
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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LA
American term for a simple Japanese code
LABORATORY
LACUNA
San Juanico Strait, Samar Island, P.I.
LADBROKE
LADEN
Choshuy (Choshu-Gai), Formosa
LADYBIRD
LADYLOVE
LADYSMANTLE
Ant Island, Caroline Islands
LAINDON
LAMBERT
LABMSKIN
LAMEDUCK
Wallis Island, New Hebrides
LAMENT
Awang Island, Solomon Sea
LAMOUR
Balangori Bay, New Britain
LAMPLIGHTER
LAMPOON
Fanning Island, Line Islands
LAMPPOST
4th U.S. Naval Training Base, British Isles
LAMPREY
Lan
LANCEWOOD
Toko (Tankan) (Toko-Gai), Formosa
Lancaster Mk. I
Built by Avro, the 4-engine, single-wing Lancaster was the backbone of RAF Bomber Command's offensive against Germany from 1943 to 1945. Crew of 7. It was the most famous and most successful heavy strategic night bomber used over Europe. The maximum bombload, 14,000 pounds, consisted of a wide range of high-explosive and incendiary weapons. Maximum takeoff weight was 63,000 pounds; top speed, 281 miles per hour at 18,500 feet; service ceiling, 23,500 feet; and combat range, 2,695 miles. Throughout the war, the MK. 1 model and later versions of the Lancaster delivered 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties against Germany and Italy.
LANDCRAB
Attu operation, Aleutian Islands
Landesschuetzen
Landfront
Landward fortifications of Cherbourg
LANDLOCKED
U.S. Navy Advanced Base, Corinto, Nicaragua
LANDSHARK
Landwirt submarines
Submarines of Group Landwirt, a special anti-invasion force of thirty-six small U-boats
LANESBOROUGH
LANGTREE
LANKY
LANO
Walker Cay, Bahama Islands
LANOLIN
Northwestern Pacific Area
LANTANA
Florida Island, Solomon Islands
Lant
LAPICIDE
Pulo Anna Island, Caroline Islands
LAPOVER
LARDBOARD
LARDYDARDY
LARGESSE
Landing of force near Sfax, East Tunisian coast, to destroy Italian lines of communication and to coincide with Allied advance from West Tunisia (5 January 1943)
LARKSPUR
LARKSPUR
Savo Island, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
LASSIS
Marcus Island, Pacific Ocean
LASSO
Tioro Strait, Celebes, N.E.I.
Lat
LATEST
Taito (Taito-Gai) (Taito-Shi), Formosa
LAUNDRESS
LAURENCETOWN
LAWLORD
Jaluit Island, Marshall Islands
LAWMAKER
LAWMAKING
LAWNMOWER
North Loloda Islands, Halmahera, N.E.I.
LAWYER
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
LAYMAN
Ramu River Valley, New Guinea
LAZAR
LAZARETTO
LBV
Landing barge, which was capable of carrying either supplies or vehicles and could be beached
LC
LCA
LCdr
LCG
LCI
LCI(L)
Landing craft, infanty (light)
LCI(R)
Landing craft, infantry (rocket)
LCM
Landing Craft, Mechanized
LCM(R)
Landing craft, mechanized (rocket)
LCS
LCT
LCT(6)
Landing craft, tank (Mark VI),
LCT(R)
Landing Craft, Tank (Rocket)
LCVP
Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel ("Higgins" boats)
LEADMINE
LEAP
Destruction of enemy heavy ships attempting to enter the Mediterranean (20-31 December 1942)
LEAPYEAR
LEARNTOWER
North Loloda Islands, Halmahera, N.E.I.
LEATHERBACK
Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
LEATHERNECK
LEAVENWORTH
LECTERN
LEECH
Sunda Strait, Java, N.E.I.
LEFT
Leg
LEGREST
Mussau Island, Bismarck Archipelago
LEGSTUMP
LEGUMINOUS
Okinawa-Jima Islands, Japan
Lehrgange fur hohere Adjutanten
Courses for Senior Personnel Officers (German: p. 153)
LEMON
Wonai Bay, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
LENADERG
LENNONS
LENTIL
Second attack on Pangkalang Brandan perliminary to MERIDIAN
LENTON
LEOPARD
LETTERBOX
LETTERPRESS
LIBEL
Liberty Ship
A cargo ship of approximately 10,000 tons which was designed for speedy construction early in the war and served as the work-horse in ocean shipping
LIBRETTO
LICORICE
Buton Passage, Halmahera, N.E.I.
