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With US troops based in New Zealand during World War II, Army Headquarters in Wellington issued a training memorandum on 27 May 1943 which included a section “How the Americans say it”.

This listed the American military term followed by the equivalent British term. Some examples are:

American British Advance party = Vanguard Fox hole = Weapon pit H hour = Zero hour Kitchen police = Cookhouse police Operation aviation = Reconnaissance aircraft Reconnaissance patrol (air) = Sortie

This circular (and others) can be found in Northern Military District (Auckland) file: Army training, memorandum and instructions AHQ [Army Headquarters] - 5 January 1942 - 15 November 1943

Archives reference: ACIO 8723 A1629 AD-A11/3 8/1/25 (R10111675)

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