AA |
Antiaircraft |
AAF |
Army Air Forces |
ACofS |
Assistant Chief of Staff |
AdVon |
Advance Echelon |
AF |
Air Force |
AFPAC |
Army Forces, Pacific |
AGC |
Combined operations communications headquarters ship. In Pacific most frequently used as flagships of
amphibious force or group commanders. |
AGO |
Office of The Adjutant General |
AKA |
Cargo ship, attack |
ALF |
Allied Land Forces |
ANF |
Allied Naval Forces |
AP |
Transport |
APA |
Transport, attack |
APC |
Coastal transport |
APD |
High-speed destroyer-transport |
ATIS SCAP |
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers |
AW |
Automatic weapons |
BAR |
Browning automatic rifle |
Bazooka |
Rocket launcher, hand-carried |
BB |
Battleship |
BYPRODUCT |
Code name for Trobriand Islands (Kiriwina) |
CA |
Coast Artillery |
CCS |
Combined Chiefs of Staff |
CG |
Commanding General |
CHRONICLE |
Code name for plan for seizure of Woodlark and Kiriwina |
CINCPAC |
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
CINCPOA |
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area |
CINCSWPA |
[Commander in Chief] Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area |
CM-IN |
Classified Message, In |
CM-OUT |
Classified Message, Out |
CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
C(s)ofS |
Chief(s) of Staff |
Com |
Committee |
COMAIRSOPAC |
Commander [land-based], Aircraft, South Pacific Force |
COMAMPHIBFORSOPAC |
Commander, Amphibious Force, South Pacific Force |
Comd |
Command |
Comdr |
Commander |
COMGEN |
Commanding General |
COMGENSOPAC |
Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area |
COMINCH |
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet |
COMSOPAC |
Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force |
COMSOWESPAC |
Commander, Southwest Pacific (also CINCSWPA) |
Cons |
Construction |
CRU |
Cruiser |
CTF |
Commander, Task Force |
CTG |
Commander, Task Group |
CV |
Aircraft carrier |
CVE |
Aircraft carrier, escort |
DD |
Destroyer |
DEXTERITY |
Code name for western New Britain–Saidor operation |
DMS |
Destroyer-minesweeper |
DRYGOODS |
Code name for assembly of supplies at Guadalcanal–Tulagi area for offensive in New Georgia,
February 1943 |
DUKW |
2½-ton, 6 x 6 amphibious truck |
ELKTON |
Code name for MacArthur’s plan for recapture of Rabaul |
ESB |
Engineer special brigade |
FA |
Field Artillery |
FEC |
Far East Command |
FM |
Field Manual |
FO |
Field Orders |
G-1 |
Personnel officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level |
G-2 |
Intelligence officer or section of general staff, down through divisional level |
G-3 |
Operations officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level |
G-4 |
Supply officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level |
GHQ |
General headquarters |
GO |
General Orders |
Incl(s) |
Inclosure(s) |
Ind |
Indorsement |
Instal |
Installation |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Jnl(s) |
Journal(s) |
JPS |
Joint Staff Planners |
Jt |
Joint |
JUSSC |
Joint U.S. Strategic Committee |
KCRC |
Kansas City Records Center, Office of the Adjutant General, Kansas City, Missouri |
LCI |
Landing craft, infantry |
LCM |
Landing craft, mechanized |
LCP(R) |
Landing craft, personnel (ramp) |
LCT |
Landing craft, tank |
LCV |
Landing craft, vehicle |
LCVP |
Landing craft, vehicle, personnel |
LEATHERBACK |
Code name for Woodlark Island |
LHQ |
Land Headquarters (also ALF) |
LST |
Landing ship, tank |
MAC |
Marine Amphibious Corps |
MAINYARD |
Code name for Guadalcanal Island |
Min |
Minutes |
MIS |
Military Intelligence Section |
MTB |
Motor torpedo boat |
NCB |
Naval construction battalion |
NGF |
New Guinea Force |
NGOF |
New Georgia Occupation Force |
NLG |
Northern landing group |
OCMH |
Office of the Chief of Military History |
OI |
Operations Instructions |
ONI |
Office of Naval Intelligence |
OPD |
Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
PB4Y4 |
Naval designation of B-24 |
PBY |
Twin-engine U.S. Navy patrol bomber (Black Cat) |
Plng |
Planning |
POA |
Pacific Ocean Area |
POSTERN |
Code name for Lae–Finschhafen–Madang operations |
PT |
Motor torpedo boat |
PTO |
Pacific Theater of Operations |
PV-1 |
Twin-engined Navy patrol plane, also used as a night fighter |
RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
RAAFCAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force Comand, Allied Air Forces |
RAF |
Royal Air Force |
RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
Rcn |
Reconnaissance |
RCT |
Regimental combat team |
RENO |
Code name for MacArthur’s plan for advancing along north coast of New Guinea and thence to
Mindano |
RN |
Royal Navy |
S-3 |
Operations officer or section of a regimental or battalion headquarters |
SBD |
Scout bomber (Douglas)--a Navy dive-bomber |
SC |
Submarine chaser |
SCR |
Signal Corps radio |
SL |
Searchlight |
SNLF |
Special naval landing force (Japanese) |
SOPAC |
South Pacific Area, South Pacific Force |
SOPACBACOM |
South Pacific Base Command |
SR |
Special Regulations |
SWPA |
Southwest Pacific Area |
SYMBOL |
Code name for Casablanca Conference 14—23 January 1943 |
TBF |
Single-engine U.S. Navy torpedo bomber |
TF |
Task Force |
TM |
Technical Manual |
TOENAILS |
Code name for New Georgia operation |
TU |
Task Unit |
USA |
U.S. Army |
USAFFE |
U.S. Army Forces in the Far East |
USAFISPA |
U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area |
USASOS SWPA |
U.S. Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area |
USMC(R) |
U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve) |
USN |
U.S. Navy |
USSBS |
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey |
WD |
War Department |
WDGS |
War Department General Staff |
YMS |
Motor minesweeper |