Glossary
| AAA | Antiaircraft Artillery |
| AAC | Assembly Area Command |
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| AAR | After action report |
| AB | Airborne |
| ABS | Atlantic Base Section |
| AC | Air Corps |
| ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| Actg | Acting |
| Admin | Administrative |
| ADSEC | Advance Section, Communications Zone |
| AEF | American Expeditionary Forces, World War 1 |
| AES | U.S. Army Exchange Service |
| AF | Air Force |
| AFDAG | Airborne Forward Delivery Airfield Group |
| AFHQ | Allied Forces Headquarters |
| AFLRS | Allied Forces Local Resources Section |
| AGCT | Army General Classification Test |
| AGF | Army Ground Forces |
| AGO | Adjutant General’s Office |
| AGRC | American Graves Registration Command |
| AGWAR | Adjutant General, War Department |
| Amph | Amphibious |
| ANC | Army Nurse Corps |
| ANCFX | Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force |
| ANPB | Army-Navy Petroleum Board |
| ANVIL | The planned 1944 Allied invasion of southern France in the Toulon-Marseille area (later DRAGOON) |
| ARCADIA | U.S.-British staff conference at Washington, December 1941—January 1942 |
| Armd | Armored |
| Arty | Artillery |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| Asgmt | Assignment |
| Asst | Assistant |
| Atchd | Attached |
| ATS | Auxiliary Territorial Service (British), |
| AVALANCHE | Invasion of Italy at Salerno |
| BANG | Zone III, Northern Ireland |
| BBS | Brittany Base Section |
| Bd | Board |
| BEF | Brazilian Expeditionary Force |
| BID | Brazilian infantry division |
| BIGOT | Special security procedure for OVERLORD |
| BOLERO | Build-up of troops and supplies in the United Kingdom in preparation for a cross-Channel attack |
| Br | Branch, British |
| Brig | Brigade, Brigadier |
| BRIMSTONE | Plan for the capture of Sardinia. Canceled. |
| BRUSHWOOD | Subtask force of Western Task Force for the attack on Fedala |
| BUCO | Build-up Control Organization |
| Bull | Bulletin |
| CA | Civil Affairs |
| CA | Coast Artillery |
| CATOR | Combined Air Transport Operations Room |
| CBS | Channel Base Section |
| CCAC | Combined Civil Affairs Committee |
| C&E | Clothing and equipment |
| CEM | Captured enemy materiel |
| CENT | Task force in Sicily assault landing |
| CFLN | French Committee of National Liberation |
| CG | Commanding general |
| Cir | Circular |
| COBRA | The operation launched by First Army on 25 July 1944 designed to break out of the Normandy lodgment |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| Comdr | Commander |
| COMZ | Communications Zone |
| CONAD | Continental Advance Section, Communications Zone |
| CONBASE | Continental Base Section |
| Conf | Conference |
| Corresp | Correspondence |
| COSSAC | Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) |
| CP | Command post |
| CTF | Center Task Force |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| DCQM | Deputy Chief Quartermaster |
| DGPA | Deputy general purchasing agent |
| DIME | Task force for Sicily assault landing |
| Dir | Directive |
| Distr | Distribution |
| Div | Division |
| DQM | Division quartermaster |
| DRAGOON | Final code for the invasion of southern France |
| DP | Distribution point |
| DUKW | A six-wheel 21A-ton amphibian truck |
| EBS | Eastern Base Section |
| Ech | Echelon |
| Engr | Engineer |
| Equip | Equipment |
| ETO | European Theater of Operations |
| ETOUSA | European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| Evac | evacuation |
| ExO | Executive officer |
| F&B | Fumigation and Bath |
| FBO | Field bake oven |
| FEA | Foreign Economic Administration |
| FEC | French Expeditionary Corps |
| FECZ | Forward Echelon, Communications Zone |
| FFI | Forces Francaises de l’Interieur (French Forces of the Interior) |
| FM | Field manual |
| FRC | Federal Records Center |
| FUSA | First U.S. Army |
| FUSAG | 1st U.S. Army Group |
