World War II Expert Needed

bernster · Jul 30, 2011

I'm editing my late father's WWII memoirs.
I ran across a few terms I don't know.

#1 CCR AD
Context: CCR 9th AD
(I know that 'CCR' is 'Command Control Reserve', sort of
like an alternate regiment)

#2 CCC
Context:
"These coats were from the stocks that had been issued to the CCC boys during the depression."
"I believe that the detachment of POWs occupied a camp that had been part of the CCC program."

#3 Hdg.
Context: 1st Bn. Hdg. Co. (First Battalion Hdg. Company)

#4 Rpt.
Context: "407 Rpt. Co., 104 Rpt. Bn."

Alessandra Kelley · Jul 30, 2011

Not a WWII expert, but I know that CCC was the Civilian Conservation Corps, Roosevelt's answer to mass unemployment -- get the boys out in camps planting trees, building dams, and basically fixing up the environment. It was a big deal in the 1930s. I once haf a job cataloguing ancient mimeographed CCC camp newsletters.

Puma · Jul 30, 2011

There are various lists of WWII acronyms

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/47974-abbreviations-acronyms-ww2-service-records.html

http://www.acronymfinder.com/World-War-II-(WWII).html

There's also an official military list, but I didn't find it just now when I Googled. Puma

Chase · Jul 30, 2011

I think these are correct:

bernster said:
#1 CCR AD
Context: CCR 9th AD:

Command Control Reserve of the Ninth Armored Division

#2 CCC
Context: "These coats were from the stocks that had been issued to the CCC boys during the depression."
"I believe that the detachment of POWs occupied a camp that had been part of the CCC program."

Civilian Conservation Corps

#3 Hdg.
Context: 1st Bn. Hdg. Co.:

Headquarters Company of the First Battalion

#4 Rpt.
Context: "407 Rpt. Co., 104 Rpt. Bn."

407th Replacement Company of the 104th Replacement Battalion

Chase, old enough to remember the brown boot army

World War II Expert Needed

bernster

Alessandra Kelley

Sophipygian

Puma

Retired and loving it!

Chase

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