Before and during WWII the US used a different Phonetic alphabet than was adopted later by the DoD in 1947. For Instance, during WWII 'E' Company was Easy Company but during Vietnam and later it is Echo Company. At least one set of WWII rules refers to PT boats as Papa Tango's which they never ever ever were called, Peter Tares, yes as that is confirmed by Morrison (US Naval History of WWII).... and I've come across at least one WWII scenario book which names infantry task forces with incorrect designators. So, this is provided for you enlightenment or for when you design WWII scenarios. Early and WWII Phonetic Alphabet DOD Alphabet A - Able Alpha B - Baker Beta C - Charlie Charlie D - Dog Delta E - Easy Echo F - Fox Foxtrot G - George Golf H - How Hotel I - Int (or Interrogatory) India J - Jig Juliet K - King Kilo L - Love Lima M - Mike Mike N - Negat November 0 - Option Oscar P - Peter/Prep Papa Q - Queen Quebec R - Rodger Romeo S - Sugar Sierra T - Tare Tango U - Uncle Uniform V - Victor Victor W - William Whiskey X - X-Ray X- Ray Y - Yoke Yankee Z - Zebra Zulu Back to Dispatch August 2000 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com