Glossary
AAR After action report Abn Airborne ACMF Allied Central Mediterranean Forces ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff Admin Administrative AFHQ Allied Force Headquarters AG Adjutant General AGF Army Ground Forces AGp Army group AKA Cargo ship, attack APA Transport, attack Armd Armored; armoured Bd Board CCB Combat Command B CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CG Commanding general CinC Commander in Chief CofS Chief of Staff Comando Supremo Italian Armed Forces High Command Comd Command Comdr Commander Corresp Correspondence COS (British) Chiefs of Staff DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff DSC Distinguished Service Cross DUKW 2½-ton amphibious truck Engr Engineer ETOUSA European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army Exec Executive ExecO Executive officer FA Field Artillery FO Field Order 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
Incl Inclosure Inf Infantry Instr Instruction Intel Intelligence Interv Interview JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JPS Joint Staff Planners KCRC Kansas City Records Center LCA Landing craft, assault LCI(L) Landing craft, infantry, large LCM Landing craft, mechanized LCT Landing craft, tank LCVP Landing craft, vehicle and personnel LSI Landing ship, infantry LST Landing ship, tank Maint Maintenance Min Minutes Msg Message Mtg Meeting NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army OB SUED Oberbefehlshaber Suedost (Headquarters, Commander in Chief, South [southern Germany and several army groups on the Eastern Front]) OI Operations instruction OKH Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) OKL Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe High Command) OKM Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command) OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command) OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff Opn Operation Prcht Parachute PT Patrol vessel, motor torpedo boat RAF Royal Air Force Regt Regiment Reps Representative RN Royal Navy
S-2 Military intelligence section of a staff below division level S-3 Operations and training section of a staff below division level Sec Section Sitrep Situation report SOS Services of Supply Teleconv Telephone conversation TF Task force WFSt Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff) WNTF Western Naval Task Force