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SHAEF

British  
/ ʃeɪf /

noun

  1. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces

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At SHAEF, my father was promoted to lieutenant commander and assigned to G-5, the Financial Division, where he served as chief of the Foreign Exchange and Property Control Section.

From Washington Post

He is proudest of the fact that President Roosevelt made him a brigadier general for his work in organizing communications for SHAEF, and he wears a gold ring with SHAEF's flaming sword insignia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both were still operating under SHAEF, in which British and U.S. officers were intermixed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In San Francisco, a flash arrived from SHAEF: Eisenhower says Germans are whipped.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the thankless task of covering SHAEF, he frequently clashed with the censors.

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