| G-1 | Personnel division of a headquarters |
| G-2 | Military intelligence division |
| G-3 | Operations and/or training division |
| G-4 | Supply division |
| G-5 | Civil affairs and/or military government division |
| GFRS | Ground Force Replacement System |
| GLUE | Zone II, South Britain |
| GO | General Order |
| GOALPOST | Task force for assault landing in Mehdia—Port—Lyautey area, North Africa |
| Gp | group |
| GPA | General purchasing agent |
| GPB | General Purchasing Board |
| GR | Graves registration |
| GR&E Div | Graves Registration and Effects Division |
| GRO | Graves registration officer |
| GRS | Graves Registration Service |
| GS | Gasoline Supply |
| HBT | Herringbone twill |
| HUSKY | Code for Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 |
| IBS | Island Base Section (Sicily) |
| IG | Inspector General |
| Ind | Indorsement |
| Info | Information |
| Instl | Installation |
| Instr | Instruction |
| Intel | Intelligence |
| Interv | Interview |
| IRS | Informal Routing Slip |
| ISU | Italian service unit |
| JAGD | Judge Advocate General’s Department |
| Jnl | Journal |
| Joss | Task force for Sicily assault landing |
| LBS | Loire Base Section |
| LCI | Landing craft, infantry |
| Ln | Liaison |
| Log | Logistical |
| LST | Landing ship, tank |
| L/T | Long ton |
| MAGNET | Plan for the shipment of American forces to Northern Ireland |
| Maint | Maintenance |
| MARKET-GARDEN | Operation to secure bridgehead over the Rhine |
| MBS | Mediterranean Base Section |
| Med | Mediterranean |
| Memo | Memorandum |
| MG | Military Government |
| Mil | Military |
| MLS | Military Labor Service |
| Mob (Div ASF) | Mobilization |
| MP | Military Police |
| MT80 | Motor transport gasoline, 80-octane |
| MTO | Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
| MTOUSA | Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
| NA | North Africa |
| NAAFI | Navy-Army-Air Force Institute (British) |
| NATOUSA | North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
| GLOSSARY | |
| NBS | Normandy Base Section |
| NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
| NEPTUNE | Operations within OVERLORD, 1944 |
| NIBC | Northern Ireland Base Command |
| NIGHTLIGHT | An operation against Norway (never carried out! |
| NUSA | Ninth U.S. Army |
| NYPE | New York Port of Embarkation |
| Obsv | Observer |
| OCE | Office, Chief of Engineers |
| OCMH | Office, Chief of Military History |
| OCOT | Office, Chief of Transportation |
| OCQM | Office of the Chief Quartermaster (ETOUSA) |
| OCS | Office of the Chief Surgeon |
| OCSigO | Office of the Chief Signal Officer |
| OCT | Office of the Chief of Transportation |
| OD | Olive drab |
| ODQM | Office of the Division Quartermaster |
| Off | Officer |
| OGPA | Office of the general purchasing agent |
| OIC | Officer in charge |
| OKW | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces High Command) |
| OMAHA | Landing beach in Normandy |
| OPD WDGS | Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| Opns | Operations |
| OQM | Office of the Quartermaster |
| OQMG | Office of The Quartermaster General |
| ORB | Organizational Records Branch |
| Ord | Ordnance |
| Orgn | Organization |
| OSD | Overseas Supply Division, New York Port of Embarkation |
| OTCQM | Office of the Theater Chief Quartermaster |
| OVERLORD | Plan for the invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944 |
| P&C | Purchasing and contracting |
| P&F | Petroleum and Fuel |
| P&O Div | Planning and Operations Division |
| P&T Div | Plans and Training Division |
| PBS | Peninsular Base Section |
| PEMBARK | Code name for the commander of a port of embarkation |
| PENBASE | Peninsular Base Section |
| Pers | Personnel |
| Ping | Planning |
| Plat | Platoon |
| POL | Petrol, oil, and lubricants |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| PQMD | Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot |
| Proc | Procurement |
