MILITARY CODE WORDS
US ARMY IN THE SWPA
DURING WWII

 

ACACIA Sydney
ADOBE Brisbane
ALAMO Task force directly under GHQ SWPA (MacArthur).
ALDERS Townsville
AMOEBA Advance Sub-Base C, Goodenough Island.
ARCADIA U.S.-British conference in Washington, December 1941-January 1942
ASTER Port Darwin
BACKHANDER Task force for Cape Gloucester.
BIRCH 7th AAF on Christmas Island
BREWER Task for for Admiralties.
BYPRODUCT Task force for Kiriwina.
CHEROKEE Karachi, India 10th AAF India / Asia later DAUB in late 1942
CHRONICLE Invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands.
CORONET Plan for invasion of Honshu at the Tokyo plain.
CYCLONE Task force for Noemfoor.
DAUB Karachi, India 10th AAF India / Asia earlier CHEROKEE prior to late 1942
DELTA Davaopi
DEXTERITY Invasion of New Britain.
DIRECTOR Task force for Arawe area.
EBONY Lae, PNG
ESCALATOR Code name for ALAMO Force.
FANTAN Fiji
GLOBETROTTER Operations in northwest New Guinea near Cape Sansapor.
GRASS Fiji
HAD Hawaiian Air Depot/7th Air Force
HODLY Canton Island
HURRICANE Task force for Biak.
INTERLUDE Operations on Morotai.
KING I Plan for operations on Mindanao, canceled.
KING II Invasion of Philippines at Leyte, October 1944.
LAZARETTO Task force for Gasmata, New Britain.
LEATHERBACK Task force for Woodlark.
LETTERPRESS Task force for Humboldt Bay, New Guinea.
LOVE III Mindoro operation.
MAGPIE Temporary code for 7th BG stranded Project X bombers in late 1942
MAPLE U.S. advance base at Port Moresby before 1943, then TEAK
MICHAELMAS Task force for Saidor, northeast New Guinea.
MIKE Series of plans for operations on Luzon.
NOISELESS Task force for Tanahmerah Bay, New Guinea.
OLIVE AVG CBI
OLYMPIC Plan for March 1946 invasion of Kyushu, Japan.
PEACH Philippines Army
PEMMICAN Advance Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea.
PENUMBRA Advance Sub-base B, Oro Bay, New Guinea.
PERSECUTION Task force for Aitape, New Guinea.
PHOENIX Clark Field
PLUM US Army in the Philippines/Luzon/Mindanao
POPPY New Caledonia
RAINBOW Various plans prepared between 1939 and 1941 to meet Axis aggression involving more than one enemy.
RECKLESS Task force for Hollandia, New Guinea.
ROSES Efate, New Hebrides
SHAGGY MICHAELMAS task force resupply point at Cape Cretin, New Guinea.
STRAW Samoa
SUMAC Early code name for Australia. Send Urgently MacArthur
SUSAN Solomon Islands
TABLETENNIS Operation at Noemfoor Island, New Guinea.
TEAK Port Moresby from 1943, MAPLE prior to that.
THE WHIP Early code name for the bazooka.
THORN Rabaul
TORNADO Task force Arawe-Toem area, New Britain.
TRADEWIND Task force for Morotai, New Guinea.
TRIDENT U.S.-British conference held in Washington, May 1943.
TYPHOON Task force for Cape Sansapor, New Guinea.
UMNAK Alaska
VETCH Bandoeng Java
VICTOR Series of operations in central and southern Philippines.
VIOLA Kendari, Celebes
WATCH Darwin
WHITE POPPY Noumea

 

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REFERENCE BOOKS

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