| AAF |
Army Air Forces |
| ABC Committee |
A code designation for a Biological Warfare Committee, formed with the help of the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Research Council |
| ABL |
Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory |
| ABW |
Antibiological Warfare Section, Hawaiian Department |
| AC |
Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic agent; Assistant Chief |
| A Cml C |
Army Chemical Center |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| ACofS |
Assistant Chief of Staff |
| Actg |
Acting |
| Ad m O |
Administrative Order |
| AEF |
American Expeditionary Forces |
| AG |
Adjutant General |
| AGD |
Adjutant General’s Department |
| AGF |
Army Ground Forces |
| AGO |
Adjutant General’s Office |
| ALSOS Mission |
Code name for an intelligence mission to Europe |
| ANMB |
Army and Navy Munitions Board |
| App |
Appendix |
| AR |
Army Regulation |
| ASC |
Army Specialist Corps; a type of charcoal used for gas masks |
| ASF |
Army Service Forces |
| ASFD |
Army Service Forces Depot |
| ASW |
Assistant Secretary of War |
| AUS |
Army of the United States |
| BAL |
British antilewisite, a protective ointment for vesicant gas |
| Bd |
Board |
| BPC |
British Purchasing Commission |
| Br |
Branch |
| Bu |
Bureau |
| Bull |
Bulletin |
| BW |
Biological Warfare |
| C |
Chief |
| CBI |
China-Burma-India Theater of Operations |
| CC |
CWS symbol for cyanogen chloride from June to November 1943. CK was the symbol used before and
afterward. |
| CC-2 |
CWS symbol for chloroamide cloth impregnite discovered in 1924 and standard in World War II |
| CCmlC |
Chief of the Chemical Corps, now Chief Chemical Officer (CCmlO) |
| CCWPD |
Chicago Chemical Warfare Procurement District |
| CD |
Civil Defense; Camp Detrick |
| CE |
Corps of Engineers |
| CG |
Commanding General; a CWS symbol for carbonyl chloride (phosgene), a toxic agent |
| Ch |
Chapter |
| CinC |
Commander in Chief |
| CIOS |
Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee, under the Combined Chiefs of Staff |
| Cir |
Circular |
| CK |
CWS symbol for cyanogen chloride, a toxic agent. This symbol was changed to CC in June 1943 and
changed back to CK in November 1943. |
| CM-IN |
Classified Message, incoming |
| Cml |
Chemical |
| CmlC |
Chemical Corps |
| CmlO |
Chemical Officer |
| CMP |
Controlled Materials Plan |
| CMR |
Committee on Medical Research |
| CN |
CWS symbol for chloroacetophenone, a tear gas |
| CNB |
CWS symbol for a solution of CN in carbon tetrachloride and benzene, a tear gas |
| CNC |
CWS symbol for a solution of chloroacetophenone (CN) in chloroform, a tear gas |
| CNS |
CWS symbol for a solution of CN and chloropicrin in chloroform, a tear gas |
| CO |
Commanding Officer |
| Co |
Company |
| Cong |
Congress |
| CofS |
Chief of Staff |
| Contl |
Control |
| CR, incendiary oil |
CWS designation for gasoline thickened with crepe rubber, used as a filling for incendiary bombs |
| C SPD |
Chief of the Special Projects Division, Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| C Spec Asgmts Br |
Chief of the Special Assignments Branch, Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| CTGC |
Committee on the Treatment of Gas Casualties |
| CWB |
Chemical Warfare Board |
| CWC |
Chemical Warfare Center, now Army Chemical Center |
| CWD |
Chemical Warfare Depot |
| CWPD |
Chemical Warfare Procurement District |
| CWS |
Chemical Warfare Service |
| CWTC |
Chemical Warfare Technical Committee |
| DA |
Department of the Army; CWS symbol for diphenylchloroarsine |
| DANC |
Decontaminating agent, noncorrosive, a solution of the compound RH 195 in acetylene tetrachloride |
| DC |
CWS symbol for diphenylcyanoarsine, a vomiting gas |
| DCofS |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Decon |
Decontamination |
| DEF Committee |
A code name for a biological warfare committee formed with the help of the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Research Council |
| Dep |
Depot |
| Dept |
Department |
| DF |
Disposition Form |
| Dir |
Director |
| Div |
Division |
| DM |
CWS symbol for diphenylaminechloroarsine, a toxic agent, also known as adamsite |
