The following are included as explanatory remarks, not exact definitions, for the reader who may not be familiar with the terms.
ACV: Armoured Command Vehicle.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctN1yCP73O
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Ao-dai: The Vietnamese national dress, a close-fitting top and bodice, with long flowing panels from the waist, under which long pants or trousers are worn. Pronounced "ow zhy," by the Northerners and "ow why' by the Southerners.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoG9EUsVja
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Arc of fire: Each weapon is positioned to fire over a certain piece of ground, which has left and right boundaries. If this is planted on a map, the area would be represented as an arc of the extremities of the boundaries. There are primary (main) and secondary arcs of fire.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHYcffJFl3
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBACD4bvah
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TT3Hg0nsP
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Back-up: With reference to meals, coming back for a second serving.
Base-bludging: Bludging in a base or rear area. Anyone who is farther back from the enemy than oneself is a base-bludger. They rarely, if ever, go forward of the wire.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQpqNmc9ex
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Base-up! Make camp.
Basic Webbing: Generally the minimum harness that a soldier can wear and carry to enable him to perform his basic fighting functions: waist belt, shoulder harness, ammunition pouches, water bottles, bayonet, entrenching tool, and whatever else the unit deems necessary. On this "basic" webbing the thoughtful army can build big and little packs, bedding, radios, and so on.
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BHQ: Battalion Headquarters.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CDNIQcVOA
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Bird: girl/woman976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9mizSX8e4
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Brass-up: To shoot, be shot at, as in "they brassed up two Charlies," and "they got brassed up by a machine gun."
CHQ: Company Headquarters.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6rlkwUJTG
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9u1YxAPet
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8zoR0ny4p
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CO: Commanding Officer.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFGeYBJneQ
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CP: Command Post976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH7q20qAUh
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CSM: Company Sergeant Major.
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Corps: The British army is composed of various corps e.g. infantry, artillery, transport, dental, etc. Everyone belongs to one of them.
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III Corps Conference: South Vietnam was divided into four Corps Tactical Zones (CTZ): I, II, III, and IV. These were a means of dividing the country into areas of responsibility in which the various units operated, and had nothing to do with the infantry, artillery, etc., kind of corps. The III Corps HQ was almost adjacent to the airbase and the Conference was attended by a British representative.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI1xABdKIG
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4OT7zCxof
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Dust-off: Radio callsign for a medical evacuation helicopter, the crews of which were renowned and revered for their efforts to lift wounded out of battle and back to the medical facilities despite bad weather and enemy gunfire. Spoken usage included: "We require Dust-off for six," and "Nigel got Dusted-off to Saigon," i.e., Nigel was evacuated to Saigon by helicopter.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlouixhNqLO
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FAC: Forward Air Controller: a pilot who flies a small (Cessna) aircraft into the battle area to locate, mark, and guide the fighters or bombers onto the targets. A high degree of skill and courage was needed.
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FN: Fabrique Nationale, the Belgian firm of arms makers.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oM9Tn2zYt
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Forward of the wire: Outside the barbed-wire perimeter of the unit or base, i.e., out where the enemy may be met. See "basebludger" and "pogo."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD9g9N8IEj
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkHWlM2l1k
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Hutchi: Japanese (possibly Korean) word for house or shelter, corrupted to mean the soldier's tent in the field. American "hooch" or "hoochi."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav8fIQrTVC
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib7BivA9xr
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IO: Intelligence Officer.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gvyZIzoxb
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Iron Triangle: A jungle area, roughly shaped like a triangle, about 30 miles west of Saigon, used by the Viet Cong as a base area.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlGLzrDsqn
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J: Jungle.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODpATKq23g
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KIA: Killed In Action.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodkEQQi7WR
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uMmiIqnqs
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LO: Liaison Officer976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrmXpzIyRg
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Local Force: The Viet Cong National Liberation Front organized their fighting forces on several levels. At the bottom was the village guerilla, then units organized to operate in their home area----but larger than the usual village squad, and given tasks of a more demanding military nature, naturally enough these were called local force units. Above them were regional units and finally the main force.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYirmYrS1X
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LZ: Landing Zone976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrYIgkGEjx
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Main Force: Units of soldiers who have graduated from the village guerillas, local and regional force units, are full-time members of the armed forces, and are now regular troops who can be given military tasks such as those given to regular units of the NATO armies.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGvm9IhKN9
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik2aHqnuQX
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76dMtfUbqF
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MPC: Military Payment Certificate. "Play money" or "Monopoly money" issued by the military authorities in an attempt to halt the flow of dollars into the black market, etc. It is only good in the military system such as canteens, messes, etc. The type or pattern of MPC would be changed at very short notice, and all unchanged old MPC would then be so much paper. There are said to be people throughout Asia with boxes of old MPC, hoping for the day when the particular pattern is again issued, and they will get rich.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkFbHdfon1
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MP: Military Police.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtOmbYGXOA
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NCO: Non-Commissioned Officer, i.e., below the rank of 2nd lieutenant.
