MILITARY CODE WORDS
US ARMY IN THE SWPA
DURING WWII
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| 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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