Abbreviation

Full Name

AA

AntiAircraft

AC

Air Corps

AC-1

Aircraftsman (British)

AG

Adjutant General

ANC

Army Nurse Corps

Armd

Armored

Asst

Assistant

AT

AntiTank

Avn

Aviation

B&C

Bakers & Cooks

Bn

Battalion

Bomb

Bombardment

Btry

Battery

C&GS

Coast & Geodetic Survey

C/S

Chief of Staff

CA

Coast Artillery

CACW

Chinese American Composite Wing

Capt

Captain

Cav

Cavalry

CG

Commanding General

Ch

Chief

Chem

Chemical

Cmd

Command

Cmdt

Commandant

Co

Company

CO

Commanding Officer

Comm

Communications

Constr

Construction

CPNAB

Contractors, Pacific Naval Air Bases

CW

Chemical Warfare

DAPECOL

Davao Penal Colony

Def

Defense

Deml

Demolitions

Dept

Department

Det

Detachment

Distr

District

Div

Division

Engr

Engineer

FA

Field Artillery

FEAF

Far East Air Force

FESC

Far East Service Command

G-1

Staff - Personnel

G-2

Staff - Intelligence

G-3

Staff - Operations

G-4

Staff - Supply

Gen

Gereral

Gp

Group

H

Heavy

HDM&SB

Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays

Hosp

Hospital

Hq

Headquarters

IG

Inspector General

Inf

Infantry

Instr

Instructor

Intcp

Interceptor

Intel

Intelligence

JAG

Judge Advocate General

KIA

Killed in Action - not a POW

KNIL

Royal Netherlands Indies Army

L

Light

L/Cpl

Lance Corporal (British)

L/Sgt

Lance Sergeant (British)

LM

Light Maintenance

LnO

Liaison Officer

Maint

Maintenance

Matl

Material

MAW

Marine Air Warning

Med

Medical

MP

Military Police

MT

Motor Transportation

MTB

Motor Torpedo Boat

N

North

NAD

Naval Ammunition Depot

NC

North China

Obsn

Observation

Ofc

Office

OIC

Officer in Charge

Opns

Operations

Ord

Ordnance

PA

Philippine Army

Pat

Patrol

PC

Philippine Constabulary

Phil

Philippine

Photo

Photographic

Plat

Platoon

PM

Provost Marshall

Prov

Provisional

PS

Philippine Scouts

Purs

Pursuit

QM

Quartermaster

Recon

Reconnaissance

Reg

Regular

Regt

Regiment

S

South

S-1

Staff - Personnel

S-2

Staff - Intelligence

S-3

Staff - Operations

S-4

Staff - Supply

Seamn.

Able Seaman (British)

Sect

Section

Sgmn

Signalman (British)

Sig

Signal

Sqdn

Squadron

Sr

Senior

Sta

Station

Svc

Service

Trans

Transportation or Transport

Trk

Truck

Trp

Troop

USAFFE

U. S. Army Forces, Far East

USAMP

U.S. Army Mine Planter

USFIP

U. S. Forces in the Philippines

Vet

Veterinary

VH

Very Heavy

VMF

Visayan-Mindanao Force

XO

Executive Officer