Appendix A
List of Abbreviations
| BAR | Browning automatic rifle |
| cm. | Centimeter |
| DD | Duplex drive |
| DUKW | 2½-ton 6 × 6 amphibian truck |
| E-boat | Small torpedo boat (German) |
| Flak | Fliegerabwehrkanone (antiaircraft artillery gun) |
| Jaeg. | Jaegdtiger (tank-destroyer) |
| K. | Kanone (gun) |
| Kar. | Karabiner (carbine) |
| Kw. | Kraftwagen (motor vehicle) |
| Kw. K. | Kampfwagenkanone (tank gun) |
| LBK | Landing barge, kitchen |
| LBV | Landing barge, vehicle |
| LCI | Landing craft, infantry |
| LCR(S) | Landing craft, rubber (small) |
| LCT | Landing craft, tank |
| LCT(R) | Landing craft, tank (rocket) |
| LCVP | Landing craft, vehicle-personnel |
| LST | Landing ship, tank |
| M. G. | Maschinengewehr (machine gun) |
| mm. | Millimeter |
| OCS | Officer Candidate School |
| Pak. | Panzer abwehrkanone (antitank gun) |
| Pz. | Panzer |
| Pz. Kpfw. | Panzerkampfwagen (tank) |
| SCR | Signal Corps Radio |
| SHAEL | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Stu. G. | Sturmgeschuetz (self-propelled assault gun) |
| Stu. K. | Sturmkanone (self-propelled assault gun) |
| U-boat | Submarine |
| WAAC | Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WAC | Women’s Army Corps |
Appendix B
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgment is made to the Keystone Press Agency, Ltd., London, England, for the first photograph in this volume. All other photographs came from the Department of Defense and were taken from the U. S. Army files, except for those accredited below to the U. S. Navy, U. S. Air Force, and U. S. Coast Guard. (At the time these photographs were taken, the Coast Guard was operating as a part of the Navy.)
U. S. Navy: pp. 24, 77, 94b, 96, 110b, 122
U. S. Air Force: pp. 8, 9, 12, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 48, 49, 76, 78–79, 86–87, 94a, 95, 98, 99, 100–101, 104, 112–13, 116, 118, 126, 129a, 130–31, 140–41, 155, 158–59, 176, 177, 180–81, 188–89, 202, 203, 218–19, 226–27, 236–37, 266–67, 280–81, 296–97, 318–19, 330–31, 334–35, 336–37, 339, 341, 358–59
U. S. Coast Guard: pp. 80, 88a, 92
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