Reference Information Paper 90
A Finding Aid to Records Relating to American
Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War Era, 1960-1994
Table of Contents
Appendix Q: Acronyms Used in this Publication
| AARs | After Action Reports |
| ARVN | Army of Republic of Vietnam |
| BNR | Body Not Recovered |
| CDEC | Combined Document Exploitation Center |
| CDIC | Combat Data Information Center |
| CI | Civilian Internee |
| CINCPAC | Commander In Chief of the Pacific Command |
| CIDG | Civilian Irregular Defense Group |
| CMIC | Combined Military Interrogation Center |
| CORDS | Civilian Operations and Rural Development Support |
| DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| DPMO | Department of Defense POW/MIA Office |
| EPW Camps | Enemy Prisoner of War Camps |
| FPJMC | Four Party Joint Military Commission |
| HES | Hamlet Evaluation System |
| INTSUMs | Intelligence Summaries |
| JCRC | Joint Casualty Resolution Center |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPRC | Joint Personnel Recovery Center |
| JTF-FA | Joint Task Force - Full Accounting |
| KIA | Killed in Action |
| LC | Library of Congress |
| MAAG | Military Assistance Advisory Group |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command |
| MACV | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
| MACV-SOG | MACV Studies and Observations Group |
| MIA | Missing in Action |
| MOPSUMs | Monthly Operations Summaries |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| OPLANs | Operational Plans |
| ORLLs | Operations Reports/ Lessons Learned |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| PWCIIC | POW/Civilian Internee Information Center |
| RVN | Republic of Vietnam |
| RVNAF | Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces |
| SEA | Southeast Asia |
| SEER | System for Evaluating the Effectiveness of RVNAF |
| SITREPs | Situation Reports |
| TAFFS | The Army Functional Filing System |
| USARV | U.S. Army, Vietnam |
| VC | Viet Cong |
| VC/NVN | Viet Cong/North Vietnamese |
| WIA | Wounded in Action |
Note: Compiled by Charles E. Schamel. Published by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, 1996.
Web version prepared 1999. Additions and changes incorporated in the Web version are between brackets [] and in italics.
