World War II Kansas Veterans Index

Branch: Navy

Source: Adjutant General Armed Forces Personnel Who Served between September 16, 1940, and June 30, 1946.

Location: 31-04-08-01 to 31-04-08-05

To get a copy of the original page(s) on which the veteran appears, or for additional information, contact our reference staff.

Abbreviations for branch of service:

AAR

Army Air Reserve(?)

AFER

Air Force Enlisted Reserve

AUS

Army of the United States(?)

CT

Combat Team(?). Also a naval reserve officer designation.

E

USNR officer designation for General Service, Engineering Duties(?)

EAC

Eastern Air Command(?) or European Advisory Commission(?)

M-WR

Marine Women's Reserve(?)

MCR

Marine Corps Reserve(?) or USNR officer designation for General Service, Medical Corps.

MDD

Unknown

MM

Merchant Marine(?)

MR

Marine Reserve(?)

NG

National Guard(?)

Q

Quartermaster(?)

RAF

Royal Air Force

RCAF

Royal Canadian Air Force

SPAR

Women's Reserve U.S. Coast Guard. The word SPAR was coined from the Coast Guard motto: "Semper Paratus" (Always Ready).

USCC

U.S. Commercial Company(?), a purchasing agency for the federal goverment. Created as a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and later transferred to the Office of Economic Warfare.
or U.S. Corps of Cadets? (West Point)

USMA

U.S. Military Academy (West Point)

USNR

U.S. Naval Reserve

VG

Unknown

W

USNR officer designation for Women's Reserve, Unlimited Service(?)

WASP

Women Airforce Service Pilots, civilian female pilots employed to fly military aircraft (e.g, transport and training missions) for the U.S. Army Air Force.

WAVE

Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, the female division of the U.S. Navy