
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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P-38
Two-engine, single-seat, single-wing fighter with twin booms. Built by Lockheed, the P-38 was popularly called "Lightning." One of the best-known World War II fighters, it served in a variety of roles. Extra fuel tanks and twin engines made the Lightning an excellent escort for deep-penetration raids of B-17s and B-24s over Europe and for strike missions in the Southwest Pacific. Armament of the L-model consisted of two .50-inch machineguns and two 1,600-pound bombs. Maximum takeoff weight was 21,600 pounds; highest speed, 414 miles per hour at 25,000 feet; service ceiling, 44,000 feet; and combat range, 450 miles. Total production for the AAF, 1940-1945: 9,536.
P-47
Powered by a single radial engine, the single-seat P-47 was developed by Republic and used in World War II as a fighter and fighter-bomber. The D-model's armament comprised eight .50-caliber machineguns and one 500-pound bomb. Affectionately known as the "Jug," the P-47 was reputed to be the toughest fighter of the war, able to absorb tremendous punishment. Maximum takeoff weight was 19,400 pounds; top speed, 428 miles per hour at 30,000 feet; service ceiling, 42,000 feet; and combat range, 475 miles. Total production for the AAF, 1940-1945: 15,585.
P-51
Single-seat, low-wing monoplane, powered by a single liquid-cooled engine. Built by North American and widely used in World War II. It escorted B-17s and B-24s on bombing missions over Germany. The D-model's armament consisted of six .50-caliber machineguns and two 1,000-pound bombs. Maximum takeoff weight was 11,600 pounds; top speed, 437 miles per hour at 25,000 feet; service ceiling, 41,900 feet; and combat range, 950 miles. Redesignated the F-51, the "Mustang" served in the Korean War. Total production for the AAF, 1940-1945: 14,501.
P&A
Personnel and Administration Division
P&O
Plans & Operations Division, WD, successor to OPD
PAA
Pac
PACKARD
PACKARD
Tetere, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
PADLOCK
Buriwadi Island, Trobriand Islands
PAGE
Fanning Island, Central Pacific
PAINTBOX
U.S. Navy Base II, Rosneath, British Isles
PAINTBRUSH
Lunga Signal Tower, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PALEFACE
Udot Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
PALISADE
Taboga Island, Canal Zone
PALLIASSE
Wau-Bulolo Valley, New Guinea
PALM
Vatilau Island, Solomon Islands
PALMAR
Kudat, British North Bornea
PALMOIL
PALMOLIVE
Lagoon Point, New Britain
PANDEMONIUM
PANHANDLE
PANPUS
Hui Island, Solomon Islands
PANTALOON
PANTHEON
Panther
Panzertruppenabteilung -- Jn 6
Panzer Troops Branch Inspectorate 6 (German: p. 168, 309)
PAPERCLIP
Bali Strait, Java, N.E.I.
Para
PARAFFIN
Namu Atoll, Marshall Islands
PARAPET
PARASITE
PARDON
PASADENA
PASQUINADE
Atka Island, Aleutian Islands
PASSION
Sinku Rai River, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
PASTURAGE
Okiduse Mountain Range, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
PAT
Mangrove Island, Bismarck Archipelago
PATCH
PATCHWORK
Fala-Beguets Island, Truk, Caroline Islands
PATERNITY
Kusaie Island, Caroline Islands
pathfinder
An aircraft with a specially trained crew, carrying dropping zone/landing zone marking teams, target markers, or navigational aids. It preceded the main force to the dropping zone/landing zone, or target.
PATRIMONY
Formosa-Luzon-China Coast area
Patwing
PAULETTE
PAVILION
Ngajangel Island, Palau Islands
PAXTON
PB
PB-2
Developed by Consolidated, the PB-2 was a single-engine, two-seat, monoplane fighter. The A-model carried 2 fixed forward-firing guns and a single .30-inch gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit. Maximum takeoff weight was 5,643 pounds; top speed, 274 miles per hour at 25,000 feet; service ceiling, 28,000 feet; and combat range, 508 miles.
PBY
Twin-engine Navy patrol-bomber
PC
PC
Policy Committee (Operations Division)
PC&R Gp
Port construction and repair group
PCD
PCE
PCE(R)
Patrol craft, escort (rescue)
PDB
File indicator derived from PJBD
Pdn
PE
General arrangements for naval ships in the event of invasion of England (5 July 1940) (G.B.)
