AAF |
Army Air Forces |
AAFSC |
Army Air Forces Service Command |
ABC |
Adriatic Base Command |
ABS |
Atlantic Base Section |
ACC |
Allied Control Commission |
ADMS |
Assistant Director, Medical Services |
AFHQ |
Allied Force Headquarters |
AGWAR |
Adjutant General, War Department |
AMET |
Africa-Middle East Theater |
AMEW |
Africa-Middle East Wing |
AMG |
Allied Military Government |
AMGOT |
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory |
Anvil |
Early plan for invasion of southern France |
Armd |
Armored |
ASRS |
Adjusted Service Rating Score |
ASW |
Assistant Secretary of War |
ATC |
Air Transport Command |
Atl |
Atlantic |
AVALANCHE |
Invasion of Italy at Salerno |
Aux |
Auxiliary |
BBC |
Bermuda Base Command |
BE |
BLUIE EAST (U.S. air bases in Greenland) |
BEF |
Brazilian Expeditionary Force |
BLACKSTONE |
Subtask force of Western Task Force for the attack on Safi |
Bn |
Battalion |
BRUSHWOOD |
Subtask force of Western Task Force for the attack on Fedala |
BW |
BLUIE WEST (U.S. air bases in Greenland) |
CBI |
China, Burma, India |
CCB |
Combat Command B |
CCS |
Combined Chiefs of Staff |
CENT |
Task force in Sicily assault landing |
CDC |
Caribbean Defense Command |
CG |
Commanding general |
CinC |
Commander in Chief |
Cir |
Circular |
CO |
Commanding officer |
Co |
Company |
CofS |
Chief of Staff |
Comd |
Command |
Comdr |
Commander |
CONAD |
Continental Advance Section |
COMZ |
Communications Zone |
C&R |
Convalescent and rehabilitation |
CRIMSON |
Air routes through central and northeastern Canada, part of the air ferry route to the British
Isles |
CRYSTAL |
Meteorological stations in northern Canada |
DCCAO |
Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Office |
DDMS |
Deputy Director, Medical Services |
Detach |
Detachment |
DIME |
Task force in Sicily assault landing |
Dir |
Director |
Div |
Division |
DM5 |
Director, Medical Services |
Doc |
Document |
DRAGOON |
Allied invasion of southern coast of France, 15 August 1944 |
DSM |
Distinguished Service Medal |
EASCOM |
Eastern Command |
EBS |
Eastern Base Section |
ETMD |
Essential technical medical data |
ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
Evac |
Evacuation hospital |
FEC |
French Expeditionary Corps |
FRANTIC |
AAF shuttle bombing of Axis-controlled Europe from bases in United Kingdom, Italy, and USSR |
FUO |
Fever undetermined origin |
GBC |
Greenland Base Command |
GOALPOST |
Subtask force of Western Task Force for assault landing in Mehdia-Port-Lyautey area, North Africa |
Gp |
Group |
Hist |
Historical, history |
Hosp |
Hospital |
HUSKY |
Allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943 |
IBC |
Iceland Base Command |
IBS |
Island Base Section |
IG |
Inspector General |
Interv |
Interview |
It |
Italian |
JOSS |
Task force in Sicily assault landing |
KOOL |
Task force in Sicily assault landing |
LCI |
Landing craft, infantry |
LofC |
Line of communications |
LST |
Landing ship, tank |
MAAF |
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces |
MAC |
Medical Administrative Corps |
MAETS |
Medical air evacuation transport squadron |
MBS |
Mediterranean Base Section |
MCD |
Malaria control detachment |
MCU |
Malaria control unit |
Med |
Medical |
MMU |
Medical maintenance unit |
MSU |
Malaria survey unit |
MTO |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
MTOUSA |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
NAAF |
Northwest African Air Forces |
NATO |
North African Theater of Operations |
NATOUSA |
North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
NBC |
Newfoundland Base Command |
NORBS |
Northern Base Section |
OBE |
Order of the British Empire |
Off |
Officer |
Opns |
Operations |
Ortho |
Orthopedic |
OSS |
Office of Strategic Services |
OVERLORD |
Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944 |
Ovhd |
Overhead |
PBS |
Peninsular Base Section |
PGC |
Persian Gulf Command |
PGSC |
Persian Gulf Service Command |
PT |
boat Patrol vessel, motor torpedo boat |
POW |
Prisoner of war |
QM |
Quartermaster |
RAAC |
Rome Allied Area Command |
RCAF |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Rcd |
Record |
RCT |
Regimental combat team |
Regt |
Regiment |
Rpt |
Report |
Sec |
Section |
Sep |
Separate |
Serv |
Service |
SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
SGO |
Surgeon General’s Office |
SHINGLE |
Amphibious operation at Anzio, Italy |
Sitrep |
Situation report |
SnC |
Sanitary Corps |
SOLOC |
Southern Line of Communications |
SOS |
Services of Supply |
Sta |
Station |
Stat |
Statistical |
Suppl |
Supplement, supplementary |
Surg |
Surgeon, surgical |
SWPA |
Southwest Pacific Area |
TAS |
The Air Surgeon |
T/O |
Table of Organization |
TOE |
Table of Organization and Equipment |
Torch |
Allied invasion of Northwest Africa, November 1942 |
TRUST |
Trieste-United States Troops |
TSG |
The Surgeon General |
UNRRA |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
USAAF |
U.S. Army Air Forces |
USAFCC |
U.S. Army Forces in Central Canada |
USAFEC |
U.S. Army Forces in Eastern Canada |
USAFICA |
U.S. Army Forces in Central Africa |
USAFIL |
U.S. Army Forces in Liberia |
USAFIME |
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East |
USAFSA |
U.S. Army Forces, South Atlantic |
USAHS |
U.S. Army hospital ship |
USFET |
U.S. Forces, European Theater |
USPHS |
U.S. Public Health Service |
USSTAF |
U.S. Strategic Air Forces |
Vet |
Veterinary |
WAC |
Womens Army Corps |
WD |
War Department |
YAK |
Russian fighter plane |
ZI |
Zone of interior |