Glossary
AAF Army Air Forces AAI Allied Armies, Italy AAR After action report Abn Airborne ACC Allied Control Commission ACMF Allied Central Mediterranean Forces ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff Admin Administrative AFHQ Allied Force Headquarters AG Adjutant General AGp Army group Armd Armored; armoured AOK Armee Oberkommando (Army High Command) Bd Board CCA Combat Command A CCB Combat Command B CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CG Commanding general CinC Commander in Chief CofS Chief of Staff CLN Comitate di Liberazione Nazionale (Committee of National Liberation) Comd Command Comdr Commander Corresp Correspondence COS (British) Chiefs of Staff CMH Center of Military History CP Command post DA Department of the Army DAF (British) Desert Air Force DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff DSC Distinguished Service Cross DUKW 2-½ ton, 6 x 6 amphibious truck Engr Engineer ETOUSA European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army Exec Executive ExecO Executive officer FA Field Artillery FO Field order
FEC French Expeditionary Force G-2 Intelligence section of division or higher staff G-3 Operations section of division or higher staff G-4 Logistics and supply section of division or higher staff Hiwis (Hilfswillige) Russian and Polish prisoners volunteering for service with German forces Incl Inclosure Inf Infantry Instr Instruction Intel Intelligence Interv Interview JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JPS Joint Staff Planners KTB Kriegstagebuch (War Diary) LVT Landing vehicle, tracked MAAF Mediterranean Allied Air Forces MACAF Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force MATAF Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force MASAF Mediterranean Strategic Air Force Maint Maintenance Min Minutes Msg Message Mtg Meeting MTOUSA Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army OBSW Oberbefehlshaber Suedwest (Headquarters, Commander in Chief, Southwest) OI Operations instructions OKH Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) OKL Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Air Force High Command) OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command) OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff Opn Operation OSS Office of Strategic Services PBS Peninsula Base Section Prcht Parachute RAF Royal Air Force Regt Regiment
Rep Representative RN Royal Navy SACMED Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces S-2 Military intelligence section of regimental or lower staff level S-3 Operations and training section of regimental or lower staff level Sec Section Sitrep Situation report SOS Services of Supply Teleconv Telephone conversation TF Task force WFSt Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff)