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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NoK0AjMWM
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIc9MZpKwn
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02ZdYbublK
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJN8e8VRXfh
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqzysZOm7Q
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJbDswFkDA
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs1MzbtkYv
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Bird: girl/woman1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvihm2T1gn
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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."
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw86rxpkYs
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRcVfKMmgU
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CO: Commanding Officer.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmswtH5irU
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjl9bI3Bul
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cLhQXJQGO
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcHjAwJrdV
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEwsDuTZBE
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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."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7cIRjkA2G
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC56a66z3T
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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."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8kA3pi3qa
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrHDdjf06v
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScG3X64LlT
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAXT7nc687
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J: Jungle.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkaLgJrXtT
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KIA: Killed In Action.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mzoEVSGbx
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWppJGLfn2
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LO: Liaison Officer1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBZSoOQoNv
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtavbKWN3Zk
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LZ: Landing Zone1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd8pre826x
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaVOWKGwzQ
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vyUOz7hcs
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP80hdD18IU
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJqnl3q3vV
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MP: Military Police.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7FqUaIRVq
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftYJa6LRiZ
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbgCzjnoBE
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BLiVZu3fH
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujSCR6SeVv
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwq8KozOIP
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8daOsTzVp
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQENF1S8SBN
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlrGrSHx0U
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gq5qhEvSI
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw72WNIwMe
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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."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBcgIIwiTf
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbvwHKC9qP
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZHUjCojNI
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ6zkneIYN
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RV: Rendezvous1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsYS8X6iuZ
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqORUTExR08
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqLwswu5uP
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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."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBC6Be98rb
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPaHuHeEie
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Tommy: A British soldier.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lOUs6FvH4
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWzZoemD0C
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0VB03dewN
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFjtYS4z9f
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4oCpviTkI
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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."1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8LEMXUAyY
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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.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVfwjzfbzS
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolBzmoqtRg
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxrmX80WY0
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