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Abbreviations
| AAA | anti-aircraft artillery |
| AbnDiv | Airborne Division |
| Amtrac | amphibian tractor (see LVT) |
| APD | High-speed transport (aka destroyer-transport) |
| ARCT | Airborne Regimental Combat Team |
| BCT | Battalion Combat Team |
| CavDiv | Cavalry Division |
| DD | Destroyer |
| FBHL | Force Beachhead Line |
| FECOM | Far East Command |
| InfDiv | Infantry Division |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff (US) |
| JTF7 | Joint Task Force Seven |
| KATUSA | Korean Augmentation to the US Army |
| KMC | Korean Marine Corps |
| KPA | Korean People’s Army (NK) |
| LCM | Landing Craft, Mechanized |
| LCVP | Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel |
| LSM(R) | Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) |
| LST | Landing Ship, Tank |
| LSU | Landing Ship, Utility |
| LVT(A)5 | Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored) Mk V |
| LVT(3)C | Landing Vehicle, Tracked Mk III Covered (amtrac) |
| MarDiv | Marine Division |
| NK | North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), North Koreans |
| Prov MarBde | Provisional Marine Brigade |
| RCT | Regimental Combat Team |
| ROK | Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| ROKA | Republic of Korea Army |
| TF | Task Force |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| (-) | less (elements detached from parent unit) |
| (+) | reinforced (additional elements attached) |
Battalions organic to US Marine and Army regiments are designated with the battalion and regimental number, for example:
1/5 Marines=1st Battalion, 5th Marines;
2/32 Infantry=2d Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment.
Companies and batteries are designated, for example:
B/10=Battery B, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines and the battalion designation not shown.
US Marine and Army Officer Ranks
| 2dLt | 2nd Lieutenant |
| 1stLt | 1st Lieutenant |
| Capt | Captain |
| Maj | Major |
| LtCol | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Col | Colonel |
| BGen | Brigadier General (“one-star”) |
| MajGen | Major General (“two-star”) |
| LtGen | Lieutenant General (“three-star”) |
| Gen | General (“four-star”) |