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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrRguGfEnv
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruWnBNXWOF
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerD36Qgzms
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoWIyRXw0U
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR6Ow7GQMm
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRvNRngVIC
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpCNjTO8Hu
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Bird: girl/woman1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsdEKMGoRg
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wGjomHxTO
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGBWNm7Wp9
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CO: Commanding Officer.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDNPzdjIPT
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CP: Command Post1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S6pJwN44l
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKM7j5ThtM
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA7xeOO6Lh
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DW9EzhqMN
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN48V0B1hK
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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."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnBlmr5Fc7
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NcVBWJsja
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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."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoqxFoXEJG
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySBQCjzItM
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNKu5DOY3T
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehwsWRXzUn
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J: Jungle.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OF5Ld9YKE
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KIA: Killed In Action.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRlSwhLysm
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRjhgHW6zB
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LO: Liaison Officer1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWDdc6znHF
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X3MClvfly
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LZ: Landing Zone1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2BcuK8okX
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAlEksMJ4q
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjLnXqlDLX
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC2hlbRBhy
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGkgrsl9Cv
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MP: Military Police.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVyg2ODKP4
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJ7QE8fdK7
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w42r1ZoNa
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCGcq8hLzU
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5g2mLxhS6
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6stW6hC4NL
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcLfBu74yk
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cc9phM3ks
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYumdKmFtc
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK9PEZI518
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0dKjobByt
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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."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrOX9aXVTj
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4gc4Fk3qF
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdCnTgQsGs
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXfN9tJ7Bi
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RV: Rendezvous1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvm70JNZLp
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQitA672XZ
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQECapVmBSR
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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."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8BHmj5QWl
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7m1fewjIgQ
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Tommy: A British soldier.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhH850ISrsR
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6LvN8XlLP
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq2F3yPRid
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpW3d1pmnT
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeqEAcqDqZ
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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."1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LiZFZKauW
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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.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO32lSX8O2
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DC3FZIONR
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1062Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL9PRFFSmo
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