Glossary
AAF Army Air Forces Actg CofS Acting Chief of Staff ADMS Assistant Director of Medical Service (British) AF Air Force AGO Adjutant General's Office ALFSEA Allied Land Forces, Southeast Asia ALPHA Plan to defend Kunming and Chungking ASF Army Service Forces Asgd Assigned AT Antitank ATC Air Transport Command BAN Japanese Burma Area Army plan to defend the Mandalay area BETA Plan to take the Canton-Hong Kong Area Bk Book BROADWAY British airstrip, twenty-seven miles southeast of Hopin, Burma CACW Chinese-American Composite Wing CAI Chinese Army in India CAPITAL Plan to take north Burma, originally Phases I and II of Plan Y, which were very similar to Plan X CARBONADO Revised BETA CBI China-Burma-India CCC Chinese Combat Command CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CG Commanding General CM-IN Classified Message sent into Pentagon CM-OUT Classified Message sent out of Pentagon CO Commanding Officer Comd Command Conf Conference Corresp Correspondence CT China Theater CT&CC Chinese Training and Combat Command CTC Chinese Training Command DAN Japanese Burma Area Army plan to keep China blockaded DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff Div Division DRB Departmental Records Branch DRACULA Sea-air assault on Rangoon; originally Plan Z EAC Eastern Air Command ELOC Eastern line of communications Field Artillery
FEA Foreign Economic Administration FECOM Far East Command G-1 Personnel section of divisional or higher staff G-2 Intelligence section G-3 Operations section G-4 Supply section G-5 Civil affairs/military government section GALAHAD 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), known colloquially as ìMerrillís Maraudersî GHQ(I) General Headquarters (India) Gmo Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek GO General Order GP Group Hist Historical Hq Headquarters HRB Historical Records Branch HUMPALCO Hump Tonnage Allocation and Control Office IBT India-Burma Theater ICD India-China Division, Air Transport Command ICHIGO Japanese operation to take the East China airfields JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff KAN Japanese Burma Area Army plan to defend the Burma coast KCRC Kansas City Records Center, Adjutant Generalís Office KETSU Japanese plan to defend the homeland Lux Convoy A convoy of vehicles organized in the Persian Gulf Command which entered China via the Ledo/Burma Road MARS Task Force 5332d Brigade (Provisional) Mins Minutes Mtg Meeting NCAC Northern Combat Area Command OCTAGON Quebec Conference, September 1944 OCMH Office Chief of Military History OSS Office of Strategic Services OPD Operations Division War Department General Staff Opnl Dir Operational directive Opns Jnl Operations journal Plan X Plan to occupy North Burma down to Kalewa-Lashio Plan Y Plan to drive on Central Burma Plan Z Plan for direct assault by sea and air on Rangoon QM Quartermaster RAF Royal Air Force RASHNESS Revised CARBONADO ROOSTER Flying the 22d Division (Chinese) to Chihchiang RPC Ration Purchasing Commission (American) Rpt Report Rr Ech Rear Echelon S-3 A battalion or regimental operations section SACO Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization SACSEA Supreme Allied Command, Southeast Asia
SEAC Southeast Asia Command SEATIC Southeast Asia Translation and Interrogation Center Sec Section SHÕ Japanese operational plan to counterattack U.S. forces attempting to penetrate the Western Pacific area SOS Services of Supply Sv Service USAF United States Army Forces; United States Air Force USFCT United States Forces, China Theater WDGS War Department General Staff Y-Force 30 U.S.-sponsored Chinese divisions in Yunnan Y-FOS Y-Force Operations Staff (American) Z-Force 30 Chinese divisions the United States once hoped to reorganize in East China Z-FOS Z-Force Operations Staff (American)
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