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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUilSCp7He8
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ12bu2vfmQ
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG3HIIonqW
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TJQ4biJYT
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKRbvz1dZo
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBQvvN1f6h
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLE8Slj7gs
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Bird: girl/woman1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf6v3kYp1J
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmzO8kp764
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNq2uinspJ
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU5rN1gWtT
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CO: Commanding Officer.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDQrPF43lv
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRulWuhxyx
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUzOOuPyjI
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP92NFvmCz
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vXp0q8G3K
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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."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0hCqZqFFR
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDdm19RbJS
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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."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSsepUdJT0
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWYaWAbG3j
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN29O0ioC3p
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXuQ2UqO5N
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J: Jungle.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDDXnwLZHo
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KIA: Killed In Action.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7owwBnXT7
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPUJM99y1e
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LO: Liaison Officer1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6SYKOAmpQ
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRQpGvkY6q
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LZ: Landing Zone1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04Vrl7QmVw
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL6ATKKno2
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU8i3xcmap
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq63JyNjaJC
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeISdodME6X
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MP: Military Police.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RKAqyCSRF
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mtktApJU6
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqwoBFnei1
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1A6EtSMOI
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGixZekqsI1
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwc0VkqlIg
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf43EwDS8zR
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLb5JjnzCu
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7S0v4CEZT
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISg6yEArHj
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aX6s55HHx
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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."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0C8pNOpLB
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY4LZbCqQp
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL1xLhi3BE
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20cOydRyC4
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RV: Rendezvous1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGIqPfqE29
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rKxX5wduc
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGHido5eYG
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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."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2Ec4LrG9Z
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdj9bX2d9x
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Tommy: A British soldier.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfel89VoFdk
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhUocDN7xw
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7894n3cKzv
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMdDJwK8Bw
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4bznNNmli
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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."1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7cIsyOVKP
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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.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDVmlpVOuH
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52efN7A8nx
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1060Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m2ZFISPn7
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