The Twilight Warriors (77 page)

ComInCh
commander in chief (of the U.S. Navy)

CV
large aircraft carrier

CVE
escort carrier

CVL
light aircraft carrier

DD
destroyer

DE
destroyer escort

Division
formation of four airplanes

Dukw
six-wheeled amphibious truck

F4U-1D
Corsair model assigned to VF-10/VBF-10 during Okinawa campaign (3-bladed propeller)

F4U-4
Corsair model assigned to VF-10/VBF-10 on redeployment July 1945 (4-bladed propeller)

F6F
Grumman Hellcat fighter

FIDO
fighter director officer

Frances
Yokosuka P1Y twin-engine long range bomber

George
Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden-kai fighter