[Ads-l] antedating "MIA"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great improvement, JL.
Here are a collection of acronyms from a Regimental Roster dated 1918.
However, strictly speaking, the book was printed April 15, 1919.

Title: A History of the 1st. U. S. Engineers, 1st U. S. Division
Printed Coblenz, Germany, April 15, 1919
Quote Page 122
https://books.google.com/books?id=7QxWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Regimental+Roster%22#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt]
Regimental Roster
Officers and Men
serving with the 1st Engineers between Oct. 15 1917-Nov. 11 1918

KEY
K.I.A. Killed in action
G.I.A. Gassed in action
S.W.I.A. Severely wounded in action
W.I.A. Wounded in action
D.W. Died of wounds
D.D. Died of disease
M.I.A. Missing in action
S.S. Shell Shock
A.D.S.C. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
A.C.G. Awarded Croix de Guerre
A.B.C. Awarded Belgian Cross
A.M.H. Awarded Medal of Honor
C.I.D.O. Cited in Division Orders
[End excerpt]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 6:21 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With WIA, KIA bonus:
>
> 1919 _Kansas City Star_ (Apr. 13) 14A:  A Kansas City Girl Helped Search
> Records for Soldiers "M.I.A." ... "But sometimes we found W.I.A. or M.I.A.
> (wounded in action) or (missing in action) [sic]....but our saddest duty
> was to trace a man's record to a little card -- K.I.A. -- date, place,
> cemetery, grave number."
>
> JL
>
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 5:36 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > OED: 1946.
> >
> > 1944 _Springfield [Mass.] Daily Republican_ (July 20) 3: In Washington,
> > the War Department file on Pfc Fred T. Gentry...reads "M. I. A." - missing
> > in action.
> >
> > 1945 _Seattle Daily Times_ (Jan. 25) 2: I've come back with two engines
> > wind-milling...and still not been worried - in any other plane you'd figure
> > you were automatically M. I. A. (missing in action).
> >
> > JL
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
> >
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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