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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsHmHNocc2
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmDvW1CPqI
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gZ2DxtmU4
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjJjWQ6Y7Z
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupfQnSSFgS
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNObnhIMzn
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWuX8xxFjU
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Bird: girl/woman1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz6heDDwT8
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUCqq6g0hX
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeESjjZGG1l
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6mFHTir3n
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CO: Commanding Officer.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFF07shVJ3
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CP: Command Post1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvGVgdvXbq
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqjpgAKcNF
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEVoygB0kI
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4oMR9GKd3
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhmSJS1Aca
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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."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmK47aeKGF
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR8MQIUo85
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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."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2QAlo0SmB
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GK8xTyDQD
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXuh6A1MVn
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jNssONIDs
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J: Jungle.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyEbfzRJLF
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KIA: Killed In Action.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjPEiJ6dvV
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzndhchbh7x
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LO: Liaison Officer1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV3s9lfub7
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz5WRtixOz
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LZ: Landing Zone1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1ufiigL0y
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9SGoXNHfw
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIS5gqixCdB
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlqTk45aM2
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ152D6fBOqS
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MP: Military Police.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdNR39RMi2
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqWqDQ06pl
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR39QmwZu5
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfYoDEPfm9
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6BiUQiDWp
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEVzm34LOG
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81frnRxZLW
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WfnsuTo0C
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmhO2ZNcuf
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCat1bCnWFQ
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZuCXzUChg
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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."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPw9VdFfDf
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD46bip0ZVG
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF39rctR8X
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBBoUKY7fh
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RV: Rendezvous1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbQ7scptcy
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OB4JCU6oo
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIhSLz4IAO
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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."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoVDeYLjDW
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzxw1DL5zr
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Tommy: A British soldier.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69ibFCKfD5
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhelAGEYGq6
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrxtRzhF6U
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn0N6kCBtx
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjnDNEoxXw
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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."1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBv81ULyYZ
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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.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51j9z6JWfd
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJii5WEQEfB
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1059Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwR9eEJwjm
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