AA

Antiaircraft

AAF

Army Air Forces

ABC

American-British Conversations (Jan-Mar 41)

ABDA

Australian-British-Dutch-American

ACAN

Army Command and Administrative Communications Network

Acft

Aircraft

ACofS

Assistant Chief of Staff

ADC

Alaska Defense Command

Adv

Advanced

AEF

American Expeditionary Forces (1917-18)

AF

Air Forces

AFHQ

Allied Force Headquarters

AFPAC

U. S. Army Forces, Pacific

AG

Adjutant General

AGF

Army Ground Forces

AGO

Adjutant General's Office

AGWAR

Adjutant General, War Department

Almt

Allotment

ANPB

Army-Navy Petroleum Board

AR

Army Regulations

AS

Air Staff

ASF

Army Service Forces

Asgd

Assigned

Asgmt

Assignment

ASGS

Assistant Secretary of the General Staff

ASW

Assistant Secretary of War

ASWA

Assistant Secretary of War for Air

Atzd

Authorized

AUS

Army of the United States

Auth

Authority

AWPD

Air War Plans Division

AWS

Air Warning Service

Bd

Board

Bmr

Bomber

Bsc

Basic

CAD

Civil Affairs Division

CBI

China-Burma-India area

CCS

Combined Chiefs of Staff

Cen

Center

CG

Commanding General

CinC

Commander in Chief

CINCAFPAC

Commander in Chief, U. S. Army Forces in the Pacific

CINCPAC

Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet

Com

Committee

Cmd

Command

Comdr

Commander

CO

Commanding Officer

CofAC

Chief of Air Corps

CofAS

Chief of Air Staff

CofS

Chief of Staff

COMINCH

Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet

Conti

Control

Conv

Conversation

COSSAC

Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Command

CPS

Combined Staff Planners

CsofS

Chiefs of Staff

DcofS

Deputy Chief of Staff

Def

Defense

DEML

Detached Enlisted Men's List

Det

Detachment

D/F

Disposition form

DSM

Distinguished Service Medal

Dtl

Detail

Dy

Duty

EDC

Eastern Defense Command

Enl

Enlisted

EO

Executive Order

Est

Estimate

ETO

European Theater of Operations

Fld

Field

FM

Field Manual

FY

Fiscal Year

G-l

Personnel Section of divisional or higher headquarters

G-2

Military Intelligence Section

G-3

Operations Section

G-4

Supply Section

GHQ

General Headquarters

GO

General Order

Gp

Group

Gr

Grade

Grd

Ground

GS

General Staff

GSUSA

General Staff, U. S. Army

Hcom

House Committee

H Res

House Resolution

Hv

Heavy

Info

Information

Instr

Instruction

Int

Intelligence

Intpr

Interpreter

IPCOG

Informal Policy Committee on Germany

JAdC

Joint Administrative Committee

JAG

Judge Advocate General

JB

Joint Board

JCB

Joint Communication Board

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JLC

Joint Logistics Committee

JLPC

Joint Logistics Plans Committee

JMTC

Joint Military Transportation Committee

JPS

Joint Staff Planners

JPWC

Joint Post-War Committee

JSSC

Joint Strategic Survey Committee

Jt

Joint

JUSSC

Joint U. S. Strategic Committee

JWPC

Joint War Plans Committee

MAB

Munitions Assignments Board

Maj

Major

MDay

Day when general mobilization of forces should begin

Mil

Military

MIS

Military Intelligence Service

Mun

Munitions

Mvmt

Movement

NATO

North African Theater of Operations

Obsn

Observation

Obsr

Observer

OCS

Office of Chief of Staff

Off

Officer

OPD

Operations Division

Opn

Operation

Ord

Ordnance

Orgn

Organization

OSW

Office of the Secretary of War

P&A

Personnel and Administration Division

Pdn

Production

Pers

Personnel, personal

PL

Public Law

P&O

Plans and Operations

POA

Pacific Ocean Areas

POM

Preparation for Overseas Movement

Prav

Provisional

Rcd

Record

Reasgmt

Reassignment

Reorgn

Reorganization

Reqmt

Requirement

Res

Reserve

SANACC

State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee

S Doc

Senate Document

SEAC

Allied Southeast Asia Command

Ser

Serial

Serv

Service

SGS

Secretary of the General Staff

SHAEF

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

Sig C

Signal Corps

SN

Secretary of the Navy

SO

Special Order

SOP

Standing Operating Procedure

SOS

Services of Supply

Sp

Special

S&P

Strategy & Policy Group

Sped

Specialist

Stf

Staff

Str

Strength

Surr

Surrender

SW

Secretary of War

SWNCC

State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

SWPA

Southwest Pacific Area

T

Theater

TAG

The Adjutant General

TIG

The Inspector General

Tng

Training

Tr

Troops

TS

Top Secret

UK

United Kingdom

USA

United States Army

USAFBI

U. S. Army Forces in the British Isles

USAFISPA

U. S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area

USASTAF

U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces

USMBW

Munitions Assignments Board

USN

United States Navy

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USW

Under Secretary of War

VLR

Very long-range (bomber)

WD

War Department

WDC

Western Defense Command

WDCMC

War Department Classified Message Center

WDCSA

Chief of Staff, U. S. Army

WDGS

War Department General Staff

WDSS

War Department Special Staff

WPD

War Plans Division