The following are included as explanatory remarks, not exact definitions, for the reader who may not be familiar with the terms.
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNrIVVKkvA
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwboa8OqVEf
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwT3tlrgYD
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLrUUgdZg7
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoNdQIY8or
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8rDXXntN6
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Bird: girl/woman954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6If9BtV6H
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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."
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ALDEaDdWJ
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1snElfZJea
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CO: Commanding Officer.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXes0Rxe6U2
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CP: Command Post954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsZH4bRp04
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaLZbAMy8y
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivnip24eBz
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG2aDzICAM
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADdVEoL16q
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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."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3lqlsJqZb
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwCUjQZ832
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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."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuN4dI7lPe
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DkM8EXJ5b
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IO: Intelligence Officer.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hdCNzrYfy
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpupTdukoo
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J: Jungle.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jzxyznEYb
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KIA: Killed In Action.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2Iea7c7in
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AykQ0Af34
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LO: Liaison Officer954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XblgdbpjF
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDtr3cNrgB
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LZ: Landing Zone954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR4cfkuHnX
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aa29iXW5E
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8SEQOAyJP
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVanEpAGQJ
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxCEi7y4vx
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MP: Military Police.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGooGwLy4WB
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXhOvSUW7G
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcaYNr073K
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m9p9ZJlkR
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRBLPaqIJI
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtsIvrgAca
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPoWnTQ9HI
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI6kdOKQig
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm0pLPnPO0
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIsRTI7Dqh
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gRAkWS5jQ
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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."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtVGDgo4AA
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGb7fwmP1Y
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlTfQtNcuH
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LnjcIO7oG
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RV: Rendezvous954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvx151XV9pQ
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc6F8SPWYX
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB74fUIgLF8
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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."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoUWTeaA5S
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Smoke: To shoot, kill954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHh26GNkJg
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Tommy: A British soldier.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp0VvhRObg
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkpYeNSAfJ
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UoTlazvpY
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHufOqJFwDl
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbWiuuxFBq
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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."954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBHIeqZPL8
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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.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5d3Tqolob0
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTsgsQSJ1w
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.954Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY1Kdp2vUd
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