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 ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff Adv Advance AF Air force AG Adjutant General AGFRTS Air Ground Force Resources Technical Staff (Provisional) AMMDEL American Military Mission, Delhi. Code name for American Headquarters at New Delhi, India ASC Air Service Command ASF Army Service Forces ATC Air Transport Command Bomb Gp Bombardment Group Br Branch CAI Chinese Army in India CBI China, Burma, and India CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CDS China Defense Supplies, Inc. CEF Chinese Expeditionary Force, a part of Y-Force CG Commanding General Chindits Troops of the British Long-Range Penetration Groups CinC Commander in Chief CM-IN Classified Message sent into Pentagon CM-OUT Classified Message sent out of Pentagon CN Chinese National Currency CNAC China National Aviation Corporation CO Commanding Officer CofS Chief of Staff Comd Command Comdr Commander Conv Conversation COS British Chiefs of Staff CPS Combined Staff Planners CT China Theater CTO China Theater of Operations DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff Dir Directive Div Division
EAC Eastern Air Command ELOC Eastern line of communications Elms Elements Engr Engineer Exec Executive FO Field order Fwd Ech Forward Echelon G-1 Personnel section of divisional or higher staff G-2 Intelligence section G-3 Operations section G-4 Supply section Gar Garrison GHQ General headquarters GMO CKS Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek GO General order GOC General Officer Commanding Gp Group Hist Historical Hq Headquarters Hump The India-China air ferry route I & R Platoon Reconnaissance Platoon IBT India-Burma Theater IG Inspector general IGH Japanese Imperial General Headquarters IIB Independent Infantry Brigade Ind Indian, indorsement Inf Infantry Int Intelligence Int Sum Intelligence summary Interrog Interrogation Interv Interview ITC Infantry Training Center ICW India-China Wing IMB Independent Mixed Brigade JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JICA Joint Intelligence Collecting Agency JPS Joint Staff Planners JSM Joint Staff Mission (British) JSSC Joint Strategic Survey Committee JWS Joseph W. Stilwell KCRC Kansas City Records Center, Kansas City, Mo. Ln O Liaison officer LOC Line of communications LRPG Long-Range Penetration Group
MID Military Intelligence Division Mil Military Min Minutes (-) Less detachments MRS Military Railway Service Msg Bk Message Book MTF Myitkyina Task Force Mtg Meeting NCAC Northern Combat Area Command NMC National Military Council OCMH Office, Chief of Military History OCofT Office, Chief of Transportation Off Officer OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff Opn Instr Operation Instruction Opns Operations OSS Office of Strategic Services POL Petrol (gasoline), oil, and lubricants Prov Provisional QM Quartermaster RAF Royal Air Force Rr Ech Rear Echelon Rs Rupees RTC Ramgarh Training Center S-1 Personnel section of regimental or lower staff S-2 Intelligence section S-3 Operations section S-4 Supply section S&P Gp Strategy & Planning Group SAC Supreme Allied Commander SACSEA Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia SEAC Southeast Asia Command SEATIC Bull Southeast Asia Translation and Interrogation Center bulletin Sec Section Secy Secretary Sitrep Situation report SNF Stilwell Numbered File SOS Services of Supply Sq Squadron Stf Staff SUP Stilwell Undated Paper TC Transportation Corps Telg Telegram TIG Traveling instructional group
Tng Training T/O Tables of Organization Trs Troops 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, Ala. USFCT United States Forces, China Theater USF IBT United States Forces, India-Burma Theater USSBS United States Strategic Bombing Survey VLR Very long range bombers WASC Chinese War Area Service Corps WDCSA War Department Chief of Staff, Army WDGS War Department General Staff Wkly Weekly
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