1LT	First Lieutenant	Met	Meteorological
2LT	Second Lieutenant	MD	Medical Department
AA	Antiaircraft	MG	Major General
AAA	Antiaircraft Artillery	MMG	Cal. 30 machinegun, medium
AAF	Army Air Forces	MO	Medical officer
Abn	Airborne	Mort	Mortar
Acrft	Aircraft	Mot	Motor
ADC	Aide-de-camp	MP	Military police
Adj	Adjudant	MSG	Master sergeant
Admin	Administrative	Msg Ctr	Message center
AG	Adjudant General	Msgr	Messenger
AGF	Army Ground Forces	Mtcl	Motorcycle
Agt	Agent	Mtd	Mounted
ALO	Air Liaison Officer	Mtr	Motor
Amb	Ambulance	Mun	Munitions
Ammo	Ammunition	NCO	Non-commised officer
Amph	Amphibious	O	Observer
Aobsr	Air observer	Obsv	Observation
AR	Automatic Rifle	OP	Observation post
A/car	Armored Car	Ops	Operations
Armd	Armored	Opr	Operator
Arty	Artillery	Ord	Ordnance
AT	Antitank	P & A	Pioneer & amunition
Autmv	Automotive	P	Pistol, cal. 45
Auto	Automatic	PVF	Private First Class
AW	Automatic weapons	Pion	Pioneer
BC	Battery Commander	PIR	Parachute Infantry Regiment
BG	Brigadier General	Plat	Platoon
Bde	Brigade	POL	Petroleum, oil & lubricants
Bn	Battalion	Prcht	Parachute
Btry	Battery	Ptbl	Portable
C	Carbine	PVT	Private
C & R	Command & Recon	POW	Prisoners of war
Cal	Calibre	PX	Post Exchange
Cav	Cavalry	QM	Quartermaster
CC	Combat command	R	Rifle
CF	Counter fire	R03	Rifle M1903
Cfr	Chauffeur	Rad	Radio
CG	Commanding General	Rcl	Recoilless
Ch	Chief	Rcn	Reconnaissance
CM	Counter mortar	Recon	Reconnaissance
CO	Commanding officer	Rgt	Regiment
Co	Company	Rkt	Rocket
CofS	Chief of Staff	RL	Reel Equiment
COL	Colonel	RTC	Replacement Training Center
COE	Cap over engine	RO	Reconnaissance Officer
Com	Communications	ROTC	Reserve Officers Training Corps
Cmd	Command	SCR	Set complete radio
Cmdr	Commander	S	Submachine gun
CP	Command Post	S1,2,3,4	Staff sections
CPL	Corporal	Sct	Scout
CPT	Captain	SHEAF	Supreme Headquarters Allied
DC	Dental corps		Expeditionary Force
Demo	Demolitions	Sect	Section
Det	Detachment	SGT	Sergeant
Div	Division	Sig.	Signal
DS	Direct Support	SigC	Signal corps
DZ	Drop Zone	Slt	Searchlight
EM	Enlisted men	Smbl	Semi mobile
Engr	Engineer	SNL	Standard nomenclature listing
ETO	European Theater of Operations	SGM	Sergeant major
Equip	Equipment	SMG	Submachine gun
FA	Field artillery	SP	Self propelled
FAC	Forward air controller	Sqd	Squad
FDC	Fire direction center	Sqdn	Squadron
FM	Field manual	SSG	Staff sergeant
FO	Forward Observer	Sur	Surgeon
FSG	First Sergeant	Swbd	Switchboard
Fwd	Forward	TCG	Troop Carrier Group
G 1	Assitant chief of staff for personnel	TCS	Troop Carrier Squadron
G 2	Assitant chief of staff for Military Intelligence	TCW	Troop Carrier Wing
G 3	Assitant chief of staff for Operations & Training	T/BA	Table of basic allowances
G 4	Assitant chief of staff for Supply	T/E	Table of equipment
GIR	Glider Infantry regiment	T/O & E	Table of organization and equipment
GL	Grenade launcher	T/O	Table of organization
GN	Generator	Tech 3	Technician 3rd grade
Gnr	Gunner	Tech 3	Technical
H & S	Headquarters & Service	Tg	Telegraph
HH	Headquarters & headquarters (Co.)	Tk	Tank
HHS	HQ, HQ & service	Tlr	Trailer
HMG	Cal. 50 machingun	Topo	Topography, topographic
How	Howitzer	Tp opr	Telephone operator
Hq (HQ)	Headquarters	Tp	Telephone
H/trk	Half track	Trac	Tractor
Hvy	Heavy	Trk	Truck
I & R	Intelligence en Recon	Trp	Troop
Inf	Infantry	TSG	Technical sergeant
Inst	Instrument	TT	Teletype
Intel	Intelligence	Veh	Vehicle
Lchr	Launcher	USAAF	United States Army Air Forces
Ldr	Leader	USN	United States Navy
LMG	Cal. 30 machine gun, light	V-E (Day)	Victory in Europe (8 may 1945)
Ln O	Liaison Officer	WAAC	Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Lt	Light	WAC	Women's Army Corps (juli 1943)
LTC	Lieutenant colonel	WD	War Department
LZ	Landing zone	Wkr	Wrecker
Mac	Medical administrative corps	WO	Warrant officer
Maint	Maintenance	Wpn	Weapon
MAJ	Major	WW1	World War 1
ME	Maitenance equipment	WW2	World War 2
Mech	Mechanic	XO	Executive officer
Med	Medical