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1st Infantry Division - 'Big Red One'
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......... SPEARHEAD.a.-
1st INFANTRY DIVISION
'Big Red One'
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Y DIVISION
Ian Westwell
. 'Big Red One'
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Previous Page: Armour - M10 tank destroyers and
M4 Shermans - and infantry - men of the 'Big
Red One' await the order to advance. The date is
1March 1945 and US troops are deep in Germany.
USArmy via Real War Photos
First published 2002
ISBN 0 7110 2923 7
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and
retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing.
Cover: Agraphic reconstruction of the D-Day landings.
Tim Hawkins
© Compendium Publishing 2002
Published by Ian Allan Publishing
Below Right: The landings at Arzew during Operation
'Torch'. TRH/US Army
an imprint of Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, Hersham, Surrey KT 12 4RG.
Printed by Ian Allan Printing Ltd, Hersham, Surrey KT 12 4RG.
Code: 02081 A2
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Abbreviations
Rcn
MC
Motorcycle
AA(A)
Anti-aircraft
CP
Command post
Med
Medium or
artillery
Coy
Company
Medical
AB
Airborne
DO
Duplex drive
MG
Machine gun
ADC
Aide de camp
(amphibious)
Mor
Mortar
AEF
American
Det
Detachment
Mot Inf
Motorised infantry
Expeditionary
0
DUKW amphibious
MP
Military Police
Force
vehicles
Mtrel
Materiel
AF in G
American Forces
DZ
Dropzone
00
Olive drab
in Germany
ea
each
QM
Quartermaster
Amb
Ambulance
Engr
Engineer
Pfc/Pvt
Private (first class)
Arty
Artillery
ETO
European Theatre
PI
Platoon
asst
Assistant
of Operations
RCT
Regimental
Altk
Anti-tank
FA
Field Artillery
Combat Team
ATRL
Anti-tank rocket
gren
Grenade
ReccelRecon Reconnaissance
launcher
HMG
Heavy MG (.50 cal)
RHQ
Regimental HQ
Bn
Battalion
Hy
Heavy
Sect
Section
BR
British
Inf
Infantry
(T or S/) Sgt (Technical or Staff/)
Brig
Brigade
LCA
Landing craft assault
Sergeant
Bty
Battery
lCI
landing craft infantry
SHAEF
Supreme HQ Allied
camo
camouflage
lCM
landing craft
Powers in Europe
cal
calibre
mechanised
Sig
Signals
Cav
Cavalry
lCT
landing craft tank
SP
Self-propelled
CC
Combat Command
lCVP
landing craft
Tac
Tactical
C-in-C
Commander-in-Chief
vehicle and
Tk
Tank
CG
Commanding
personnel
USAAF
US Army Air Force
general
lMG
light MG (.30 cal)
USMC
US Marine Corps
Cml
Chemical
LST
landing Ship Tank
Veh
Vehicle
CO
Commanding
It
light
WN
Wiederstandsnest
officer
(1-/2-) It (Fi rstlSecond)
(resistance point)
Col
Column
lieutenant
Dates
Com
Combat (sometimes
lZ
landing zone
2017/54
20 July 1954
shortened to C as in
Maint
Maintenance
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