APPENDIX A
Glossary of Technical Terms
and Abbreviations
- 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).