A couple of things to add: sick-‘lil’-girl referred to a prostitute with the clap, BUBAR, short timers stick. These stations were part of the chain of stations across
the Pacific Ocean. about this ... each separate below ... and each, mostly, from
their own experiences and remembrances of Vietnam. That wasn't the end of the rescue, though. Also see Red. – or 25 DOLLARS? Territorial Forces Evaluation System. ', Dictionary of Marine Corps Terms and Words Used in Vietnam. 520
SIN LOI, MINOI: too bad, honey. Seriously, though, thanks for the catch. Triple A was anti-aircraft artillery. TIGER BALM: a foul-smelling oil used by many Vietnamese to ward off evil spirits. I figure it is reasonably comprehensive and well thought out! Such tie-down points, for instance, would line a pier and provide
places for mooring lines to attach to. These lines are *never* referred to as "rope.". TEE-TEE: Vietnamese term for "A little bit.". Pg. See if any of your cannon cockers remembers a 101st Chinook making the “Bus Run” from Dong Ha to DaNang? chump – someone who was a loser, an idiot, a fool 515
MIHN OI: sweetheart. 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers. OUT-COUNTRY: the Southeast Asian conflict outside South Vietnam (i.e.,
Laos and North Vietnam, sometimes Thailand, Cambodia, and China)
Pg. Tony Thomson. For Lifers and junior lifers or remfs. FRIENDLIES: U.S. troops, allies, or anyone not on the other side. Awesome job, thanks so much for all your work! 508, C's: C-rations, C-rats, Charlie rats, or combat rations--canned meals used in
military operations. Reblogged this on The Soulful Veteran's Blog. Troops were then inserted into the ‘sanitized’ LZ before the smoke cleared. GOD BLESS to all my brothers and sisters ! Piss tube: field urinal; rocket launcher (bazooka), which resembles one. Vietnam War Slang lays out . SAM was Surface to Air Missile. FUZE-DELAY: Point-detonating nose-fuse, explodes about .010-.015 seconds after impact, allowing the shell to penetrate the target and detonate inside it. Their mating call during the night sounds like…, Prank used by tankers to send Cherries on a wild goose chase, designation for new replacement from the states. Members would fill a bar which had raised its prices and sit sipping beer without buying Tea. MACV-CORDS computer program designed to monitor the strength, size, location
and effectiveness of the RF/PFs. First Engineer Combat Division Ft Riley Ks. Toe Poppers: U.S. Booby trap meant to maim an individual when stepping on them. (Morse Intercept) in the Army Security Agency. Ao dai (“owzeye”): the native costume of Vietnamese women. Pg. This novel with a background in the Vietnam War is now being reissued in a smaller, mass-market paperback format. Rachel Anderson is a previous winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. It was used for firebase and convoy security. John. Puk Gook — North (Korea country (considered to be derogatory use); The dollar MPC (military payment certificate) was the size of greenback dollars. IT IS NOT A COSTUME it is a formal dress. (I’m from Poland, sorry for that if the Vietnamise shooting to You from Polish made AK’s… if, but this is no My nation foul that we where in Soviet Part of Europe.. it was that Roosevelt sold Us at Potsdam and Yalta in 1943 and 1945, we do not wanted to have communism in Poland… but We had destroyed the communism in 1989, so sorry for the Polish AK’s). 521
SOS: "Shit On A Shingle." Can anyone clarify this meaning for me. Pg. The word Gook is still used in 2017 to make reference to all Asians in general, because of the Korean War GI belief that Gook was an acceptable term and probably did not realize that the word simply means “country”. VVA: Vietnam Veterans of America. Shortly after the war I read where the Sergeant Major of the Army was charged with getting ‘kickbacks’ from some makers of products we used in Nam. MERRY CHRISTMAS , HAPPY NEW YEAR . Talking about a fish out of water I was lost but had to learn it right quick. Thanks again. P’s: piasters; basic Vietnamese monetary unit. 517
