Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

Abbreviations

xv Abbreviations AAF Army Air Forces ABDA American-British-Dutch-Australian ACM Air Chief Marshal ADM Admiral ADSEC advance section AEAF Allied Expeditionary Air Force AEF American Expeditionary Force AEFHQ American Expeditionary Force Headquarters AFHQ Allied Force Headquarters AG Adjutant General AGF Army Ground Forces AIOC Anglo-Iranian Oil Company AM Air Marshal AMGOT Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory ANCXF Allied Naval Commander in Chief, Expeditionary Force ANZUS Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty ASF Army Service Forces ASTP Army Specialized Training Program A VM Air Vice Marshal AWOL absent without leave BCOS British Chiefs of Staff BG Brigadier General BOB Bureau of the Budget CAO chief administrative officer CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CDR Commander CDRE Commodore CGSS Command and General Staff School CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIGS chief of the imperial general staff CMTC Civilian Military Training Camp xvi  Abbreviations CNL Committee for National Liberation CNO chief of naval operations COL Colonel ComZ Communications Zone COS Chief of Staff COSSAC Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Command CPT Captain DCI director of central intelligence DRV Democratic Republic of Vietnam EAC European Advisory Commission EDC European Defense Community ESB Engineer Special Brigade ETO European Theater of Operations FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FCNL French Committee of National Liberation FECZ forward echelon FFI French Forces of the Interior FM Field Marshal; Field Manual FSRs Field Service Regulations GEN General IAC Intelligence Advisory Committee IG Inspector General JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JIC Joint Intelligence Committee JPC Joint Planning Committee L of C line of communication LST landing ship/tank LT Lieutenant LTC Lieutenant Colonel LTG Lieutenant General MAJ Major MG Major General MP military police MTCA Military Training Camp Association NAEB North African Economic Board NASB North African Shipping Board NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization; North African Theater of Operations NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations NDA National Defense Act NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission Abbreviations xvii NSA National Security Agency NSC National Security Council OCB Operations Coordinating Board OKH Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces High Command) OPC Office of Policy Coordination OPD Operations Division OSO Office of Special Operations OSS Office of Strategic Services PM prime minister POL petrol, oil, and lubricants POW prisoner of war PX post exchange RADM Rear Admiral RAF Royal Air Force ROTC Reserve Officers’ Training Corps RSI Italian Social Republic SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SGS secretary of the general staff SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force SOE Special Operations Executive SOLOC southern line of communication SOS Services of Supply SS Schutzstaffeln T/O table of organization USAAF U.S. Army Air Force USSTAF U.S. Strategic Air Forces V ADM Vice Admiral V AM Vice Air Marshal WAC Women’s Army Corps WDGS War Department General Staff WPA Works Progress Administration WPB War Production Board WPD War Plans Division ...