| DPC |
Defense Plant Corporation |
| DPGMR |
Dugway Proving Ground Memorandum Report |
| DTH |
Symbol for British antilewisite (dithioglyccral) |
| DUKW |
A 2½-ton amphibious truck |
| EA |
Edgewood Arsenal |
| EACD |
Edgewood Arsenal Chemical Division |
| EAL |
Edgewood Arsenal Laboratory |
| EAMD |
Edgewood Arsenal Mechanical Division |
| EATR |
Edgewood Arsenal Technical Report |
| ETF |
Edgewood Technical File |
| Eq |
Equipment |
| ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
| ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| Exec |
Executive |
| ExO |
Executive Officer |
| FIAT |
Field Intelligence Army, Technical |
| Fld Svc |
Field Service |
| FM |
Field Manual; CWS symbol for titanium tetrachloride, a smoke mixture used as a filling for smoke
shells |
| FS |
CWS symbol for a solution of sulphur trioxide in chlorosulfonic acid, a smoke mixture |
| FSA |
Field Security Agency |
| Ft |
Fort |
| FY |
Fiscal year |
| G-1 |
Personnel section, division or higher unit |
| G-2 |
Intelligence section, division or higher unit |
| G-3 |
Operations and training section, division or higher unit |
| G-4 |
Supply section, division or higher unit |
| G agents |
Nerve gases |
| GHQ |
General Headquarters |
| GO |
General Orders |
| “Goop” |
A mixture of magnesium particles and asphalt used in incendiary bombs |
| GPO |
Government Printing Office |
| H |
CWS symbol for crude mustard gas |
| HA |
Huntsville Arsenal |
| HC |
CWS symbol for hexachloroethane, a smoke mixture |
| HCN |
Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic agent |
| HD |
Distilled mustard gas |
| HE |
High explosive |
| Hist Off |
United States Army Chemical Corps Historical Office |
| HMT |
Hexamethylenetetramine, a compound effective against phosgene poisoning |
| HN-1, HN-2, HN-3 |
Nitrogen mustard gases |
| Hq |
Headquarters |
| HS |
A former CWS symbol for mustard gas |
| HV |
Thickening agent composed of a 5 percent solution of methylmethacrylate in benzene |
| ICAF |
Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
| ICC |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
| IG |
Inspector General |
| IGD |
Inspector General’s Department |
| Igloo |
Concrete building of semicylindrical shape, covered with sod, used to store ammunition |
| IM |
Isobutyl methacrylate, polymer AE, a substance used to thicken gasoline for incendiary purposes |
| Incl |
Inclosure |
| Ind |
Indorsement |
| Ind Svc |
Industrial Service, Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| Inf |
Information |
| Insp |
Inspection |
| Int |
Intelligence |
| Interv |
Interview |
| ISSCBW |
Interservice Subcommittee on Biological Warfare, a British coordinating body |
| Jt |
Joint |
| L |
CWS symbol for lewisite, a toxic agent |
| LA, incendiary oil |
CWS symbol for gasoline thickened with latex, used as a filler for incendiary bombs |
| LCI |
Landing craft, infantry |
| LCM |
Landing craft, mechanized |
| LCVP |
Landing craft, vehicle and personnel |
| L-H |
Lewisite-mustard mixtures |
| Lib |
Library |
| Ltr |
Letter |
| LVT |
Landing vehicle, tracked |
| MC |
Medical Corps |
| Mech Div |
Mechanical Division |
| Mil Int Serv |
Military Intelligence Service |
| Min |
Minutes |
| Misc |
Miscellaneous |
| MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MITMR |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Memorandum Report |
| MRD |
Medical Research and Development Section |
| MRL |
Medical Research Laboratory |
| MTO |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
| NA |
National Army; National Archives of the United States |
| Napalm |
A mixture of aluminum naphthenate and palmitate used to thicken gasoline for incendiary purposes |
| NATO |
North African Theater of Operations |
| NCO |
Noncommissioned officer |
| NDRC |
National Defense Research Committee |
| NP |
Napalm |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NYCWPD |
New York Chemical Warfare Procurement District |
| OASW |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of War |
| OC CWS |
Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| OCD |
