ARMY POSTAL SERVICE AND STRENGTH ACCOUNTING ...

FOREWORD
1. This is the first of a series of three publications dealing with World War II
APOs. This particular list shows the APOs in numerical order with their geographical locations
arranged chronologically. The other two will list the cities in alphabetical order;
the second being an integrated list irrespective of country and the third, a listing
of the cities in each country, island group, etc.
2. The information contained herein relative to the geographical location of APOs
was obtained from periodic reports received from overseas and it does not, in every instance,
show each individual move that was made by some of the more mobile divisional APOs.
The information is generally correct except for varying interpretations of the spelling of
certain foreign cities.
3. An explanation of certain terms used herein, including abbreviated postmaster addresses,
is given below:
A. Postmaster addresses
Term
Definition
MIA Miami, Florida
MIN Minneapolis, Minnesota
N.Y. New York, New York
N.O. New Orleans, Louisiana
P.I. Presque Isle, Maine
S.F. San Francisco, California
SEA Seattle, Washington
B. Miscellaneous
FST Finance service terminated i. e.
money order and stamp sales discontinued.
APO may operate as
"mailing address" afterwards and
it may be assumed that such is the
case if location and dates are
shown subsequent to an "FST" entry.
TMA Terminated as mailing address.
4. Appendix 1 shows the APO numbers used by the various Army groups, Armies, Corps
and Divisions.