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NLF: National Liberation Front. No Communist Revolution is complete without this title.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOLAdNLvlE
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NVA: North Vietnamese Army. Never admitted by Hanoi to be in South Vietnam, an assertion believed only by the very naive.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz35u33zmw
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW097MqDiw
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZxiwICUwf
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Political Officer: The communist forces, being the armed effort of the political organization, are always subject to strict political control, which is achieved by placing a political infrastructure paralleling that of the military command, at all levels from company on up. The political officer has the final word in disagreements between the military and political. Called commissars in earlier times, they are a very important and effective means of ensuring control, motivation, and explanation of policy to the soldiers.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl3trJupVT
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Pepper-pot: A tactic for advancing under fire where one or two soldiers at a time leap up, run forward a few paces, go down, roll away, and fire on the enemy while their comrades are doing likewise. The enemy is presented with fleeting targets all across his front, making it very hard for him to take on an accurate shot. Like many other things, it requires practice and teamwork.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnpfWSjhrX
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Pogo: See Basebludging. Pogos are the same, but worse. They supposedly spend their time bouncing aimlessly around the rear areas on a pogo-stick and are thus of no use to the fighting troops, i.e., anyone closer to, or likely to be closer to, the enemy.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvUEOoZZta
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o2dtrXotE
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YDbAVHbID
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69Wc9uoHka
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Regional Force: Along with a similar organization called the popular force, were part-time troops of the Saigon Regime, used for guard and other light military duties, which could include operations to search for the VC, normally operating in their home locations or areas. Abbreviated in RF/PE so immediately were called "ruffpuffs."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2crunMcz3p
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RPD: Russian light machine gun for section or squad use. The initials stand for the Russian words, the D being for Degtyarev, the designer.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gbI9iCu2y
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xz444mQZ7
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNgFieLHjT
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RV: Rendezvous976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0jEerPR1r
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlDqhBnaB4
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdBQuJJxZl
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SLR: Self Loading Rifle; the British-modified Belgian FN, produced at Birmingham, firing the standard NATO 7.62mm round, pronounced "slur."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmI4jLhoib
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Smoke: To shoot, kill976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM04JyzCUQ
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Tommy: A British soldier.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyjTgzTEJE
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJrZhoKWeh
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd1472UpwO
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4ZutXSzCV
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War Zone D: A term dating from the 1950s war against the French, for a large expanse of jungle about forty miles northeast of Saigon, in which the VC had base camps, training areas, etc., and which was rarely entered by government forces prior to 1965; also called D-Zone or Zone D. Zone C was farther to the southwest, and others were to the north.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxHncV6IaA
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Wog: British slang for an Asian: more fully "Westernized Oriental Gentleman." Plural is "wogs" and the land is sometimes referred to as "Woggeria."976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsWFRsVwkp
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Watch your front!: Do not stare down your shirt buttons and trouser fly, but pay attention to the area of ground before you, your arc of fire.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLjIIGHVDf
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEDzE6ZppT
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.976Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz3HkY1l8W
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