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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqw5v71PH6
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25h0D1VewH
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOHS7n4XWs
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRIQbBMewC
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetlbipshRH
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZJvjqSg7e
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIK9FUUY08
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Bird: girl/woman925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpjkPF01U9
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrynChdj98
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIzwS1ZN39
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYmecgoVKc
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CO: Commanding Officer.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6VLQpA0Wu
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CP: Command Post925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNnvfdfbiP
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfwrO9vHRY
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mM5r8PAWx
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTYtMgRBBi
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nnPcTwp4F
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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."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfhXjVlsUq
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODjbK7YgB4
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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."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN55D2VKKlK
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5Hpk0TNgG
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IO: Intelligence Officer.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjFd8wCF7E
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P56jjI27d
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J: Jungle.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HCFKZWma3
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KIA: Killed In Action.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNndtbT36sA
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tmG6JIRre
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LO: Liaison Officer925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNK3qdOyRm
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc0x6dYRzC
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LZ: Landing Zone925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR8MDfX05h
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV3gCciq5F
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwqagIWMp4
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbsBmaNqPp
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxDlbs2VaE
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MP: Military Police.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpd2LYsaZ3
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Eb20GJQWN
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4e2B7nKtL
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgbu26ofS8
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H0BwxBNSl
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pm79LqCt7
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW73J4X9aq
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9py3ve9XbE
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTm6EdV3IJ
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9px81NTySe
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhteeXxnLNC
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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."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM72Fqq6cu
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMIvlF1GKM
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N0MhK35Ol
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUcVFlWxpt
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RV: Rendezvous925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpiTL4Ow5u
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUZexY4DuN
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk2ezcGc4t
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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."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3qSBTnlvB
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Smoke: To shoot, kill925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7baVnfb7gv
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Tommy: A British soldier.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLt7LDOFnK
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROhq66QWvQ
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrJXNzwD4h
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE1mZgDmNP
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpqpIaxanh
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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."925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFZt6dRfxT
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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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3irz0Z8EZJ
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT5c6jkx8Z
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIBzvR7KPp
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