A-20 Army twin-engine attack plane, the Douglas Havoc AA Antiaircraft AAF Army Air Forces ABC American-British-Canadian AC/AS Assistant Chief of Staff, Air Staff ACI Air Combat Intelligence ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff ACSI Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (Army) Actg Acting ADC Assistant Division Commander Adm Admiral Admin Administrative AET Advance Echelon Translation AF Air Force AFB Air Force Base AFP Army Forces, Pacific AID Air Information Division AIF Australian Imperial Forces Air Aircraft; Air Forces AKA Cargo ship, attack Al Allied Alex Alexandria An Annual ANGAU Australia-New Guinea Administrative Unit Anx Annex APA Transport, attack APc Transport, coastal (small) APD Transport, high speed App Appendix AR Action Report Arty Artillery ATIS Allied Translation and Intelligence Service Avn Aviation B-17 Army four-engine bomber, the Boeing Flying Fortress B-24 Army four-engine bomber, the Consolidated Liberator B-25 Army twin-engine bomber, the North American Mitchell B-26 Army twin-engine bomber, the Martin Marauder BAR Browning Automatic Rifle Bd Board BGen Brigadier General Bn Battalion Br Branch Brig Brigade Bu Bureau Bul Bulletin C Combat C-2 Corps Intelligence Office(r) C-47 Army twin-engine transport, the Douglas Skytrain C-54 Army four-engine transport, the Douglas Skymaster Capt Captain Cav Cavalry Cbt Combat CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff Cdr Commander CEC Civil Engineer Corps Cen Center CG Commanding General CIC Combat Intelligence Center CinC Commander in Chief Cir Circular CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps CNO Chief of Naval Operations CO Commanding Officer Co Company CofS Chief of Staff Col Colonel Com Commander Comd Command CominCh Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet CP Command Post Cpl Corporal CSNLF Combined Special Naval Landing Force CT Combat Team CTF Commander Task Force CTG Commander Task Group CWO Chief Warrant Officer
Curr Current D-2 Division Intelligence Office(r) D-3 Division Operations and Training Office(r) DA Department of the Army DD Destroyer Def Defense Dep Depot: Deputy Dept Department DesDiv Destroyer Division DesRon Destroyer Squadron Det Detachment Dir Director Disp Dispatch Distr Distribution Div Division Docu Document DUKW Amphibious truck Ech Echelon Empl Employment End Endorsement (Navy) ESB Engineer Shore Brigade Est Estimate Evac Evacuation FAdm Fleet Admiral FEC Far East Command FEAF Far East Air Forces F5A Army photo plane version of the P-38 F4F Navy-Marine single-engine fighter, the Grumman Wildcat F4U Navy-Marine single-engine fighter, the Chance-Vought Corsair F6F Navy-Marine single-engine fighter, the Grumman Hellcat Flt Fleet FMF Fleet Marine Force FO Field Order For Force FRC Federal Record Center Fwd Forward G-2 Division (or larger unit) Intelligence Officer(r) G-3 Division (or larger unit) Operations and Training Office(r) Gen General GHQ General Headquarters GO General Order GPO Government Printing Office Grd Guard Gru Group Hist History; Historical Hq Headquarters HQMC Headquarters, United States Marine Corps ICPOA Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas IGHQ Imperial General Headquarters IJA Imperial Japanese Army IJN Imperial Japanese Navy Ind Indorsement (Army) Inf Infantry Info Information Instn Instruction Intel Intelligence Is Island(s) Jap Japanese JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JICPOA Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas JSP Joint Staff Planners JSSC Joint Strategic Survey Committee KIA Killed in Action LCdr Lieutenant Commander LCI Landing Craft, Infantry LCM Landing Craft, Medium LCP Landing Craft, Personnel LCP(R) Landing Craft, Personnel (Ramp) LCT Landing Craft, Tank LCVP Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel Ldg Landing LSD Landing Ship, Dock LST Landing Ship, Tank LT Landing Team Lt Lieutenant Ltr Letter LVT Landing Vehicle, Tracked LVT(A) Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored) MAC Marine Amphibious Corps Maj Major MAG Marine Aircraft Group Mar Marine(s) MASP Marine Aircraft, South Pacific MAW Marine Aircraft Wing(s) MBDAG Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group MBDAW Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing MC Medical Corps Med Medical Memo Memorandum
