Glossary

Morning Reports were an essential administrative record that had to be kept by each unit in the division and updated daily. The Morning Reports detail any major movement of location or troops, important events or activities that occurred on a particular day, and updates to the personnel roster or important incidents involving certain soldiers. Often times, there would be a note indicating the units location at the start of the day, followed by additional notes (using a different color text) if any major advance or movement occurred. Some of the more unique instances of misconduct or illegal activity that individual soldiers partook in are also noted. In some instances, there is reference to men going AWOL or being arrested by the Military Police for their actions. Other times, there would be specific notation of a soldier or soldiers and their dates of promotion or a change of command. Please see the link below while reading the Morning Reports to assist in your research and reading of these documents.

This glossary will help as you read through the Morning Reports. The coded language and acronyms can be overwhelming and will take time to understand using this morning report glossary. There are some terms and acronyms that use the same letters, so please review for the capital and lowercase letters to understand which term is being used. One example is that FR means “France”, while fr (lower case) means “from”.