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Website Glossary |
Website Glossary
U. S. Postal Service Abbreviations used on Website
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| Your help is appreciated in completing this directory. Below are abbreviations found in the scrapbook's newspaper clippings. Whether these are official military abbreviations or journalistic shortcuts...I am not sure. While creating this website, it became clear that, if I couldn't decipher the acronyms, future readers might also be "lost." I have deciphered some. |
| Military Term Abbreviations | What the Letters Stand For |
| AAAT | [? Check Vet: Drehmel] |
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| AB | Aerial Bomber |
| AC | Aviation Cadet Armored Command |
| ACM | [? Air Corps Machinist ? Check Vet: Dale Koger] |
| AE | Aerial Engineer |
| AEM | [? listed in notes for research] |
| AFC | [? Check Mary Novacek] |
| AG | Aerial Gunner |
| AM | Artillery Mechanic Aviation Mechanic Aviation Metalsmith Airplane Mechanic |
| AMM | Aviation Maintenance Man [? Check Cleasby] Aviation Machinist's Mate [Navy] |
| AMS | Aviation Metalsmith |
| AN | Aerial Navigator |
| ANC | Army Nurses Corps |
| AOM | Aviation Ordnanceman Aviation Ordnance Machinist |
| AOMB | Aviatiion Ordnanceman Bomber [?Check Harold Lee] |
| ARE | Aircraft Radio Engineer [? Check Laurence Payne] |
| ARM | Aviation Radioman |
| AS | Apprentice Seaman Aviation Student Armament Specialist |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| AST | [? Check Donald Pierce] |
| ASTP | Army Specialist Training Program |
| BM | Bosun's Mate Boatswain Mate |
| CBI | China-Burma-India Theater |
| CE | [?Check Bloom ?] |
| CM | Carpenter's Mate [? Check Geraldine Eldridge, Harold S. Peterson, Maurice Rhude] |
| CO | Commanding Officer Communications Officer |
| C PhM | Chief Pharmacist's Mate |
| CPO | Chief Petty Officer |
| Cpl | Corporal |
| CSF | [? something with Seabees; Check Joern ] |
| EAC | [? Check Sid Hall] |
| EH | [? Check Allard Hanson] |
| EM | Electrician's Mate Electrical Mechanic |
| ETO | European Theater of Operations |
| F | Fireman |
| FC | Fire Controlman |
| GM | Gunner's Mate Gun Mechanic |
| M | Musician |
| MITW | [? Check Everett Pederson] |
| MM | Machinist's Mate |
| MMM | [? Check S.F. Pawlewski] |
| MoMM | Motor Machinist's Mate |
| MRS | [? Check Marion Ruth] |
| M/Sgt | Master Sergeant |
| NAA | Naval Airship Aviator |
| NAC | Naval Air Corps |
| NATC (school) | [? Check Marguy McGruer] |
| Pfc | Private First Class |
| Ph M | Pharmacisit's Mate |
| PT | [? Check George Jackson] |
| QM | Quartermaster [? Check Arnold Becker] |
| RF | [? Check Raymond Johnson] |
| RM | Radioman Radio Mate Radio Mechanic Reserve Midshipman [? Check A. Reynolds] |
| ROM | Radio Operator-Mechanic |
| RT | Radio Technician Radar Trainee |
| SAE | [? Check Burkart] |
| SC | Ships's Cook Scout Corporal (Field Artillery) |
| SF | Shipfitter |
| SK | Storekeeper |
| SM | Signalman Soundman (Navy) |
| SPARS | Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard |
| S/Sgt | Staff Sergeant |
| T/4 | Technician Fourth Grade |
| T/5 | Technician Fifth Grade |
| TM | Train Machinist [? Check John Mooney, Navy] |
| T/Sgt | Technical Sergeant |
| USNR | United States Naval Reserve |
| WAAC | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WAC | Women's Army Corps |
| WAF | Women's Air Force |
| WASP | Women's Airforce Service Pilots |
| WAVES | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services United States Navy Reserve |
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World War II Army Air Force Ranks |
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| Commissioned Officers | Private |
| Second Lieutenant | Private First Class |
| First Lieutenant | Non-Commisssioned |
| Captain | Corporal |
| Major | Sergeant |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Staff Sergeant |
| Colonel | Technical Sergeant |
| Brigadier General--One Star | Master Sergeant |
| Major General--Two Stars | Warrant Officer |
| Lieutenant General--Three Stars | Note: Warrant Officer is above a Master Sergeant and warrants a salute |
| Four-Star General | |
The five star general rank was created in the midst of World War II to address the fact that several American commanders found themselves in the delicate position of supervising Allied officers of higher rank. Initially, the new rank was to be called Field Marshal, after the British military, but this was nixed due to stern (and quite understandable) objections from General George C. Marshall. When General of the Army Omar N. Bradley died in April of 1981, the five star ranking was consigned to history. In all, four Army generals, four Navy admirals, and one Air Force general have held this rank. The Army's five star generals were General George C. Marshall, General Douglas MacArthur, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General Omar N. Bradley. The Navy's five-star fleet admirals were Admiral William D. Leahy, Admiral Ernest J. King, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey. And General Henry Arnold was the Air Force's five star general.
Who beats a five star general? A General of the Armies of the United States -- the highest military rank of all time, hands down. To date, only George Washington and John J. Pershing have held this position.
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Landing Craft Designators (U.S. Navy) |
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| LCA | landing craft, assault | LCT (R) | landing craft, tank (rocket) |
| LCC | landing craft, control | LCV | landing craft, vehicle |
| LCF | landing craft, flak | LCVP | landing craft, vehicle, personnel |
| LC(FF) | landing craft, flotilla flagship | LSD | landing ship, dock |
| LCI | landing craft, infantry | LSM | landing ship, medium |
| LCI (L) | landing craft, infantry (large) | LSM (R) | landing ship, medium (rocket) |
| LCM | landing craft, mechanized | LST | landing ship, tank |
| LCP | landing craft, personnel | LST (H) | landing ship, tank, hospital |
| LCR | landing craft, rubber | LSV | landing ship, vehicle |
| LCS | landing craft, support | LVT | landing vehicle, tracked |
| LCS (S) | landing craft, support (small) | Tin Can | Navy slang for a destroyer |
| LCT | landing craft, tank | Tin Fish | Navy slang for a torpedo |
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This is a standard for the website [anything under a dark blue lines is an article from the original Henry and Elizabeth Perry scrapbook]
[anything under a red line is additional information submitted by others as noted]
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