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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6wZlemVOp
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO1jNihodD
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6jEtfuUEx
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr2yVkmROu
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtPYAN0jtx
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5jWT6Ftlz
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmyaYepQ9G
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Bird: girl/woman1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHmPZE0yYc
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtCrXDO6GH
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfTfxhoNVS
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIx0HkBCiG
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CO: Commanding Officer.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsHQtZaLjZ
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CP: Command Post1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfKrYJIX8U
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnI4ahTpZN
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ8hwrazDK
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo7pLlRKSp
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC695xTZzU6
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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."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwweHeiXfhY
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcCLD8ZG4G
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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."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocaq6JY6nd
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyau2kmIVI
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNt2zRQxeL
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGgRBllseR
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J: Jungle.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrOjCeYjW7
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KIA: Killed In Action.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKXCSeTYSe
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCExA8Xar6X
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LO: Liaison Officer1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQSZ0PtoUO
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MBBtsRDgA
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LZ: Landing Zone1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvlAtaFMHO
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4Eaq6jFQr
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQsYhYHH0i
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGaNTCPg6f
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfK1Dye3dUx
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MP: Military Police.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oS88F76J4
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5tHFtXhN8
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNSSLRi11T
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvKCNdGSsD
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eytmYLTeW
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYWefyvS1y
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NiUL1scY9
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EQTWDr8e1
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRpXsElV1R
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZgMjvzqre
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL7wYWahJC
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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."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fVOA5sgra
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYBRa0lJRr
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHca7PxgBZU
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCBlFpXLuu
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RV: Rendezvous1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUq8uDk5RV
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFzkLnrCDz
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGqu4vR2Iq
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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."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRHY4ivVkj
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH9BwPtW2l
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Tommy: A British soldier.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeqBfroEOX
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp7uGs8rFp
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzKIdE21Pg
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf0SFc6qN0
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN97Oa3giS
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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."1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ0kS9Cpt6
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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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EtQ1xOYX1
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RvrNqZ1sS
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVpNn9HTCG
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