Thought this would be a useful topic, since so many people ask, "What does this stand for?"

http://www.all-acronyms.com/tag/world_war_ii

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Glossary/index.html

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.u...s_Abbreviations

Thank you M1, a very useful link.

I'm going out on a limb and wondering if Nancy's doc about her dad could mean:

Above 4 Enlisted Men (for) Detached Service (with the) Range Safety Officer ?????

This was a time of intense training for D-Day and range firing would have been carried out.

Colin.

EM from DS with RSO 359th Regt + dy

Okay there's the line. I had to see it again to remember it.

Could be?!

Colin found both these links regarding WWII army morning reports. Very helpful. Thanks for your resourcefulness!

http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com/Commen...014/000014.html

http://www.80thdivision.com/WebArchives/abbreviations.htm

Here's another one too. Very similar but this one shows examples of several morning reports, all with references to "cs"

http://www.327engineer.com/MorningReports/...RportsIntro.htm

I decided to send the question to several of my historian friends (Fort Leonard Wood, Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, etc.). Let's go right to the top! I'll let you know what I discover.

Here's one answer from Michael Brodhead:

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: NONE

 

Hi, Marion--

 

The best I can come up with, and it's only a guess, is "communications

section."

Received a letter from Dave too, and he is looking into it...

Boy oh boy, would I like to just get a hold of morning reports ! they have to be filed SOMEWHERE??? RIGHT??? The only thing the military is good at loosing is our IDs and medical reports!

Actually morning reports are easy to obtain and in fact, just sent for the one for my father dating May 24, 1944, the day he was injured during the breakout from Anzio.

All pertinent links are listed on our site in the RESEARCH section:

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...hp?showtopic=23

Got the answer regarding what "cs" stands for in morning reports. Many thanks to Professor Dave Ulbrich and Dr. Larry Roberts. No we no longer have to go by hearsay.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: NONE

 

Marion,

 

Dr. Roberts tracked it down. He is amazing!

 

The abbreviation "cs" stands for "current series" and refers to the current

series of orders, pubs, regulations... What ever form was current at the

time, as opposed to an obsolete form or different/unique format. It is a

records management citation.

 

Dave