PEACHBLOW
PEARL
Amphibious Army, Marine, on West Coast
PECAN
U.S. coast defense of Peru
PECON
Lanalau Island, Solomon Islands
PECULIAR
Ulul (Namonuito), Caroline Islands
PEDAGOGUE
Northwest River, Labrador
PEDLAR
PEEPHOLE
Kuop Island, Caroline Islands
PEEPSHOW
PEERAGE
PEGGY
Cape Killerton, New Guinea
PEKINESE
Doroeba, Morotai Island, Halmahera, N.E.I.
PELLET
PEMMICAN
PENCIL
Sangi Creek, New Hanover Island, New Britain
PENDULUM
Kaurakuba Beach, Lusancay Island, Trobriand Islands
PENMAN
Port Purvis, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PENNSYLVANIA
PENRYN
PENSIONER
PENTAGON
Occupation of French Somaliland by Free French Forces (28 December 1942)
PENTHOUSE
Ulalu Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
PENUMBRA
PEON
PEPPER
Lunga Signal Tower, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PEPPERCORN
Bizerta, Tunisia, North Africa
PEPSODENT
PERFECT
Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands
PERFECTO
Anwek Peninsula, New Britain
PERFUME
Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa
Per Rpt
Pers
Pers
PERSECUTION
PERUKE
PESTER
Muniai River, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
PETWORTH
Lampedusa Island, Mediterranean Sea
PEWTER
PGC
PGSC
Persian Gulf Service Command
PHAETON
PHALANX
Plan for transporting Marines to South Pacific Area
PHARISEE
Stephenville, Newfoundland
PHARMACY
Vila, Kolumbangara Island, Solomon Islands
PHENOMENON
Phib
Phil
PHILISTINE
Nanomea Island, Ellice Islands
PHILLIE
Meto Plantation, Vitu Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
PHLOX
PHOENIXES
Concrete caissons towed across the English Channel and sunk to form the main breakwaters for the artificial harbors
PHOSPHATE
Ebon (Boston) Atoll, Marshall Islands
PHOSPHORUS
P.I.
PIANO
PICADILLY
Landing ground--north-east Burma (1944)
PICADILLY HOPE A
Landing ground at Griblje (Slovenia) area
PICADOR
Plan for transporting Marine Regiments to Samoa
PICADOR
Plan for Seizure of Dakar (formerly BLACK, later BARRISTER).
PICAROON
Nukufetau Island, Ellice Islands
PICCOLO
Malakal Harbor, Malakal Island, Palau Islands
PICKLE
Gulf of Boni, Celebes, N.E.I.
PICKUP
PICKUP
Cape Hoskins Airdrome, New Britain
PICKUP
PICKWICK
St. George Island, Pribilof Islands
PIECRUST
PIGHEADED
Nomoi Island, Caroline Islands
PIGIRON
PIGSTICK
Operations for the capture of Akyab, Burma
PIGSTICKING
Landing of troops on southern part of Mayu Peninsula [Burma] behind the Japanese forces
PILICAN
PILLION
PILLORY
PILLOWCASE
Island of Crete, Mediterranean Sea
PIMENTO
Lamotrek Island, Caroline Islands
PINAFORE
Freemantle, West Australia
PINEAPPLE
Nakombo Island, Solomon Islands
PINKHAM
PINMONEY
Port Purvis, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PINTO
Pion
Pionierabteilung--Jn 5
Engineer Branch--Inspectorate 5 (German: p. 166)
PIPSQUEAK
PIQUANT
PIRATE
1943 exercise by Force J (British and Canadian)
PIRATE
PITAPAT
PITCH
Aircraft for Russians from Americans (March 1945)
PJB
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States
PJBD
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States
Pl
PL
PLAINTIFF
PLANISH
Plan Tortue
French Resistance plan to block road traffic for OVERLORD
Plan Vert
French Resistance plan to cut railroads for OVERLORD
PLATTE
American Mission, Bogota, Colombia
PLATTSBURG
PLAYFUL
Makin Island, Gilbert Islands
PLAZA
PLEBIAN
PLEDGE
Surrender of U-Boats at sea (9 May6 June 1945)
PLETHORA
PLEXUS
P.L.F.
Col. Paul L. Freeman, Jr.
PLICATE
PLIGHT
PLIMSOLL
Great Sitkin Island, Alaska
Plng
PLOUGH Force
Project for training U.S. and Canadian volunteers for snow operations in northern Norway.
PLOVER
PLUGHOLE
PLUM
Koli Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PLUM
Philippine Army (regular) [sic: may have been misidentified during compilation of the lists]
PLUM
PLUMBLINE
Kolumbangara Island, Solomon Islands
PLUNDER
The entire operation of crossing the Rhine north of the Ruhr
PLUTO
British project for pipelining oil to OVERLORD Area (Pipe Line Under The Ocean)
PLUTOCRAT
French Frigate Shoals, T.H.