| PROCO | Projects for Continental Operations, a system of requisitioning supplies and equipment for special operations |
| Prov | Provisional |
| Purch | Purchasing |
| PX | Post exchange |
| QMBD | Quartermaster Base Depot |
| QMC | Quartermaster Corps |
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QMR |
Quartermaster Review |
| QMSO | Quartermaster supply officer |
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QMTSJ |
Quartermaster Training Service Journal |
| QUADRANT | The first Quebec Conference, August 1943 |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RAC | Ration Accessory Convenience |
| Rad | Radiogram |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RANKIN A, B, C | Plans for return to the Continent in the event of deterioration of the German position |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
| RED VAULT | An operation of II Corps in Tunisia |
| Repl | Replacement |
| Reqmts | Requirements |
| Rhd | Railhead |
| RHUMBA | Plan for reversing BOLERO and transferring U.S. forces, supplies, and logistic structure from the United Kingdom to the Continent |
| ROUNDUP | Various 1941–43 plans for a cross-Channel attack in the final phases of the war |
| SAFA | Service d’Aide aux Forces Alliées |
| S&D | Storage and Distribution |
| SATIN | Plan for U.S. II Corps operation against Sfax, Tunisia. Canceled. |
| SBS | Southern Base Section |
| Sec | Section |
| SEXTANT | International conference at Cairo, November and December 1943. |
| SGO | Surgeon General’s Office |
| SHAEF | Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SHARK | Task Force (II Corps), HUSKY plan |
| SHINGLE | Amphibious operation at Anzio, Italy |
| Ship ton | 40 cubic feet of cargo space |
| SLEDGEHAMMER | Plan for a limited-objective attack across the Channel in 1942 |
| SLOE | Special list of equipment |
| SOLOC | Southern Line of Communications |
| SOP | Standing operating procedure |
| SOS | Services of Supply |
| SOXO | Zone I, North Britain |
| SPOBS | Special Army Observer Group in London |
| SS | Schutzstaffel (Elite Guard) |
| Subcom | Subcommittee |
| Subs | Subsistence |
| SUSA | Seventh U.S. Army |
| Sv | Service |
| SvC | Service Command |
| SW | Secretary of War |
| T/A | Table of Allowances |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| T/BA | Table of Basic Allowances |
| TC | Transportation Corps |
| TCQM | The Chief Quartermaster |
| T/E | Table of equipment |
| Telecon | Telephone conversation, conference |
| TFA | Task Force A |
| TIGER | Rehearsal for OVERLORD |
| TLOS | Troop List for Operations and Supply |
| T/O | Table of Organization |
| T/O&E | Table of Organization and Equipment |
| TORCH | Allied invasion of North and Northwest Africa, 1942 |
| TQMG | The Quartermaster General |
| TRIDENT | International conference in Washington, May 1943 |
| TSFET | Theater Service Forces, European Theater |
| TUSA | Third U.S. Army |
| UGLY | Shipping address code name for United Kingdom |
| U.K. | United Kingdom |
| UKB | United Kingdom Base |
| UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| USAAF | U.S. Army Air Forces |
| USAFBI | U.S. Army Forces, British Isles |
| USAFIME | U.S. Army Forces, Middle East |
| USANIF | U.S. Army Northern Ireland Forces |
| USCC | United States Commercial Corporation |
| USFET | U.S. Forces, European Theater |
| USFOR | U.S. Forces |
| USO | United Service Organizations |
| USSAFE | U.S. Strategic Air Forces, Europe |
| USSTAF | United States Strategic Air Forces |
| UTAH | Landing beach in Normandy |
| VARSITY | Airdrop east of the Rhine |
| WAC | Women’s Army Corps |
| Wac | Member of Women’s Army Corps |
| WAAC | Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
| Waac | A member of the WAAC |
| WBS | Western Base Section |
| WD | War Department |
| WPB | War Production Board |
| WSA | War Shipping Administration |
| WTF | Western Task Force |
| ZI | Zone of interior |