The Twilight Warriors (78 page)

IJA
Imperial Japanese Army

IJN
Imperial Japanese Navy

Jack
Mitsubishi JM2 fighter

Judy
Aichi D4Y dive-bomber

Kamikaze
Japanese special attack suicide pilot or plane

Kikusui
“floating chrysanthemum,” label given to massed kamikaze attacks

LCI
landing craft infantry

LCT
landing craft tank

LSM
landing ship medium

LSO
landing signal officer

LST
landing ship tank

LVT
landing vehicle tracked (nicknamed “Alligator”)

MAG
Marine Air Group

MIA
missing in action