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Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
Veterans Compound, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cubao, Quezon City
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AC | Army Corps or Area Command |
| ADF | American Dominion Forces |
| AFPAC | Armed Forces in the Pacific |
| AFWESPAC | Army Forces, Western Pacific |
| 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 |
| BB | Bicol Brigade |
| BMA | Bulacan Military Area |
| BMD | Bataan Military District |
| Bn | Battalion |
| CAC | Cebu Area Command |
| Co | Company |
| COWHM | Chinese Overseas Wartime Hsuehkan Militia |
| DHQ | Division Headquarters |
| Dist HQ | District Headquarters |
| DPRB | Demobilized Personnel Records Branch |
| ECLGA | East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area |
| 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 |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GHQ, SWPA | General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area |
| Grls | Guerrillas |
| GSP | Guerrillas Special of the President |
| HQ | 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 |
| HQS | Headquarters |
| KKK | Katipunan or Free Philippine Patriots |
| LAC | Leyte Area Command |
| LGAF | Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces |
| LGF | Luzon Guerrilla Forces |
| LMS | Lanao Military Sector |
| MD | Military District |
| MFA | Marking’s Fil-Americans |
| MFAIT | Marking’s Fil-American Irregular Troops |
| MFAT | Marking’s Fil-American Troops |
| MIS | Military Intelligence Service |
| MMD | Manila Military District |
| NEPMD | Northeast Pampanga Military District |
| NMU | North Manila Unit |
| NWPMD | Northwest Pampanga Military District |
| OSI | Office of Special Investigator |
| 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 |
| QM Co | Quartermaster Company |
| QMC | Quartermaster Corps |
| RMC | Returned to Military Control |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers Training Corps |
| RPD | Recovered Personnel Division |
| RPD, AFWESPAC | Recovered Personnel Division, Army Forces Western Pacific |
| 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 |
| TMO | Tanggulan Military Organization |
| TWS | Tarlac West Sector |
| 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 |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VAUSA | Philippine National Volunteer Army USA |
| 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 |
| ZMD | Zambales Military District |
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
Veterans Compound, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cubao, Quezon City