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- 3. slightly contemptuous term used by airborne-qualified troops when they are talking about regular infantry
- 6. derogatory term for an Asian
- 7. derogatory term for military personnel employed in rear echelon support capacities, usually used by Marines
- 8. a hut or simple dwelling, either military or civilian
- 10. a subdivision of a company-sized military unit, normally consisting of two or more squads or sections
- 11. a round of ammunition chemically treated to glow or give off smoke so that its flight can be followed.
- 14. to leave
- 15. high-altitude, low-opening jumping for insertion of troops behind enemy lines. The jump is begun from 15,000 feet.
- 17. kilometer
- 19. electronically controlled, extremely rapidly firing machine gun.
- 23. The day all American soldiers in Vietnam were waiting for.
- 24. members of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols
- 25. to be deployed into a tactical area by helicopter
- 27. a small dart-shaped projectile clustered in an explosive warhead
- 29. For God and _______
- 31. Usually a small clearing secured temporarily for the landing of resupply helicopters.
- 32. a night defensive perimeter
- 33. small arms lubricant
- 34. a mechanized landing craft used in harbors and inland waterways
- 37. new replacements.
- 38. A term for sneakers used in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps
- 40. unofficial trading, begging, bartering, or stealing from other branches of the service
- 46. goldbricking or sandbagging
- 48. a Cobra helicopter
- 49. a Vietnamese peasant's boat
- 53. a C-130
- 56. defector from the Viet Cong
- 57. military phonetic for the letter 'E'
- 59. dew
- 60. killed
- 61. President who removed Veterans Day from the Uniform Holiday Bill
- 62. any aircraft, but usually refers to helicopters
- 63. A term in the Army referring to signals intelligence radio operators trained to utilize Morse Code.
- 65. The scrip U.S. soldiers were paid in
- 67. the M-1 rifle
- 68. single-strand barbed wire strung in a meshwork pattern at about ankle height.
- 71. _____ Chicken – Term originating in the Navy referring to either chicken or chicken a la king.
- 73. a term used by everyone in Vietnam to tell all who would listen that his tour was almost over
- 74. firing a battery in unison
- 75. Completely out of whack, ****ed up, screwy
- 79. a combat infantryman
- 80. career military man.
- 81. Vietnamese hamlet or village
- 82. wounded in action
- 83. a top sergeant
- 85. Term for cold weather.
- 87. Armored Cavalry units requesting Napalm on a location
- 88. Viet Cong
- 89. Literally stands for "grasp of the ****ing obvious."
- 91. for one unit to come to the aid of another under enemy fire
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- 1. the number five
- 2. collapsible tube of morphine attached to a hypodermic needle.
- 3. infantry unit
- 4. Ba Mu'o'i Ba
- 5. F-4s
- 7. intelligence-based campaign to eliminate the Viet Cong infrastructure
- 9. meaning "to leave" or "to go"
- 10. a prohibition from certain types of military duty due to injury or disability
- 12. to return to the U.S. at the end of a year's tour in Vietnam
- 13. a pierced steel plate (PSP) platform over sand
- 14. a large propeller-driven aircraft with a Minigun mounted in the door. Capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute
- 16. Alcoholics.
- 17. kitchen police; mess hall duty
- 18. motorized rickshaw
- 19. a muzzle-loading cannon with a short tube in relation to its caliber that throws projectiles with low muzzle velocity at high angles.
- 20. a battle, or exchange of small arms fire with the enemy
- 21. Ho Chi Minh Road Sticks
- 22. stretchers to carry dead and wounded
- 26. an illumination flare, usually fired by a mortar or artillery weapon
- 27. the assassination of an officer by his own troops, usually by a grenade
- 28. Vietnamese woman employed by American military as maid or laundress
- 30. a mixture of powdered aluminum and metal oxide which produces great heat for use in welding and incendiary bombs
- 35. a small hand-held firing device for a claymore mine
- 36. To foster and _______ a one hundred percent Americanism
- 39. Slang for an M2 .50 caliber machine gun
- 41. graduate of a military academy.
- 42. removable charges attached to mortar fins. If they become wet, the mortar round misfires and falls short.
- 43. CH-47 cargo helicopter
- 44. an operation or a contact
- 45. armed helicopter
- 47. Month the Legion received it's charter from Congress
- 49. a Viet Cong or NVA commando, usually armed with explosives
- 50. Designation for new replacement from the states
- 51. used to describe any disorganized operation
- 52. Original name for Veterans Day
- 54. Viet Cong; the enemy
- 55. the second man back on a patrol, directly behind the point
- 56. an enemy high speed trail or road
- 58. infantryman. Originally slang for a Marine fighting in Vietnam
- 64. Leaving a post or position without official permission
- 66. medical evacuation from the field by helicopter
- 69. tribespeople of Chinese origin, from the highlands of North Vietnam
- 70. a short cannon used to fire shells at medium velocity and with relatively high trajectories
- 72. a Vietnamese mistress
- 74. a UH-1 helicopter used for transporting troops in tactical air assault operations.
- 76. A derogatory remark for recruits who cannot pass marksmanship training.
- 77. A hard-surfaced road.
- 78. nickname for the UH-1 series helicopters
- 84. a jellied petroleum substance which burns fiercely, and is used as a weapon against personnel.
- 85. march or hike carrying a rucksack; to perform any arduous task
- 86. unit of North Vietnamese money about equal to a penny
- 88. Term used to describe maps presented by military intelligence
- 90. Boom-Boom