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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx1QtXR0Nh
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeon3dgaF5t
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaqareqFrd
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyg0PvgHlh
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz1aj2TdwQ
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUULW78KJcs
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX5L2ntc14
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Bird: girl/woman1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNByHI3YzQ
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UnZoyOxMV
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3KPFDCJv2
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvS7s2q4ufI
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CO: Commanding Officer.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWAAqolRFt
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CP: Command Post1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgRcVOKaIu
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi02SeiQHWR
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHRRxWuCEf
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfMVLS2xmF
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfvSEVX7u1
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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."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdj3GM0Aiqr
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZpVl3K05Q
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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."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnPIegCfRo
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtWv2wEsLi
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6bukQU7I8
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU8TGJuglz
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J: Jungle.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz7PoZSleC
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KIA: Killed In Action.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVs8NqQsbH
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ8iM8hcGb
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LO: Liaison Officer1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW2Cktc8Di
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8ZD3panOF
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LZ: Landing Zone1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw6VSHR0ca
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqluD6nJtcd
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsoXdxdXZj
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu42pJebNlZ
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pfZOjSPmS
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MP: Military Police.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqfticTIKM
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFPeZXyGIw
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf5cNL1Oqf
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbVfrD86gd
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7xswiRobi
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbviByUAfn
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP3qHSKWH6
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQcHuhpcF9
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebZokVYR86
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjy9R32YWR
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zHksachGM
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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."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G4OYzlLk1
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk4n5trtDT
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FdVogxmMG
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxZ8w63uFm
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RV: Rendezvous1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvvNqCKZVC
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMsy4phmVu
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO0eRPIx8V
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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."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvClY3XJmQR
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVaCfFifHe
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Tommy: A British soldier.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmDu29Q987
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5gJKbZ34u
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr0cXLTMxq
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KSKCWtyUT
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5laPF5Zfk7
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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."1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7BXdLBRo2
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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.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3fwAkuttc
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVENWStwQ5
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTit6zWTt85
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