Volume 2 — APPENDIX A Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations
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AAA(AW)Bn—Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (USA).
AD—Destroyer Tender.
AE—Ammunition Ship.
AerialDelPlat—Aerial Delivery Platoon.
AF—Air Force; Store Ship.
AGC—Amphibious Force Flagship.
AH—Hospital Ship.
AK—Cargo Ship.
AKA—Assault Cargo Ship.
AKL—Cargo Ship—Light.
AKS—Stores Issue Ship.
AM—Minesweeper.
AmphTracBn—Amphibious Tractor Battalion.
AmphTrkBn—Amphibious Truck Battalion.
AMS—Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper.
ANGLICO—Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.
AO—Oiler.
AOG—Gasoline Tanker.
AP—Transport.
APA—Assault Transport.
APD—High Speed Transport.
ARG—Repair Ship—Internal Combustion Engines.
ARH—Repair Ship—Heavy Hull Damage.
ARL—Repair Ship—Landing Craft.
ArmdAmphBn—Armored Amphibian Battalion.
ARS—Salvage Vessel.
AT—Antitank.
ATF—Ocean Tug—Fleet.
AV—Seaplane Tender.
AVP—Seaplane Tender, Small.
Bchmstr Unit—Beachmaster Unit.
BLT—Battalion Landing Team.
Bn—Battalion.
CA—Heavy Cruiser.
CG—Commanding General.
CICDet—Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment (USA).
CinCFE—Commander in Chief, Far East.
CinCPacFlt—Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet.
CL—Light Cruiser.
CMC—Commandant of the Marine Corps.
CNO—Chief of Naval Operations.
CO—Commanding Officer.
Co—Company.
ComAirSupGrp—Commander Air Support Group.
ComCarDiv—Commander Carrier Division.
ComNavFE—Commander Navy Far East.
ComPhibGruOne—Commander Amphibious Group One.
CP—Command Post.
C/S—Chief of Staff.
CSG—Combat Service Group.
CTF—Commander Task Force.
CV—Aircraft Carrier.
CVE—Aircraft Carrier—Escort.
CVL—Aircraft Carrier—Light.
DD—Destroyer.
DDE—Escort Destroyer.
DDR—Radar Picket Destroyer.
DOW—Died of wounds.
DUKW—Amphibious Truck.
Emb Off—Embarkation Officer.
EngrBn—Engineer Battalion.
EngrPortConstCo—Engineer Port Construction Company (USA).
EngrSpecBrig—Engineer Special Brigade (USA).
ETO—European Theater of Operations.
EUSAK—Eighth United States Army in Korea.
FABn—Field Artillery Battalion (USA).
FAC—Forward Air Controller.
FBHL—Force Beachhead Line.
FEAF—Far East Air Force.
FECOM—Far East Command.
F4U—Vought “Corsair” Fighter.
FMF—Fleet Marine Force (Pac-Pacific; Lant-Atlantic).
FO—Forward Observer.
FSA—Fire Support Area.
FSCC—Fire Support Coordination Center.
F7F-3—Grumman “Tigercat” Night Fighter.
Fum & Bath Plat—Fumigation and Bath Platoon.
GCI—Ground Control Intercept.
GHQ—General Headquarters.
H & S Co—Headquarters and Service Company.
HO3S-1—Sikorsky Helicopter.
HqBn—Headquarters Battalion.
HqCo—Headquarters Company.
HqSq—Headquarters Squadron.
InfDiv—infantry Division (USA).
interv—Interview.
JANIS—Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Studies.
JCS—Joint Chiefs of Staff.
JSPOG—Joint Strategic Planning and Operations Group.
JTF—Joint Task Force.
KIA—Killed in Action.
KMC—Korean Marine Corps.
LCM—Landing Craft, Mechanized.
LCVP—Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel.
LSD—Landing Ship, Dock.
LSM—Landing Ship, Medium.
LSMR—Landing Ship, Medium-Rocket.
LST—Landing Ship, Tank.
LSU—Landing Ship, Utility.
LVT—Landing Vehicle, Tracked.
LVT(A)—Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored).
MAG—Marine Air Group.
MAW—Marine Air Wing.
MedBn—Medical Battalion.
MGCIS—Marine Ground Control Intercept Squadron.
MIA—Missing in action.
MOS—Military Occupational Specialty.
MPCo—Military Police Company.
MTACS—Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron.
MTBn—Motor Transport Battalion.
NCO—Noncommissioned Officer.
NGF—Naval Gunfire.
NK—North Korea(n).
NKPA—North Korean Peoples Army.
OCMH—Office of the Chief of Military History (USA).
Off—Officer.
OP—Observation Post.
OpnO—Operation Order.
OrdAmmCo—Ordnance Ammunition Company (USA).
OrdBn—Ordnance Battalion.
OY—Consolidated-Vultee light observation plane.
PC—Submarine Chaser.
PCEC—Escort Amphibious Control Vessel.
PF—Frigate.
PhibGru—Amphibious Group.
PhibTraPac—Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet.
PIR—Periodic Intelligence Report.
Plat—Platoon.
POL—Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants.
POW—Prisoner of War.
RAF—Royal Air Force.
RcnCo—Reconnaissance Company.
RCT—Regimental Combat Team.
RktBn—Rocket Battalion.
ROK—Republic of Korea.
SAC—Supporting Arms Center.
SAR—Special Action Report.
SCAJAP—Supreme Commander Allied Powers, Japan.
ServBn—Service Battalion.
SigBn—Signal Battalion.
SigRepCo—Signal Repair Company (USA).
SPBn—Shore Party Battalion.
SpOpnsCo—Special Operations Company (USA).
TAC—Tactical Air Coordinator.
TAC X Corps—Tactical Air Command, X Corps.
TacAir—Tactical Air.
TADC—Tactical Air Direction Center.
T-AP—Transport Operated by MSTS.
T/E—Table of Equipment.
TF—Task Force.
TG—Task Group.
T/O—Table of Organization.
UDT—Underwater Demolitions Team.
UF—Unit of fire.
UN—United Nations.
UNC—United Nations Command.
USA—United States Army.
USAF—United States Air Force.
USMC—United States Marine Corps.
USN—United States Navy.
VMF—Marine fighter type aircraft (squadron).
VMF(N)—Marine night fighter type aircraft, all-weather (squadron).
VMO—Marine observation type aircraft (squadron).
VMR—Marine transport type aircraft (squadron).
WIA—Wounded in action.
WP—White phosphorous.
YMS—Motor Minesweeper.
YTB—Harbor Tug, Big.
YW—District Barge, Water (self-propelled).