LIDLESS
LIFEBOAT
LIFEBLOOD
LIFEBUOY
LIFEGUARD
Satawal Island, Caroline Islands
LIFELINE
LIFEPRESERVER
LIGHTFOOT
British offensive operations in Libyan Desert, launched front El Alamein in October 1942.
LIGHTHOUSE
LIILAC
LILAC
Late 1941 plan to concentrate U.S. forces in Belém-Natal-Recife area of Brazil-
LILY
Ufa Island, Solomon Islands
LIMABEAN
LIMABEAN
Visale, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
LIMEJUICE
LIMEPIT
LIMERICK
Ausak Island, Solomon Sea
LIMESTONE
Thursday Island, Solomon Islands
LINCOLN
Oquaia Point, Trobriand Island
LINEOUT
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands
LINTEL
LION
LION ISLAND
Nabuni Island, Gilbert Islands
LIONHEARTED
Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands
LIPSCOMB
Bopeenbeen River, New Britain
LIPSTICK
Great Sitkin Island, Alaska
LIQUIDATOR
LIQUORICE
LISACUL
LITERARY
LITHARGE
Mogmog, Ulithi Atill, Yap Islands
LITIGANT
LITTLEJOE
LITTLE MAROON
LITTORAL
LIVEOAK
Kanaga Island, Aleutian Islands
LIVESTOCK
L.J.L.
Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Lincoln
Ln
Lobnitz pierheads
Huge steel structures towed to the Normandy beaches to provide the unloading facilities for LCT’s, LST’s and coasters in the MULBERRIES
LOBWORN
Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands
LOCKET
Kema River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
LOCKJAW
Plans for operations against Kavieng, New Ireland
LOCKSMAN
Mille Island, Mille Atoll
LOCKSTITCH
LOCUST
Kublumgu Point, New Britain
LOEBNITZ
Log
LOGARITHM
LOGBOOK
LOGLINE
Lohnst OKH--Lohnstelle des Oberkommandos des Heeres
Wage and Salary Office of the OKH
LONEWOLF
Plan establishing South Pacific Amphibious Force
LONGBOW
LONGFACE
Military Attache, Caracas, Venezuela
LONGSHOP
Plans for operations against Manus Island
LONGLEG
Kornasoren, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea
LONGSHORE
Emidj Eisland, Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands
LONGSUIT
Tarawa Island, Gilbert Islands
LONGVIEW
Adak Island, Aleutian Islands
LOPSIDED
LOQUAT
Bungana Island, Tulagi-Florida Group, Solomon Islands
LOSWORM
Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands
LOTUS
Doma Reef, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
LOWBOY
Okha, Sakhalin Island, U.S.S.R.
LOYALIST
Operations to liberate Burma at the earliest date
LSD
LSH
Landing Ship, Headquarters
LSI
LSM
LST
LSV
Lt
Ltr
Ltr of Instrs
LUBRICATE
LUCERNE
LUFICER
LUCKYBAG
LUCKY STRIKE
A plan calling for an eastward drive and the capture of the Seine ports as an alternative to plans for the earlier capture of Brittany, considered by planning staffs in May and June 1944
LUCRATIVE
Luftflotte Reich
Luftgaukommando Westfrankreich
Headquarters of the Luftwaffe administrative and supply organization in western France
Luftwaffe
LUGSAIL
Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands
LUMBERJACK
Operations north of the Moselle between Cologne and Coblenz, Germany
LUMINOSITY
Macalajar Bay, Mindanao, P.I.
LUMPSUGAR
LUNGPOWER
Mokil Island, Caroline Islands
LUTINE
LUXURIANT
LVT
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Amphtrac)
LVT(A)
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored)
LVT(G)
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Gunboat)
LVT(L)
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Large)
LVT(M)
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Mortar)
LVT(R)
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Rocket)
LYNYE
Subura, Schouten Islands, New Guinea
LYRICAL
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