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The 36th Division Archive
36th Infantry Division Morning Reports
Introduction
The morning reports are records maintained by company-level clerks recounting the day-by-day changes, activities, and movements of each company of the division. These records track: when people enter and leave the company, when they are sick and return, anyone assigned to special duties, when men are wounded, killed, or missing in action, the general location of the company, brief summaries of daily actions, and much, much more. Below is a brief list of abbreviations you may commonly see in the morning reports, which are useful in understanding the message being communicated.
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These records are in an ongoing process of digitization. Currently, the morning reports on this site are for the entirety of the 36th Division's organic units and some of its primary attached support elements. The current range of dates uploaded is from January to July of 1944, with updates coming in the future as more are digitized, organized, and uploaded.
Common Abbreviations
PVT - Private​
PFC or Pvt 1cl - Private First Class
T/5, T5, or Tec 5 - Technician Fifth Grade
CPL - Corporal
T/4, T4, or Tec 4 - Technician Fourth Grade
SGT - Sergeant
T/3, T3, or Tec 3 - Technician Third Grade
SSG or S/SGT - Staff Sergeant
T/SGT or T SGT - Technical Sergeant
1 SGT - First Sergeant
MSG - Master Sergeant
2 LT or 2nd LT - Second Lieutenant
1 LT or 1st LT - First Lieutenant
CPT - Captain
MAJ - Major
LTC - Lieutenant Colonel
COL - Colonel
BG - Brigadier General
GEN - General
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A - Army
Abv - Above
Abs - Absent
ab sk or Abs sk - Absent Sick
A&D - Admission and Disposition (to hospital)
AGF - Allied Ground Forces
APO - Army Post Office
aptd - Appointed
ar - Arrest
ASF - Army Service Forces
ASN - Army Serial Number
asgd or assgd - Assigned
asgmt - Assignment
atchd - Attached
AW - Articles of War
AWOL - Absent Without Leave
BC - Battle Casualty
Bn or Btn - Battalion
Bty or Btry - Battery
clr sta - Clearing Station
Can or Cn - Cannon
Cav - Cavalry
Cir - Circular
Clr - Clearing
Clr Sta - Clearing Station
Co - Company
CO - Commanding Officer
Conf - confined
Col Pt - Collecting Point
Cntr-btry - Counter Battery Fire
CP or Cp - Command Post
DB - Daily Bulletin
DoP or Det of Pats - Detachment of Patients
DP - Disbursement Point
Dep - Departed
det - Detached
Det - Detachment
disch - Discharged
D/D - Dishonorable Discharge
Div - Division
Divarty - Division Artillery
DOI - Died of Injuries
DOW - Died of Wounds
DP - Disbursement Point
Drpd - Dropped
DS - Detached Service
dtd - Dated
dur - Duration
dy - Duty
EM - Enlisted Men
Engr - Engineer
EH or Evac Hosp - Evacuation Hospital
Evacd - Evacuated
Ey - Enemy
FA - Field Artillery
FH - Field Hospital
FO - Field Order or Forward Observer
FOD - Finding of Death
FR - France
fr - From
Fur - Furlough
Gen - General
GH or Gen Hosp - General Hospital
Gp - Group
Gr - Grade
GSW - Gunshot Wound
HMG - Heavy Machine Gun
hosp - Hospital
Hq - Headquarters
Hvy - Heavy
IIA - Injured in Action
Inf - Infantry
jd - Joined
KIA - Killed in Action
LD - Line of Duty
LMG - Light Machine Gun
Lv - Leave or Leave of Duty
LIA - Lightly Wounded in Battle
LWA - Lightly Wounded in Action (injuries believed to be non-life-threatening)
Med - Medical
MCO - Main Civilian Occupation
MIA - Missing in Action
MOS - Military Occupational Specialty
M/R - Morning Report
msg - Message
NBC - Non-battle Casualty
NCO - Non-commissioned Officer
NLD - Not in the Line of Duty
NMI - No Middle Initial​
NYPF - New York Port of Embarkation
no - Number
O or Off - Officer
Ob - Objective
OP - Observation Post
opns - Operations
org - Organization
PAR - Paragraph
Pers - Personnel
Pres - Present
Plat or Plt - Platoon
PM - Postmaster
PW - Prisoner of War
qrs - Quarters
rat - Rations
Rejd - Rejoined
reld - Relieved
Repl - Replacement
RD - Replacement Depot
rd - Reduced
reptd - Reported
Regt - Regiment
rd - Reduced
Rr Ech - Rear Echelon
RTD - Return to Duty
rd in gr - Reduced in Grade (rank)
SIA - Seriously Injured in Action
SIW - Self-inflicted Wound
sk - Sick
SSN - Service Speciality Number (MOS)
Repl - Replacement
R-W - Race, White
rtd/U - Return to Duty/Unit
rtd - Returned
S/A - Small Arms
Sch - School
SD - Special Duty
sht - Sheet
Sqd - Squad
SWA - Seriously Wounded in Action (injuries believed to be life-threatening)
Str - Strength
td - Temporary Duty
TD - Tank Destroyer
TF - Task Force
temp - Temporary
trfd - Transferred
unasgd - Unassiged
Vic - Vicinity
W - Wound
WIA - Wounded in Action
WD - War Department
WO - Warrant Officer
XO or Ex O - Executive Officer
36th Infantry Division Headquarters and Special Troops
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141st Infantry Regiment
142nd Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
131st Field Artillery Battalion
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132nd Field Artillery Battalion
133rd Field Artillery Battalion
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155th Field Artillery Battalion
111th Engineer Battalion
111th Medical Battalion
443rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
636th Tank Destroyer Battalion
