Glossary
| ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| AG | Adjutant general |
| AGO | Adjutant General's Office |
| AIOC | Anglo-Iranian Oil Company |
| AMET | Africa-Middle East Theater |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| ASF CCF | Army Service Forces, Current Classified Files |
| ASF NCF | Army Service Forces, Noncurrent Classified Files |
| ATC | Air Transport Command |
| BAPCO | Bahrein Petroleum Company |
| BMC | Compania Constructora Bechtel-McCone |
| Bn | Battalion |
| Br | Branch |
| Bull | Bulletin |
| CBI | China-Burma-India theater |
| CCS | Combined Chiefs of Staff |
| Cedar | Civilian Emergency Defense Aid to Russia |
| CG | Commanding General |
| CinC | Commander-in-Chief |
| Cir | Circular |
| Civ | Civilian |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Co | Company |
| CofEngr | Chief of Engineers |
| CofOrd | Chief of Ordnance |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| CofTrans | Chief of Transportation |
| Coil | Collections |
| Comd | Command |
| Comdr | Commander |
| Conf | Conference |
| Cons | Construction |
| Contl | Control |
| CSP | Combined Staff Planners |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Dir | Director |
| Dist | District |
| Div | Division |
| Douglas Files | Foreign Projects File, Storage Files, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica , California |
| Engr | Engineer |
| Engrg | Engineering |
| Folspen | Foley Bros., Spencer, White and Prentis |
| G-1 | Personnel section of divisional or higher staff |
| G-2 | Intelligence section |
| G-3 | Operations section |
| G-4 | Supply section |
| GMOC | General Motors Overseas Corporation |
| GO | General Order |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| GS | General Staff |
| Gulf Dist | Gulf District Headquarters Files, Persian Gulf Command, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center, Adjutant General's Office, Kansas City, Mo. |
| HOTI | History of the Persian Gulf Command, prepared by Historical Section, Office of Technical Information, Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command |
| Hq AMET | AG decimal files seen at Headquarters, Africa Middle East Theater, Cairo, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center |
| Hq PGC | AG decimal files seen at Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, Tehran, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center |
| HRS DRB AGO | Historical Records Section, Department Records Branch, Adjutant General's Office |
| IG | Inspector general |
| ISR | Iranian State Railway |
| IWT | Inland Water Transport |
| JA | Judge advocate |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| MA | Military Attache |
| Maxwell Papers | Personal files lent by General Maxwell to the Middle East Section of the Office of the Chief of Military History and returned to him upon his retirement from the Army |
| ME | Middle East |
| MEF | Middle East Files; Middle East Force |
| MESC | Middle East Supply Center |
| MID | Military Intelligence Division |
| Min | Minutes |
| Mis Br | Missions Branch |
| MIS MID WD | Military Intelligence Service, Military Intelligence Division, War Department |
| MRS |
Military Railway Service |
| Mtg | Meeting |
| MTS | Motor Transport Service |
| NAD | North Atlantic Division |
| NADEF |
North Atlantic Division Engineer Files, New York |
| NYODF | New York Ordnance District Files, New York |
| OCofEngrs | Office of the Chief of Engineers |
| OCMH | Office of the Chief of Military History |
| OCofOrd | Office of the Chief of Ordnance |
| OCSigO | Office of the Chief Signal Officer |
| OCofTrans | Office of the Chief of Transportation |
| OPD |
Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| OpNav | Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
| OTI | Office of Technical Information |
| PAI | Force Persia and Iraq Force |
| Pers | Personnel |
| PGC | Persian Gulf Command |
| PGF | Historical Files, Office of Technical Information, Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, now at Office of the Chief of Military History |
| PGSC | Persian Gulf Service Command |
| OMQ | Quartermaster General |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| Regt | Regiment |
| S-1 | Personnel section of regimental or lower staff |
| S-2 | Intelligence section |
| S-3 | Operations section |
| S-4 | Supply section |
| Serv | Service |
| SL | Material formerly filed in Persian Gulf Service Command boxes at St. Louis, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center |
| SL AMET | AG decimal files from Headquarters, Africa Middle East Theater, formerly filed in drawers and cabinets at St. Louis, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center |
| SOS | Services of Supply |
| SO | Special Order |
| SWP |
Office Head Office, Spencer, White and Prentis, New York |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| TAP | Truck assembly plant |
| TUP | Twin-unit pack |
| UKCC | United Kingdom Commercial Corporation |
| USAFIME | U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East |
| WDGS | War Department General Staff |
| White Office |
Head Office, J. G. White Engineering Corporation, New York |
| WPD | War Plans Division, War Department General Staff |
| WSA | War Shipping Administration |
page created 17 January 2002