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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv6bQzNWGP
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoG1bZ57TH
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZOV6yOdHc
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ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, usually pronounced "arvin."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulQPk7r5pc
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AWOL: Absent Without Leave.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtJAyhUOiH
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡragbij41os
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsHSS9vBDX
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Bird: girl/woman1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6qZMXeTGx
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bNfR859rn
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Chalk: The group of passengers for a single aircraft.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9mOuwlh8r
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Charlie: The enemy, from VC = Viet Cong = Victor Charlie in radio phonetics.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjJrNk9qY5
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CO: Commanding Officer.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1JY7bOu4H
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CP: Command Post1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPKlFRAuZ9
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoA6CrnH8k
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DMZ: The so-called Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SQv0jYd4D
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVny1f3tGz
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQsteCQD9t
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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."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1s6qdiEGH
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GVN: Government of Vietnam, the Saigon regime.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtkRRBAG95
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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."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN9P81ahPU
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Huey: UH-1 Helicopter, became Huey.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiaJsgwmfr
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IO: Intelligence Officer.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNET4qDdAZY
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFSPEhOAbj
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J: Jungle.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG4L9KD2E6
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KIA: Killed In Action.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hoWsV0R36
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Locstat: Location statement, present location.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8LexctZmn
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LO: Liaison Officer1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvxM0V41hI
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyzasajwg6
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LZ: Landing Zone1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YA3fwiQwD
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafMUwS6iew
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MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxi6B66jJc
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Military Region: The National Liberation Front had divided Vietnam into these areas for their own administrative and operational purposes.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdLZTvBfEu
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseqBhMNj4o
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MP: Military Police.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolVhC3abAE
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchmgHCA5QU
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXh6TiTiWG
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OC: Officer Commanding. A company has an OC, a battalion a CO, a division a COC---General Officer Commanding.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWYfQZDLwl
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Orders Group: A gathering for the purpose of passing on orders to subordinates.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJMsRz330p
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR9fm9q3ZK
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Irfowjkj
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYubajYKD2M
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PPS: Russian submachine gun of World War II vintage, firing a 7.62mm round.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xli3g2SLc
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PX: Post Exchange = US Canteen.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOMMHN5BSC
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RATTV: Royal Army Training Team, Vietnam.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fzproBac0
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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."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3r3qtDsLv
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwmmErwdJ5
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RMO: Regional Medical Officer, the battalion doctor.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylRtgmG9MD
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RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, responsible to the CO for discipline.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk1oD7Tm2d
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RV: Rendezvous1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiffgBw1Jy
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Slicks: Troop-carrying helicopters, as opposed to armed versions, the "gunships," called "pigs"1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uqGVu9x56
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Slope: U.S. term for Asian, similar to the British "wog."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxUBsoENT2
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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."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXWiSBUYkw
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Smoke: To shoot, kill1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hq7mRqNtx
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Tommy: A British soldier.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2I2DOGXvd
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Twenty mike mike: 20-millimeter cannon, from 20mm.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdaWrf4LoK
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VC: Viet Cong, the Vietnamese for Vietnamese Communist.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcquQuybAr
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VNAF: Vietnamese Air Force.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23FJQg5Nib
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRYfMOW873
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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."1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgKFokkivL
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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.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM85t3fnqLn
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WIA: Wounded in Action. 1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYVylEsFGY
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Yank(s): citizen(s) of the United States of America.1091Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCjdOd9giC
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