Vietnam war vocab
Across
- 4. derisive U.S slang term for Vietnamese
- 9. U.S plane capable of circling over a large and firing lens of thousands of shells into a small area
- 13. large U.S helicopter gunship
- 14. world Term used by American troops to refer to the U.S
- 16. Major Vietnamese holiday.
- 17. helicopter landing zone
- 18. anti war lectures in many U.S colleges and high schools.
- 20. Missing in action
Down
- 1. A defoliant the U.S sprayed on jungle areas to remove enemy hiding places
- 2. hidden explosive device designed to injure the enemy
- 3. nickname for female Red Cross workers who served in Vietnam.
- 5. state refers to killing and wounding of student anti war protesters at Kent state (Ohio) university By national guard troops
- 6. area where enemy is presumed to be and where anything is a legitimate target
- 7. Section of Laos that juts into Vietnam, used as a sanctuary by communist troops to elude U.S military.
- 8. dodgers. Term for young Americans who evaded military service during the war
- 10. a U.S attack helicopter
- 11. Basic riffle used by U.S troops in Vietnam
- 12. killed in action
- 15. refugees who lied Vietnam after the war
- 19. Army of the republic of (south) Vietnam, U.S ally during the war.