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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAKr7kpNLi
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdQ8jfMd6o
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDdtA1QufC
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFLus26Dqt
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclKi3breT2
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWTf8E10cV
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y6kt6l4uP
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Bird: girl/woman1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxtDMI5dPU
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH6XAlgY1d
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbS16EgOzi
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49dVn0x3qD
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CO: Commanding Officer.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgSqiA9xbD
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CP: Command Post1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQm1nUBfEn
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKrU8q6kEI
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcwTwLWzED
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBxUk2sb0g
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW27T8YMry
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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."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIruOcRT54F
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKIDiPab5i
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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."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8dBqSQhR5
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHnrqUAier
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJk0WEcjqn
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQGt8Io34I
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J: Jungle.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02pRpIUZHu
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KIA: Killed In Action.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLQM1Ko2rH
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSG9ZGzovi
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LO: Liaison Officer1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrLqEFrR7X
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq8e3C9Qbu
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LZ: Landing Zone1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdt10Tvrm4
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGQayiDyCV
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXbeVSFilq
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ3BYpQP1I
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8zfAewHkn
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MP: Military Police.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN95E5uXyr1
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXrFaC1gDy
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKlIkSUHK0
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZVMJOLzVF
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIJpmfV2qO
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2CHJ8KjUV
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCNoBwK6nV
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2AoDC49xg
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9LOwB2IvA
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcaCpHVKnk
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvjEPY4v7v
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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."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4VORPYwwP
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6f8ExOd3t
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ860qqF9wxa
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDopl1cxCE
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RV: Rendezvous1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnqijooJnI
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbepoXrmmXo
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZO9IPKWti
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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."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ185oNZLSMN
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOVlFVJgqH
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Tommy: A British soldier.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPZHe1IgMB
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU15QPK4psa
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvQtbEJ8kX
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmY05KWVY1
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuL0bW9NXi
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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."1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbfUkmdvpL
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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.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUzM2cXzj9
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV15UVlUS5q
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9rCKWCu1W
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