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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYJ0P5aCeR
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vgVpnt2RC
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl2MwZnPa2
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYD623IKBq
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ972SAQnki3
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2eGuzpc1i
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRICxyqTvaQ
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Bird: girl/woman1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN4FK43GPO
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmy2AP1eey
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4Z170s7Ua
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUyUWVtAmK
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CO: Commanding Officer.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbEXzuVt0C
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CP: Command Post1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwWYCJloDq
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3EeUKlmcN
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNjHABk2a2
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTCNDtODJ3
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydSs62U4jQ
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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."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn3unvBu2d
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg9uOWulJd
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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."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBltTe8aVt
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzQGFx7EzE
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGdC829ku2
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk9KhyOQwq
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J: Jungle.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYSBgSlgYJ
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KIA: Killed In Action.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB1aSW80U4
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjMo7yFzPb
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LO: Liaison Officer1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVLJj4Jw4D
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡys73o9DxxV
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LZ: Landing Zone1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzgBudNmgS
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHswna0Ari
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH51z2OnVjY
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgxMSGyGKP
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzkAxDh5HH
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MP: Military Police.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0fG3HLNb0
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUvy6RhULQ
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WpbnhkqLI
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwP2TG3X6J
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe7aCgFAXo
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvzZaPOob1
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqSAqUtFtd
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpirezzxvnO
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5ZVQSAz2F
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfDOt0QxLH
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NhASdMsfu
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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."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeTlrVHyS9
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uEVdGN5Lr
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwJweUkCh8
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8enXMXB0IV
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RV: Rendezvous1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfuX4Ivlrm
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ04uTX9Iqw
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN3b45vRWA
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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."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHR95TH1Kak
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfideP1PXiW
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Tommy: A British soldier.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVpULV3AGK
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqojos3Q0P
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBHwhVdUTa
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8qv1uJleR
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmsqlAK8Ko
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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."1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQM2rtaBk8
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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.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVlqfdCnse
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTzvfSbpGc
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1067Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor1G5KFl0g
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