operations within OVERLORD. This code name was used for security reasons after September 1913 on all OVERLORD planning papers which referred to the target area and date.
NMA	Netherlands Military Administration
OAS	Occupied Areas Section
OCMH	Office, Chief of Military History
OCS	Office, Chief of Staff
OD	Orde Dienst
OEA	Office of European Affairs
OEW	Office of Economic Warfare
OFEC	Office of Foreign Economic Coordination
OFRRO	Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
OFT	Office of Foreign Territories
OLLA	Office of Lend-Lease Administration
OPD	Operations Division
OPET	Organization, Personnel, Equipment, and Training Group Opn Operation
OR	Officers Reserve
ORC	Officers Reserve Corps
OSG	Office of the Surgeon General
OSS	Office of Strategic Services
OUSW	Office of Under Secretary of War
OVERLORD	Plan for the Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944
Ovhd	Overhead
OVRA	Fascist Secret Police
OWI	Office of War Information
PAD	Public Affairs Division
Par.	Paragraph
PBS	Peninsular Base Section
PC	Provincial Commissioner
Pers	Personal
PH	Public Health
PHD	Public Health Division
PHO	Public Health Officer
PHS	Public Health Subcommission
PH&W	Public Health and Welfare
Pkg	Package
Plng	Planning
P.M.	Prime Minister; Provost Marshal
PMG	Provost Marshal General
PMGO	The Provost Marshal General's Office
P.N.F.	Fascist Party
POL	Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants
POW	Prisoner of War
PRD	French Ministry of Prisoners, Refugees, and Deportees

PRO	Public Relations Officer
PTT	Post, Telephone, Telegraph
PW	Psychological Warfare
P.W.	Prisoner of War
PWB	Psychological Warfare Branch
PWD	Psychological Warfare Division
QM	Quartermaster
QMG	Quartermaster General
QUADRANT	U.S.-British Conference at Quebec, August 1943
R	Royal
RAF	Royal Air Force
RANKIN	Plan for return to the Continent in the event of deterioration of the German position
RC	Regional Commissioner
R.C.A.O.	Regional Civil Affairs officer
RCC	Regional Control Commissioner
R Day	The day for disbandment of AFHQ, coincident with the coming into effect of the Italian peace treaty
Regt	Regiment
Rev	Revised
RFC	Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rgn	Region
Rgnl	Regional
R.P.H.O.	Regional Public Health Officer
RPO	Regional Patriots Officer
Rpt	Report
RRO	Regional Relief Officer
RWO	Regional Welfare Officer
SAC	Supreme Allied Commander
SACMED	Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater
S.A.I.	Special Administrative Instruction
SCAEF	Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces
SCAF	Designates cables from SHAEF to CCS
SCAO	Senior Civil Affairs Officer
Sec	Section
Secy	Secretary
Sepral	Sezione Provinciale Alimentazione
Serv	Service
SET	Telecommunications in Sicily and southern Italy
SEXTANT	International Conference at Cairo, November and December 1943
SG	Surgeon General
SGS	Secretary, General Staff
SHAEF	Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Sitrep	Situation report
SMG	School of Military Government
SN	Secretary of the Navy
SO	Supply Officer
SOE	[British] Special Operations Executive (Europe)
S.O.L.	A Fascist organization

SOMTO	Subversive Operations, Mediterranean Theater of Operations
SOP	Standing Operating Procedure
SOS	Services of Supply
Spec	Special
Spec. O	Special officer
SS	Special Staff; Schutzstalel (Elite Guard)
Sup	Supply
SW	Secretary of War
SWNCC	State-War-Navy Co-ordinating Committee Tab Table
TAG	The Adjutant General
TAM	Designates cables from CCS and CCAC to AFHQ
T.C.U.	Transport, Communications and Utilities
TD	Temporary Duty
T/E	Table of Equipment
Telecon	Telephone conversation
Tng	Training
T/O	Table of Organization
TORCH	Allied invasion of North and Northwest Africa, 1942
Transl	Translation
TRIDENT	U.S.-British conference held at Washington, May 1943
TSFET	Theater Service Forces, European Theater
TUSA	Third U.S. Army
U.K.	United Kingdom
UKCC	United Kingdom Commercial Company
Univ	University
UNO	United Nations Organization
UNRRA	United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
USAFIME	U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East
USATC	U.S.A. Typhus Commission
USCC	United States Commercial Company
USFET	United States Forces European Theater
USMCR	United States Marine Corps Reserve
USNR	United States Naval Reserve
USW	Under Secretary of War
VOG	Designates cables from G-5, SHAEF, to CCAC
VP	Vice President
WD	War Department
WDCSA	War Department Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
WDGS	War Department General Staff
WDP	War Department Pamphlet
WE	War Establishment
WO	War Office
WPB	War Production Board
WPD	War Plans Division
WSA	War Shipping Administration
ZI	Zone of Interior

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