AAA – Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AEF – Allied Expeditionary Forces
APO – Army Post Office
AWOL – Absent WithOut Leave
BAR – Browning Automatic Rifle
BEF – British Expeditionary Force
CBI – China Burma India Theater
CBS – Central Base Station
CC – Combat Command
CP – Command Post
ETO – European Theater of Operations
ETOUSA – European Theater of Operations, United States Army
FA – Field Artillery
HE – High Explosive
ID – Infantry Division
LCI – Landing Craft, Infantry
LCM – Landing Craft, Mechanized
LCS – Landing Craft, Support
LCT – Landing Craft, Tank
MAM – Medium Automotive Maintenance
MP – Military Police
MTB – Motor Transport Brigade
PFC – Private First Class
POL – Petrol, Oil, Lubricants
PW – Prisoner of War
QM – QuarterMaster
RAF – Royal Air Force
RCAF – Royal Canadian Air Force
RCT – Regimental Combat Team
RTO – Railway Traffic Officer
SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
SOLOC – Southern [O] Line Of Communications
SOS – Services of Supply
TAC – Tactical Air Command
TC – Transportation Corps
TD – Tank Destroyer
TF – Task Force
USAAF – United States Army Air Force
USAFBI – United States Army Forces in the British Isles
USMC – United States Marine Corps
VE – Victory in Europe
WAC – Women's Army Corps
ZI – Zone of the Interior