A |
AC | Army Corps or Area Command |
AFPAC |
Armed Forces in the Pacific |
AFWESPAC |
Army Forces, Western Pacific |
ADF |
American Dominion Forces |
AGRD |
Adjutant General Records Depository |
AGRP |
Adjutant General Recovered Personnel |
AIB |
Allied Intelligence Bureau |
APO |
Army Post Office |
Atchd Bn |
Attached Battalion |
Atchd Co |
Attached Company |
AUS |
Army of the United States |
AUSA |
Army of the United States of America |
B |
BB |
Bicol Brigade |
BMA |
Bulacan Military Area |
BMD |
Bataan Military District |
Bn |
Battalion |
C |
CAC |
Cebu Area Command |
Co |
Company |
COWHM |
Chinese Overseas Wartime Hsuehkan Militia |
D |
DPRB |
Demobilized Personnel Records Branch |
DHQ |
Division Headquarters |
Dist HQ |
District Headquarters |
E |
ECLGA |
East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area |
F |
FACGF |
Fil-American Cavite Guerrilla Forces |
FAIT |
Fil-American Irregular Troops |
FBBU |
Fighting Bolo Battalion Unit |
FLA |
Farm Labor Auxiliary |
FLAS |
Farm Labor Auxiliary Service |
G |
GHQ |
General Headquarters |
GHQ, SWPA |
General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area |
GSP |
Guerrillas Special of the President |
Grls |
Guerrillas |
H |
HQ |
Headquarters |
HQS |
Headquarters |
HQ & HQ Co |
Headquarters and Headquarters Company |
HQ & HQ Det |
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment |
HQ & HQ Sv Co |
Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company |
HQ Sqdrn |
Headquarters Squadron |
K |
KKK |
Katipunan or Free Philippine Patriots |
L |
LAC |
Leyte Area Command |
LGAF |
Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces |
LGF |
Luzon Guerrilla Forces |
LMS |
Lanao Military Sector |
M |
MD |
Military District |
MFA |
Marking’s Fil-Americans |
MFAT |
Marking’s Fil-American Troops |
MFAIT |
Marking’s Fil-American Irregular Troops |
MIS |
Military Intelligence Service |
MMD |
Manila Military District |
N |
NEPMD |
Northeast Pampanga Military District |
NMU |
North Manila Unit |
NWPMD |
Northwest Pampanga Military District |
O |
OSI |
Office of Special Investigator |
P |
PA |
Philippine Army |
PAC |
Philippine Archive Collection |
PAP Project |
Philippine Archives Project |
PMA |
Pangasinan Military Area |
PMAC |
Pampanga Area Command |
PMD |
Pampanga Military District |
POW |
Prisoner of War |
PQOG |
President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas |
PRPA |
Philippine Rifle and Pistol Association |
PS |
Pangasinan Sector |
PTMD |
Pangasinan-Tarlac Military District |
Q |
QM Co |
Quartermaster Company |
QMC |
Quartermaster Corps |
R |
RPD |
Recovered Personnel Division |
RPD, AFWESPAC |
Recovered Personnel Division, Army Forces Western Pacific |
RMC |
Returned to Military Control |
ROTC |
Reserve Officers Training Corps |
S |
SBAC |
Southern Bicol Area Command |
SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe |
SMA |
Salt Military Area |
SMS |
Serafim M. Silvestre |
SNES |
Southern Neuva Ecija Section |
STMD |
Southern Tarlac Military District |
T |
TMO |
Tanggulan Military Organization |
TWS |
Tarlac West Sector |
U |
USAFFE |
U.S. Army Forces in the Far East |
USAFFE-PA |
U.S. Army Forces in the Far East-Philippine Army |
USAFIA |
U.S. Army Forces in Australia |
USAFIP |
U.S. Army Forces in the Philippines |
USAFP NL |
U.S. Army Forces in the Philippines-Northern Luzon |
USARPC/NPRC |
U.S. Army Personnel Center/National Personnel Records Center |
USASOS |
U.S. Army Services of Supply |
V |
VA |
Veterans Administration |
VAUSA |
Philippine National Volunteer Army USA |
W |
Wa-Chi Unit |
Philippine Chinese Ant-Japs Volunteer Corps |
WAS |
Women’s Auxiliary Service |
WLGWF |
Western Leyte Guerrilla Warfare Forces |
WLTM |
Western Lanao Troops Movement |
Z |
ZMD |
Zambales Military District |
The following initialisms, abbreviations, and acronyms appear in folder titles, but have not been identified; they may be typographical errors.
Source Note: This glossary originally appeared as Appendix B in the National Archives Special List 61, The Philippine Archives Collection: A Special List of Documents in Record Group 407, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917–, Concerning U. S. Army and Guerilla Units in the Philippines during World War II, compiled by Jo Ann Williamson and Frank H. Serene (2003).