APPENDIX C
List of Abbreviations

The method of citing Army and Navy documents employed in this volume and others of the Pacific series is designed for brevity and to furnish relevant information concerning the source, character, date, and subject matter of the documents. Unless otherwise indicated, all documents cited are in the custody of the Historical Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, Administrative Services Division, Office of the Adjutant General, U.S. Army. Most of the abbreviations used in the footnotes in this volume are based upon the U.S. Army's Technical Manual 20-205, Dictionary of United States Army Terms. Unfamiliar official or unofficial abbreviations and the short titles of commanders and units are explained in the following list:

AAA Antiaircraft Artillery
AAF SWPA Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area
AAO Antiaircraft officer
AC Amphibious Corps (A Marine command corresponding to the Army's corps)
ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff
ADC Assistant Division Commander
Adm O Administrative Order
Advon5AF Headquarters, Advanced Echelon, U.S. Fifth Air Force
AF Air Force
AGS SWPA Allied Geographic Section, Southwest Pacific Area
AIB SWPA Allied Intelligence Bureau, Southwest Pacific Area
AIF Australian Imperial Force
AK Cargo ship, auxiliary
AKA Cargo ship, attack
ALF SWPA Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area
ALP Air liaison party
AMF Australia Military Forces
ANF SWPA Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area
APA Transport, attack
APD Transport (high speed)
Arty Artillery
ATF Ocean tug, fleet
ATIS SWPA Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Southwest Pacific Area
AW Automatic weapons

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BAR Browning automatic rifle
CA Heavy cruiser
CB Naval Construction Battalion
CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff
CG Commanding General
CINCPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
CINCPOA Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas
CINCSWPA Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area
CL Light cruiser
CM-IN Classified message, incoming
CM-OUT Classified message, outgoing
CofS Chief of Staff
COIC Combined Operations and Intelligence Center, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area
COMGENCENPAC Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area
COMINCH Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet
COMSOPAC Commander, South Pacific Area
CRO Chief Regulating Office(r), General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area
CruDiv Cruiser Division
CTF Commander, Task Force
CTG Commander, Task Group
CTU Commander, Task Unit
CVE Aircraft carrier, escort
CVL Aircraft carrier, small
CyTF CYCLONE Task Force
DofA Department of the Army
DD Destroyer
DE Destroyer escort
DSEI Daily Summary of Enemy Intelligence, G-2 Section, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area
DUKW Amphibian, 2½-ton, 6x6 truck, used for short runs from ship to shore
EB&SR Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
ESB Engineer Special Brigade
ExecO Executive officer
FAO Field artillery officer
FEC Far East Command
F/L Flight Lieutenant
FO Field Order
G-1 Personnel Section of divisional or higher headquarters; the ACofS for Personnel

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G-2 Military Intelligence Section; the ACofS for Intelligence
G-3 Operations and Training Section; the ACofS for Operations and Training
G-4 Supply and Evacuation Section; the ACofS for Supply and Evacuation
GHQ AFPAC General Headquarters, Army Forces Pacific
GHQ SWPA General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area
GSUSA General Staff, U.S. Army
HMG Heavy machine gun
HRS DRB AGO Historical Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, Administrative Services Division, Office of The Adjutant General, U.S. Army
IJN Imperial Japanese Navy
Int Intelligence
InterSec Headquarters, Intermediate Section, U.S. Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area
JAAF Japanese Army Air Force
JANAC The Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JICPOA Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas
Jnl Journal
JPS Joint Staff Planners
JSSC Joint Strategic Survey Committee
JWPC Joint War Plans Committee
LCI Landing craft, infantry
LCI(G) Landing craft, infantry gunboat
LCM Landing craft, mechanized
LCPR Landing craft, personnel, ramp
LCS Landing craft, support
LCT Landing craft, tank
LCVP Landing craft, vehicle & personnel
LF Landing force
LI Logistics instructions
LO Liaison officer
LSD Landing ship, dock
LST Landing ship, tank
LVT Landing vehicle, tracked
LVT(A) Landing vehicle, tracked (armored)
MC Medical Corps
MID Military Intelligence Division
MLR Main line of resistance
Mtg Meeting

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NEI Netherlands East Indies
NICA Netherlands Indies Civil Administration
OCE Office of the Chief of Engineers
OCMH Office of the Chief of Military History
0I Operation(s) instruction(s)
OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff
Opns Operations
ORB RAC AGO Organization Records Branch, Records Administration Center, Office of The Adjutant General, U.S. Army
Ord Ordnance
PC Patrol vessel, submarine chaser
PCF PERSECUTION Covering Force of the PERSECUTION Task Force
Per Periodic
PF Patrol vessel, frigate
Plng Planning
POA Pacific Ocean Areas
PT Patrol vessel, motor torpedo boat
PTF PERSECUTION Task Force
PW Prisoner of War
QM Quartermaster
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
RAN Royal Australian Navy
Rcn Reconnaissance
RCT Regimental Combat Team
RN Royal Navy
RTF RECKLESS Task Force
S-1 Personnel Section of regimental or battalion headquarters; officer in charge of the Section
S-2 Intelligence Section; officer in charge of the Section
S-3 Operations Section; officer in charge of the Section
S-4 Supply Section; officer in charge of the Section
SC Submarine chaser (110-foot)
SCAP Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan
SOPAC South Pacific Area
SPM Self-propelled mount
Sqn Squadron
SSUSA Special Staff, U.S. Army
TD Tank destroyer
TF Task Force
Tng Training
TSMG Thompson submachine gun
TrTF TRADEWIND Task Force

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TTF TORNADO Task Force
TyTF TYPHOON Task Force
UDT Underwater demolition team
USA U.S. Army
USAFISPA U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area
USAFMIDPAC U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific
USAFPOA U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas
USASOS U.S. Army Services of Supply (Southwest Pacific Area)
USF U.S. Forces
USSBS U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
WD War Department (now Department of the Army)
WO Warning Order
YMS Mine sweeper (district motor)

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