
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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WAC
(A member of) the Women's Army Corps
WADHAM
Threat directed against the Cotentin (Normandy) in 1943
Waffen-SS
Combat arm of the SS, in effect a partial duplication of the German Army
WAFFLE
WAGON
WAHOO
WAINFLEET
WAISTBAND
Semichi Island, Aleutian Islands
WALDORF
WALLACE
Widu Reef, Bismarck Archipelago
WALLEYE
WALLFLOWER
Talina Island, Solomon Islands
WALNUT
Rendova Island, Solomon Islands
WALRUS
WALTON
Murcadha Bay, New Britain
WARBLE
WARD
WARDER
WARDROBE
WARLIKE
WARTIME
Kaoe (Kau) Bay, Halmahera Island, N.E.I.
WASHSTAND
WASSAIL
WATCHTOWER
Capture and occupation of Tulagi and Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (31 July3 September 1942)
WATERHOLE
WATERTOWN
Renard Entrance, Rendova, Solomon Islands
WATSON
WAXBEAN
Anuha Island, Tulagi-Florida Group, Solomon Islands
WAYWARD
North Pass, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
WD
WDC
WDC
WDCMC
War Department Classified Message Center
WDCSA
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
WDGCT
Identifying symbol--War Department, Organization and Training Division
WDGS
War Department General Staff
WDMB
War Department Manpower Board
WDSS
War Department Special Staff
WEBFOOT
Corps landing exercise lasting from 17 to 19 January on the beaches south of Salerno
WEED
Loun Island, Solomon Islands
Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Niederlande
German Armed Forces Commander Netherlands
Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab
German Armed Forces Operations Staff
WELCOME
Commodore Bay, New Britain
WELDER
WELLBEING
Cape Lambert, New Britain
WEMBLEY
Werfer
Mortars; rocket launchers [German]
Wes
WETBLANKET
Champagny Island, Australia
WFSt
Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff)
WHALE
WHALE
WHALE
Flexible steel roadway, made up of bridge spans and resting on pontons, forming the piers for the artificial harbors
WHALEBONE
WHATNOT
WHIMSICAL
WHIPCORD
WHIRLAWAY
WHIRLWIND
WHITE
WHITEFLAG
WHITELEATHER
WHITELINE
WHITEOAK
Tuwatu Point, New Britain
WHITE POPPY
WHITEWASH
WHITING
WHITSTABLE
WIA
Widerstandsnest
WIDOW
WILDFLOWER
WILDROOT
Tuguho River, New Britain
WILLIS
Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands
WILLOW
Baison Island, Solomon Islands
WILLOW
Lilim Island, New Britain
WINCHESTER
WINDBAG
WINDOWBOX
WINSOME
WINTERGREEN
WINTERROSE
WIPER
Liquidation of enemy opposition on Isles D'Hyeres
WISTERIA
Narau Sound, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
WITCHCRAFT
Wkly
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WOLFBERRY
WOLFISH
WOMANHOOD
Kapepa Island, New Britain
WOODBANK
WOODBURY
WOODCHUCK
Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
WOODPRINT
Doroeba, Morotai Island, N.E.I.
WOOLCOAT
WOOLSACK
WOOLY
Sagewin Strait, New Guinea
WORKHOUSE
WORKMAN
WP
WPA
Works Progress Administration
WPB
WPD
War Plans Division, U.S. Army (before March 1942)
WPL
Wpns
WPD
WRESTLER
WSA
War Shipping Administration
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