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Terms and descriptions of the GI language.
5 by 5
I read you 5 by 5, means you have good radio reception.
AAA
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAC
Army Air Corps
AAF
Army Air Forces
ACE
Also Fighter Ace, credited with 5 or more kills (downed enemy aircraft).
Ack-Ack
AAA Fire or Flak
ADG
Air Depot Group
AF
Air Force
APO
Army Post Office
BC
Bomber Command
BG
Bombardment Group
BG (D)
Bombardment Group - Dive
BG (H)
Bombardment Group (Heavy)
BG (L)
Bombardment Group (Light)
BG (M)
Bombardment Group (Medium)
BG (P)
Bombardment Group (Pathfinder)
BG (VH)
Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
BOQ
Bachelors Officer Quarters
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
CBI
China-Burma-India
CinCPac
Commander In Chief Pacific
DFC
Distinquished Flying Cross
DSC
Distinguished Service Cross
DSM
Distinguished Service Medal
DUC
Distinguished Unit Citation
EAME
European, Africa & Middle East Medal.
EM
Enlisted Man
ETO
European Theater of Operations
FG
Fighter Group
FIGMO
Forget it, I got my orders.
Flak
German Anti-Aircraft Gunfire.
FORAGER
Operation in Saipan, Guam, Tinian: Summer 1944
FS
Fighter Squadron
FUBAR
Fouled up beyond all recognition.
FW
Fighter Wing
GP
Group or General Purpose
Hangar Queen
An airplane that spends more time in maintenance than in the air. Not the plane you want to draw as an assignment.
HE
Heavy Explosive
HP
Hot Pilot. WASP were sometimes called "Women HPs."
HQ
Headquarters
IFF
Identification, Friend or Foe. Radar transponder.
IP
Initial Point
KIA
Killed in Action
Kilroy
Who?
MAAF
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
MACR
Missing Air Crew Report
Mae West
Inflatable life-preserver jacket worn by Air Crew.
MIA
Missing In Action
MOS
Military Occupation Specialty
MTO
Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
NCO
Non-Commissioned Officer.
OCS
Officer Candidate School
OD
Olive Drab. Army green. Uniform, camoflage.
OLC
Oak Leaf Cluster. Multiple or repeat awards. Bronze(1), Silver(5).
POW
Prisoner of War
PTO
Pacific Theater of Operations
PUC
Presidential Unit Citation
QM
Quartermaster
RADAR
Radio Detecting and Ranging
Repple Depple
Replacement Depot
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All fouled up.
SOS
Morse Code, Distress Signal.
Sweating It Out
Worry about it, holding out hope, waiting
TARFU
Things are really fouled up.
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day.
VJ Day
Victory Over Japan Day.
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