Glossary
A-1 Personnel section of air staff A-2 Intelligence section A-3 Operations and training section A-4 Matériel and supply section AAF Army Air Forces ABCD powers American, British, Chinese, Dutch powers ABDACOM American, British, Dutch, Australian Theater of Operations covering the area from the Bay of Bengal to Australasia, created at ARCADIA Conference ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff AG Adjutant General ALBACORE Code word for operation to retake north Burma AMMDEL American Military Mission, Delhi. Code Name for American Headquarters at New Delhi, India AMMISCA American Military Mission to China. Code Name for American Headquarters at Chungking, China ANAKIM Plan to retake Burma and open the line of communications to China through the port of Rangoon AQUILA Code name for Task Force, Tenth Air Force. Code name for Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, New Delhi ARCADIA Washington Conferences, December 1941-January 1942 ASF Army Service Forces ASF (DAD) ID Army Service Forces (Defense Aid Division), International Division Asgmt Assignment ASW Assistant Secretary of War Atchd Attached ATC Air Transport Command AUS Army of the United States AVG American Volunteer Group B&W Black and White copybook of General Stilwell BOLERO Build-up for the cross-Channel attack Br Branch Bull Bulletin Burmarmy Sitrep Burma Army situation reports CAF Chinese Air Force CATF China Air Task Force, Tenth Air Force CBI China, Burma, and India CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CDS China Defense Supplies, Inc CEF Chinese Expeditionary Force CG Commanding General CinC Commander in Chief CKS Chiang Kai-shek CM-IN Classified Message sent into Pentagon
CM-OUT Classified Message sent out of Pentagon CNO Chief of Naval Operations CO Commanding Officer CofS Chief of Staff Com Committee Comd Command Conf Conference Corresp Correspondence COS British Chiefs of Staff CPS Combined Staff Planners CT China Theater CTO China Theater of Operations DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff Def Defense Dir Director Div Division Dr Drawer Engr Engineer G-1 Personnel section of divisional or higher staff G-2 Intelligence section G-3 Operations section G-4 Supply section GALAHAD Code name for American Long Range Penetration Group Gen Ref Br General Reference Branch GHQ General Headquarters GMO CKS Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek GO General Order GOC General Officer Commanding Gr Group GYMNAST Code name for 1941 plan for invasion of North Africa HALPRO B-24 Project to bomb Japan from east China HD SSUSA Historical Division, Special Staff, Department of the Army Hist Historical Hq Headquarters HRS DRB AGO Historical Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, Administrative Services Division, Office of the Adjutant General ICFC India-China Ferry Command, Tenth Air Force IG Inspector General Incl Inclosure Ind Indorsement Int Intelligence Interrog Interrogation Interv Interview JB Joint Board JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff Jour Journal JPS Joint Staff Planners
JSM Joint Staff Mission (British) Jt Joint KCRC Kansas City Records Center, Kansas City, Mo. Ln Liaison MA Military Attaché MAB Munitions Assignments Board MAC(G) Munitions Assignments Committee (Ground) MATS OSD Military Air Transport Service, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Statistical Service Division, Andrews Field, Washington, D. C. MID Military Intelligence Division Mil Military Min Minutes MIS Military Intelligence Section MS Manuscript Mtg Meeting Mun Munitions NMC National Military Council (Chinese) OCMH Office, Chief of Military History OCofS Office, Chief of Staff Off Officer OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff OPD Exec Executive Office Files of the Operations Division Opn Operation OSW Office, Secretary of War OUSW Office, Under Secretary of War OASW Office, Assistant Secretary of War POTUS President of the United States Prelim Preliminary QUADRANT Quebec Conference, August 1943 RAF Royal Air Force RAINBOW Code name for various prewar plans of military action to meet situations created by Axis aggression RAVENOUS Plan for 4 Corps' advance into Burma Reqmt Requirement SAC Supreme Allied Commander SACSEA Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia SAUCY 1943 code name for north Burma operations SEAC Southeast Asia Command SEATIC Southeast Asia Translation and Interrogation Center Serv Service Shipt Shipment SN Secretary of the Navy SNF Stilwell Numbered File SO Special Order SOS Services of Supply Sp Special
Stf Staff SW Secretary of War TAG The Adjutant General T/O&E Tables of Organization and Equipment TORCH North African Operation, November 1942 Tp Conv Telephone conversation TRIDENT Washington Conference, May 1943 USAF United States Army Forces or United States Air Force USAF CBI United States Army Forces, China, Burma and India USAF Hist Div United States Air Force Historical Division, Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama USA (Ret) United States Army, retired USN United States Navy USNR United States Naval Reserve USSBS United States Strategic Bombing Survey WD War Department WDCSA War Department Chief of Staff, Army WDGS War Department General Staff WPD War Plans Division, War Department General Staff Y-Force American-sponsored Chinese division in Yunnan Y-FOS Y-Force Operations Staff (American)
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