Office of Civilian Defense |
| OCM |
Ordnance Technical Committee Minutes |
| OCMH |
Office of the Chief of Military History |
| OD |
Ordnance Department |
| Off |
Office |
| Off O |
Office Order |
| ONI |
Office of Naval Intelligence |
| OPM |
Office of Production Management |
| Ord |
Ordnance |
| OSG |
Office of The Surgeon General |
| OSRD |
Office of Scientific Research and Development |
| OSS |
Office of Strategic Services |
| OUSW |
Office of the Under Secretary of War |
| PAPP |
P-aminopropiophenone, a compound highly active in forming met-hemoglobin, hence a protection against
cyanide |
| PBA |
Pine Bluff Arsenal |
| PD |
Procurement District |
| P.L. |
Public Law |
| PMP |
Protective Mobilization Plan |
| POA |
Pacific Ocean Areas |
| POE |
Port of Embarkation |
| PR |
Procurement Regulation |
| Proc |
Procurement |
| Prod |
Production |
| Pt |
Part |
| PT-1, PT-2, PT-3 |
An incendiary fuel, based mainly on “goop” and IM gasoline, and substitutes |
| PWP |
Plasticized white phosphorus, granules of white phosphorus suspended in a matrix of rubber |
| “Q” |
Quickie, a model of the flame thrower developed by the National Defense Research Committee |
| QMG |
Quartermaster General |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| Readj Div |
Readjustment Division, Army Service Forces |
| Ref |
Reference |
| Req Div |
Requirements Division, Army Service Forces |
| Ret |
Retired |
| RFC |
Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| RMA |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal |
| RP |
Research Project |
| Rpt |
Report |
| Sag paste |
Antigas salve, a World War I protective ointment |
| Sarin |
A nerve gas |
| Sec |
Section |
| Ser |
Series |
| Sess |
Session |
| SG |
Surgeon General |
| SGO |
Surgeon General’s Office |
| SGS |
Secretary, General Staff |
| SIP |
Special Inspection Procedure |
| SO |
Special Order |
| SOS |
Services of Supply |
| SPD |
Special Projects Division, Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service |
| Spec Asst SW |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War |
| SPHINX |
An overall army project concerned with testing equipment and tactics for detecting and reducing
Japanese field fortifications |
| S.R. |
Senate Resolution |
| SR, incendiary oil |
CWS designation for gasoline thickened with smoked rubber, used for incendiary purposes |
| Stat |
Statute(s) |
| Sub |
Subject |
| Sup Div |
Supply Division |
| Supt |
Superintendent |
| SW |
Secretary of War |
| SWPA |
Southwest Pacific Area |
| SWPC |
Smaller War Plants Corporation |
| T/A |
Table of Allowances |
| Tabun |
A nerve gas |
| TAG |
The Adjutant General |
| TB |
Technical Bulletin |
| T/BA |
Table of Basic Allowances |
| TBCW |
Technical Bulletin, Chemical Warfare |
| TCIR |
Technical Committee Interim Report |
| TDMR |
Technical Division Memorandum Report |
| Tech |
Technical |
| Telg |
Telegram |
| TM |
Technical Manual |
| Tng |
Training |
| T/O&E |
Tables of Organization and Equipment |
| TofO |
Theater of Operations |
| TSG |
The Surgeon General |
| Tr |
Teletype |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| USA |
United States Army |
| USAFFE |
United States Army Forces in the Far East |
| USAFPOA |
United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas |
| USASOS |
United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area |
| USBWC |
United States Biological Warfare Committee |
| USCWC |
United States Chemical Warfare Committee |
| USFIP |
United States Forces in the Philippines |
| USW |
Under Secretary of War |
| VC |
Veterinary Corps |
| VV |
Mustard thickened with a 5 percent solution of methylmethacrylate in benzene (HV) |
| WBC |
War Bureau of Consultants, a committee on biological warfare |
| WD |
War Department |
| WDGS |
War Department General Staff |
| WDSS |
War Department Special Staff |
| WP |
White phosphorus |
| WPB |
War Production Board |
| WPD |
War Plans Division, War Department General Staff |
| WRS |
War Research Service, established by the President in May 1942 to consider biological warfare |
| XX—CC3 |
Micronized CC-2, an impregnite |
| Z |
Zanetti reports |