Glossary
| AA | Antiaircraft |
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| ACofAS | Assistant Chief of Air Staff |
| ACof S | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| ADC | Alaska Defense Command |
| ADF | Alaska Defense Frontier |
| AG | Adjutant General |
| AR | Army Regulations |
| ARCADIA | United States-British conference in Washington, December 1941-January 1942 |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| ASGS | Assistant Secretary, General Staff |
| ASV | Air-to-surface-vessel (radar) |
| ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
| AVN | Aviation |
| AXIS | Aircraft Warning Service |
| BC | Base Command |
| BCT | Battalion Combat Team |
| Bd | Board |
| BLUIE | Greenland |
| BLUIE WEST | U.S. air bases in Greenland |
| BOLERO | Build-up of United States forces and supplies in United Kingdom for cross-Channel attack |
| Br | Branch |
| Bull | Bulletin |
| Bur | Bureau |
| Cable | Cablegram |
| CAD | Civil Affairs Division |
| CDC | Caribbean Defense Command |
| CE | Corps of Engineers |
| CG | Commanding general |
| CHL | Chain Home Low |
| CinC | Commander in Chief |
| CINCLANT | Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet |
| CINCPAC | Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Cir | Circular |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
| Co | Company |
| CO | Commanding officer |
| CofAAF | Chief of the Army Air Forces |
| CofAC | Chief of Air Corps |
| CofAS | Chief of Air Staff |
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| CofCA | Chief of Coast Artillery |
| Cof CWS | Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| CofEngrs | Chief of Engineers |
| CofOrd | Chief of Ordnance |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| COMALSEC | Commander, Alaskan Sector |
| Comd | Command |
| Comdr | Commander |
| Comm | Committee |
| COMINCH | Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet |
| Conf | Conference |
| Cont | Continental |
| Conv | Conversation |
| Corresp | Correspondence |
| CRIMSON | Air routes through central and northeastern Canada, part of the air ferry route to the British Isles |
| CRYSTAL | Three meteorological stations in northern Canada |
| CSigO | Chief Signal Officer |
| CTF | Commander, Task Force |
| CWS | Chemical Warfare Service |
| CZ | Canal Zone |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Dept | Department |
| D/F | Disposition Form |
| Dir | Director |
| Dist | District |
| Doc | Document |
| DQMG | Deputy Quartermaster General |
| EDC | Eastern Defense Command |
| Engr | Engineer |
| ETO | European Theater of Operations |
| FDRL | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library |
| FF | Field Forces |
| FM | Field Manual |
| FO | Field Orders |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| G-1 | Personnel section of a divisional or higher staff |
| G-2 | Military intelligence section of a divisional or higher staff |
| G-3 | Operations and training section of a divisional or higher staff |
| G-4 | Supply and evacuation section of a divisional or higher staff |
| GBC | Greenland Base Command |
| GCI | Ground controlled interception (radar) |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GO | General Orders |
| H. Doc. | House Document |
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| IBC | Iceland Base Command |
| Ind | Indorsement |
| INDIGO | Plan for movement of troops to Iceland |
| Instr | Instructions |
| Interv | Interview |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General |
| JB | Joint Army and Navy Board |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPs | Joint Staff Planners |
| Jt | Joint |
| MID | Military Intelligence Division |
| Min | Minutes |
| MIS | Military Intelligence Service |
| Mtg | Meeting |
| NBC | Newfoundland Base Command |
| N.d. | No date |
| NOB | Naval operating base |
| NYPE | New York Port of Embarkation |
| OCD | Office of Civilian Defense |
| OCS | Office of the Chief of Staff |
| OCSigO | Office of the Chief Signal Officer |
| ODCofS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff |
| OFF | Office of Facts and Figures |
| ONI | Office of Naval Intelligence |
| OQMG | Office of The Quartermaster General |
| ORANGE | Prewar plan for operations in event of war with Japan |
| PBY | Twin-engine Navy patrol-bomber |
| PCD | Panama Canal Department |
| PJBD | Permanent Joint Board on Defense |
| PMG | Provost Marshal General |
| PRD | Puerto Rican Department |
| P/W | Prisoner of war |
| QMC | Quartermaster Corps |
| Rad | Radiogram |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAINBOW | Various plans prepared between 1939 and 1941 to meet Axis aggression |
| RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Rcd | Record |
| RLG | Regimental Landing Group |
| ROUNDUP | Plan for major United States-British attack across the Channel in 1943 |
| Rpt | Report |
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| SDC | Southern Defense Command |
| Secy | Secretary |
| Sess. | Session |
| SGS | Secretary, General Staff |
| SLC | Standing Liaison Committee (of State, War, and Navy Departments) |
| SLEDGEHAMMER | Plan for limited cross-Channel attack in 1942 |
| SN | Secretary of the Navy |
| SOS | Services of Supply |
| S&P | Strategy and Policy |
| SPOBS | Special Observer Group, London |
| SW | Secretary of War |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| TBC | Trinidad Base Command |
| Tel | Telephone |
| Telg | Telegram |
| TIG | The Inspector General |
| Trans | Transportation |
| TS | Trinidad Sector |
| USAFBI | U.S. Army Forces in the British Isles |
| USAFMIDPAC | U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAT | United States Army Transport |
| USO | United Service Organizations |
| USW | Under Secretary of War |
| WD | War Department |
| WDC | Western Defense Command |
| WDCMC | War Department Classified Message Center |
| WDCSA | Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
| WDSS | War Department Special Staff |
| WPD | War Plans Division |
| WSF | Western Sea Frontier |
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