MG Marine Gunner MIA Missing in Action MID Military Intelligence Division MIS Military Intelligence Service Misc Miscellaneous MLR Main Line of Resistance Mm Millimeter MS Manuscript Msg Message MTB Motor Torpedo Boat NATS Naval Air Transport Service Nav Navy; Naval NCB Naval Construction Battalion ND Navy Department NGOF New Guinea Occupation Force NHD Naval History Division NLF Northern Landing Force NLG Northern Landing Group Nor Northern NZ New Zealand 0 Order OB Order of Battle Obj Objective OCMH Office of the Chief of Military History Off Office ONI Office of Naval Intelligence Op Operation OPlan Operation Plan Org Organizational OS2U Navy single-engine float plane, the Chance-Vought Kingfisher P-38 Army twin-engine fighter, the Lockheed Lightning P-39 Army single-engine fighter, the Bell Airacobra P-40 Army single-engine fighter, the Curtiss Warhawk P-61 Army twin-engine night fighter, the Northrop Black Widow P-70 Army night fighter version of the A-20 Pac Pacific Para Parachute PB4Y Navy-Marine four-engine bomber, the Consolidated Liberator PBJ Navy-Marine twin-engine bomber, the North American Mitchell PBM Navy twin-engine seaplane, the Martin Mariner PBO Navy twin-engine bomber, the Lockheed Hudson PB2Y Navy twin-engine seaplane, the Consolidated Coronado Phib Amphibious; Amphibious Forces Plat Platoon PMC Pacific Military Conference POA Pacific Ocean Areas POW Prisoner of War PV Navy-Marine twin-engine bomber and night fighter, the Vega Ventura R-2 Regimental Intelligence Office(r) R-3 Regimental Operations Office(r) RAAF Royal Australian Air Force Rad Radio RAdm Rear Admiral RAN Royal Australian Navy RCT Regimental Combat Team Rdr Raider Recon Reconnaissance Recs Records Regs Regulations Regt Regiment R5D Navy-Marine four-engine transport, the Douglas Skymaster R4D Navy-Marine twin-engine transport, the Douglas Skytrain RN Royal Navy RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force SAR Special Action Report SBD Navy-Marine single-engine dive bomber, the Douglas Dauntless SB-24 Army night bombing version of the B-24 SB2C Navy-Marine single-engine dive bomber, the Curtiss-Wright Helldiver SC Submarine Chaser SCAP Supreme Commander Allied Powers SCAT South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command SE Southeast Sec Section; Secretary Serv Service Sgt Sergeant Sit Situation
SMS Marine Service Squadron SNLF Special Naval Landing Force So South Sols Solomons Sqn Squadron STAG Special Task Air Group Stf Staff Strat Strategic Subj Subject SWPA Southwest Pacific Area Tac Tactical TAGO The Adjutant General's Office TAIC Technical Air Intelligence Center TBF Navy-Marine single-engine torpedo bomber, the Grumman Avenger TBX Medium-powered field radio Tele Telegram TF Task Force TG Task Group Tg Telegraph Tk Tank TM Technical Manual TNT Trinitro-toluol, a high explosive T/O Table of Organization Trac Tractor Trans Transport; Translation Trng Training TSgt Technical Sergeant U Unit USA United States Army USAF United States Air Force USAFFE United States Army Forces in the Far East USAFISPA United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area USASOS United States Army Service of Supply USMC United States Marine Corps USN United States Navy USNR United States Naval Reserve USSBS United States Strategic Bombing Survey VAdm Vice Admiral VB Navy dive bomber squadron VC Navy composite squadron VD Navy photographic squadron VF Navy fighter squadron VF(N) Navy night fighter squadron VMB Marine bomber squadron VMD Marine photographic squadron VMF Marine fighter squadron VMF(N) Marine night fighter squadron VMO Marine observation squadron VMSB Marine scout bomber squadron VMTB Marine torpedo bomber squadron WarD War Diary WD War Department WIA Wounded in Action WW II World War II YMS Harbor mine sweeper
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