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Glossary
| AAR |
After Action Report |
| ACofS |
Assistant Chief of Staff |
| ACofT |
Assistant Chief of Transportation |
| Actg |
Acting |
| ADCofS |
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Adm |
Administrative, administration |
| ADSEC |
Advance Section, Communications Zone |
| AFHQ |
Allied Force Headquarters |
| AFV&W Sec |
Armored Fighting Vehicle and Weapon Section |
| AG |
Adjutant general |
| A Gp |
Army group |
| Alloc |
Allocation |
| Ammo |
Ammunition |
| ANCXF |
Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force |
| ASF |
Army Service Forces |
| Arty |
Artillery |
| ASTP |
Army Specialized Training Program |
| ATS |
Auxiliary Territorial Service |
| Bd |
Board |
| CAO |
Chief administrative officer |
| CATOR |
Combined Air Transport Operations Room |
| Cbl |
Cable |
| CCS |
Combined Chiefs of Staff |
| CE |
Corps of Engineers |
| CGRS |
Commanding General, Replacement System |
| Cir |
Circular |
| COS |
Chiefs of Staff (British) |
| CofT |
Chief of Transportation |
| COMZ |
Communications Zone |
| CONAD |
Continental Advance Section, COMZ |
| CONBASE |
Continental Base Section |
| Conf |
Conference |
| Corresp |
Correspondence |
| COSBASE |
Coastal Base Section |
| Dev |
Development |
| DQMG |
Deputy Quartermaster General |
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| Dukw |
2½ ton 6 x 6 amphibian truck |
| ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
| ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| EUCOM |
European Command, successor to USFET |
| Exec |
Executive |
| ExO |
Executive Officer |
| FFRS |
Field Force Replacement System |
| FUSA |
First U.S. Army |
| FUSAG |
1st U.S. Army Group |
| Fwd |
Forward, forwarded |
| G-1 |
ACofS for personnel |
| G-2 |
ACofS for intelligence |
| G-3 |
ACofS for operations |
| G-4 |
ACofS for supply |
| GFRC |
Ground Force Replacement System |
| GPA |
General Purchasing Agent |
| Hist |
Historical |
| Hq |
Headquarters |
| HVAP |
High-velocity, armor piercing |
| I&E |
Information and Education |
| IG |
Inspector General |
| Info |
Information |
| JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
| Jnl |
Journal |
| LCT |
Landing craft, tank |
| LMAB |
London Munitions Assignment Board |
| Ln |
Liaison |
| Log |
Logistical |
| LST |
Landing ship, tank |
| Ltr |
Letter |
| Mat |
Matériel |
| MGA |
Major General of Administration (British) |
| Mil |
Military |
| Min |
Minutes |
| Mov and Tn Br |
Movements and Transportation Branch |
| MRS |
Military Railway Service |
| MT ship |
Liberty ship converted for maximum vehicle-carrying purposes |
| MT80 |
Motor transport gasoline, 80-octane |
| MTB |
Motor Transport Brigade |
| Mtg |
Meeting |
| MTOUSA |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| NATO |
North African Theater of Operations |
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| NATOUSA |
North African Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| NOIC |
Naval Officer in Charge |
| NUSA |
Ninth U.S. Army |
| NYPOE |
New York Port of Embarkation |
| OCOE |
Office, Chief of Engineers |
| OCofOrd |
Office, Chief of Ordnance |
| OCOO |
Office, Chief Ordnance Officer |
| OCQM |
Office, Chief Quartermaster |
| OCofT |
Office, Chief of Transportation |
| Off |
Officer |
| OGPA |
Office, General Purchasing Agent |
| Opns |
Operations |
| Ord |
Ordnance |
| Orgn |
Organization |
| P&O |
Plans and Operations Div, WD |
| PC&R |
Port construction and repair |
| Plng |
Planning |
| PLUTO |
From “pipeline under the ocean”—a cross-Channel underwater pipeline planned for bulk
POL deliveries to the far shore |
| PMG |
Provost Marshall General |
| POL |
Petrol, oil, and lubricants |
| prep |
prepared |
| Pur Div |
Purchasing Division |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| R&SC |
Div Requirements and Stock Control Division |
| RAMPS |
Recovered Allied Military Personnel |
| Repls |
Replacements |
| Rqmt |
Requirement |
| SAC |
Supreme Allied Commander |
| SCAEF |
Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Sec |
Section |
| SGO |
Surgeon General’s Office |
| SGS |
Secretary, General Staff |
| SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SOLOC |
Southern Line of Communications |
| SOP |
Standing Operating Procedure |
| SPOBS |
Special Observer Group |
| SSN |
Specification Serial Number |
| Stf |
Staff |
| SUSA |
Seventh U.S. Army |
| Sv (s) |
Service, Services |
| SvC |
Service Command |
| TC |
Transportation Corps |
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| T/E |
Tables of Equipment |
| Tn |
Transportation |
| T/O&E |
Tables of Organization and Equipment |
| TSFET |
Theater Service Forces, European Theater |
| TUSA |
Third U.S. Army |
| USAFE |
United States Air Forces in Europe |
| USFET |
United States Forces in the European Theater, successor command to ETOUSA |
| USSTAF |
United States Strategic Air Forces |
| WD |
War Department |