1LT             First Lieutenant

2LT             Second Lieutenant

AA              Anti Aircraft

AAF            Army Air Field

AFHRA      Air Force Historical Research Agency

ASG           Air Services Group

Avn            Aviation

B-17           U.S. Army four-engine bomber aircraft (“Flying Fortress”)

B-29           U.S. Army four-engine bomber aircraft (“Superfortress”)

BB               U.S. Navy designation for Battleship

Betty         Japanese G4M twin-engine bomber aircraft

BG              Brigadier General (“One-star General”)

BW             Bomb Wing

CA              U.S. Navy designation for Heavy Cruiser            

CL               U.S. Navy designation for Light Cruiser

CV               U.S. Navy designation for Aircraft Carrier

CVE            U.S. Navy designation for Escort Aircraft Carrier

CVL            U.S. Navy designation for Light Aircraft Carrier

DD              U.S. Navy designation for Destroyer

DE               U.S. Navy designation for Escort Destroyer

Cld              Colored

Co               Company

CO              Commanding Officer

COL            Colonel

Cpl              Corporal

CPT            Captain

Dumbo     Patrol aircraft equipped to support rescue

F6F             U.S. Navy fighter aircraft

F/Sgt         First Sergeant

GEN           General (“Four-star General”)

HQ              Headquarters

Irving         Japanese Nakajima J1N1 twin-engine fighter aircraft

LTC             Lieutenant Colonel

LTG            Lieutenant General (“Three-star General”)

Maj            Major

MG            Major General (“Two-star General”)

M/Sgt       Master Sergeant

NARA        National Archives and Records Administration

Myrt          Japanese Nakajima C6N single-engine reconnaissance aircraft

Ord            Ordnance

Oscar         Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 single-engine fighter aircraft

P-38           U.S. Army twin-engine fighter aircraft (“Lightning”)

P-47           U.S. Army single-engine fighter aircraft (“Thunderbolt”)

P-51           U.S. Army single-engine fighter aircraft (“Mustang”)

P-61           U.S. Army twin-engine fighter aircraft (“Black Widow”)

Peggy        Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67 twin-engine bomber aircraft

Pfc              Private First Class

Pvt             Private

QM            Quartermaster

Recco        Reconnaissance

Sgt              Sergeant

S/Sgt         Staff Sergeant

Sq               Squadron

SS               U.S. Navy designation for Submarine

Trk              Truck

USAAF      US Army Air Forces

USSBS       U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey

WWII         World War Two

Zeke          Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (“Zero”) single-engine fighter aircraft

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