PMG
PMP
Protective Mobilization Plan
PMS&T
Professor of Military Science and Tactics
Pncf
Pacific Naval Coastal Frontier
Pnncf
Pacific Northern Naval Coastal Frontier
P&O
POA
Pacific Ocean Area (Adm. Chester Nimitz')
POD
Plans and Operations Division
POE
POINTBLANK
Combined bomber offensive from the United Kingdom
POINT CONCEAL
POINT DETACHMENT
Occupation of Bonin and Volcano Islands
POINT ICEBERG
Occupation of positions in the Ryukyus
POISON
POL
Petrol, oil, and lubricants
POLECAT
Sirik Island, New Britain
POLLARD
Waller Field, Trinidad, B.W.I.
POLYGLOT
POLYGON
Diversionary operation during capture of Termoli, Italy, giving the enemy cause to believe a landing was being made behind his lines (3-4 October 1942)
POM
Preparation for Overseas Movement
PONTIAC
Noru Island, Admiralty Islands
PONTIAC
Taivo, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
POPBOTTLE
POPEYE
Nesup Island, New Britain
POPLIN
POPPY
PORCELAIN
Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands
PORCUPINE
PORKPIE
PORPOISE
Cape Schirltz, New Britain
PORRIDGE
Adak Island, Aleutian Islands
PORTERHOUSE
PORTFOLIO
Tol Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
PORTICO
Post-ARCADIA
Combined Chiefs of Staff Conference, Washington (JanuaryFebruary 1942); United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands
POSTERN
Lae-Finschafen-Madang operations (canceled)
POSTFREE
Bathurst, British Gambia, Africa
POSTILLION
Onamue Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
POSTSCRIPT
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
POT OF GOLD
1940 plan to send large expeditionary force to Brazil.
POTASSIUM
POTEEN
POTHOOK
POTOMAC
Military Attache, Lima, Peru
Potsdam Conference (TERMINAL)
Held from July 17 to August 2, 1945. Attended by President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill, Premier Joseph Stalin, and other officials. Clement R. Atlee, new British Prime Minister, joined the conference on July 29. Conferees issued "unconditional surrender" ultimatum (July 26) to Japan; considered treatment of Germany during occupation and control period; and provided for the trial of war criminals by an International Military Tribunal which was established soon after the conference.
POTSHOT
Exmouth Gulf, West Coast, Australia
POTTAGE
POULTICE
P.O.W.
P&P
Plans & Policies Division, HQMC
Prcht
PRD
PRECEDENT
Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands
PRECEPT
Falo Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
PREFECT
Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands
Preispr--Vertrags- und Preisprufwesen
Contracts and Price Control Branch (German: p. 62)
PREJUDICE
Operations for control of Celebes-Sulu Seas
prep
PRESSBOX
Roebuck Point, New Britain
PRESSMAN
PRESTONE
PRICELESS
Post-HUSKY Mediterranean operations
PRIM
PRIMITIVE
PRINCIPAL
Simultaneous attack by British human torpedoes known as "Chariots" on the Italian ports of Palermo, Cgliari and Maddelina, with object of destroying Italian naval and merchant shipping (2 January 1943)
PRINT
Bomatu Point, Trobriand Islands
PRIVILEGE
Eniwetok Island, Marshall Islands
PRIZE
Over-all campaign for the clearance of Burma
PROCO
Projects for Continental Operations, a system of requisitioning supplies and equipment for special operations
PROCURATOR
Proj
PROPULSION
PROSPECT
Oroluk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
PROUDLY
Prov
PRUDENTIAL
Pis Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
Pruf Fest--Festungspionierabteilung
Fortress Engineer Branch (German: p. 223)
Psncf
Pacific Southern Naval Coastal Frontier
PSO
PT
PTO
Pacific Theater of Operations
Pub
PUDDING
Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands
PUNCHER
Project for establishment of Amphibious Force, Mediterranean, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
PURIFICATOR
Saigon-Camranh Bay, French Indo China
PURPLE
American term for the top-priority Japanese diplomatic cipher
PURPLE
PUSSYFOOT
PUTTER
PUJA
Nandi, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands
PUNKAH
PURPLE
P/W
P.W.C.
PYRAMID
Plan for transporting personnel to Auckland, New Zealand
PYRITES
Enogai Area, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
PYRRHUS
Pz Offz b Gen St d H--Panzeroffizier beim Generalstab des Heeres
Panzer Troops Liaison Officer at the Army General Staff (German: p. 307)
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