PSDF: Peoples Self Defense Force. Those identified as beer and whiskey drinkers (alcoholics). Great coverage on these articles. 511. © 2021 CherriesWriter - Vietnam War website. Usually flying
a low-level, low-speed aircraft, such as a single-engine Cessna O-1 Bird
Dog spotter plane, the FAC identified Vietcong or North Vietnamese
positions and relayed the information to attack aircraft, helicopter
gunships, or high-altitude bombers. BLINKER FLUID: for the new guys to go get The 175mm gun (M107-SP) was self-propelled, weighed 62,100 lbs and could fire 1 round every two minutes to a range of 32,700 meters (20.3 miles). Just wish everyone who was there would have made it home safe………. MIKE-MIKE: millimeters, as in "..a 60 Mike Mike" (60mm mortar). At the same time, the
9th & 10th, as I recall, VC Divs made an attack on Quan Dau Ting, which
caused the 1st Inf Div to pull back to relieve what I recall as a Light
Inf Bde -- maybe the 176 or 173 -- many years have passed. Other NVA
troops blockaded Highway 1 north and south of the city and attacked
several hundred other sites in the city. Great list! 505. aka "Thumper" or "Thumpgun", MAC-SOG: Military Assistance Command Studies and Observation Group. NO SWEAT: can do...easily done or accomplished. lip flappin – talking and going on about something unimportant :
enlistedmen's grades, E1-Trainee, E2-Private, E3-Private First Class,
E4-Corporal or Specialist-4, E5 Sergeant or Specialist-5, etc. Major comm and electronic warfare base. ENSIGN: entry level officer rank in the Navy and Coast Guard. didi- slang from the Vietnamese word di, meaning "to leave" or "to go" didi mau- slang Vietnamese for "go quickly" dink- derogatory term for an Asian dinky dau-to be crazy district team- American personnel assigned to act as advisors to Vietnamese military and civilian officials at the district level. SLOPE: a derogatory term used to refer to any Asian. Seven-eighty-two gear: field equipment; canvas web gear. nickname for the 1st Infantry Division,
based on the red numeral "1" on the division shoulder patch. ruck / rucksack: backpack issued to infantry in Vietnam Ruff Puff: American slang expression for RF/PF (Vietnamese Regional and Popular Forces). do me a solid – asking for a favor FIGMO: acronym for “Finally I got my orders.” Especially in “figmo chart,” a shortimer’s calendar, usually a drawing of an undraped female form, with numbered sections which are filled in, one each day, as the shorttimer keeps track of days to go. CAMMIES: camouflage uniforms. Two dates that I will not forget, along with wedding date, birthdays, etc. REVETMENT: Parking locations for aircraft at a military installation. Contributions are also welcomed from our viewers. The Crotch: derogatory term for marine corps. Yard: short for Montagnard, a French word meaning; “mountaineer.” Member of any one of a number of semi-nomadic, aboriginal tribes which live in the mountains of Vietnam. What is Viet Cong slang for? Yep, we had our own way of speaking, part American, part Vietnamese and part hootched up! Called flechettes, this round was used against
personnel targets. Fired our smallest mortar round. LIFER: career soldier. “Check it out” – To examine something/anything or a roundabout way of agreement like “there it is.”, “pissers” tube in the ground to pee in (on camp etc.) I was a cook, and one of the other cooks, who we called “Twist”, would say, “I’ve got a case of the ass.” meaning he was angry. SPC-(4,6,...): Specialist Rank, having no command function. Pg. Pgs. 520
SAR: search and rescue. Found inside – Page 498... ELectrical EVA MObility unit Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Slang) The CIA ... aka “Hot Mike” Vietnam Veterans Against the War - protest organization ... Out-of-country R & R was at Bangkok, Hawaii, Tokyo,
Australia, Hong Kong, Manila, Penang, Taipei, Kuala Lampur or
Singapore. It comes from the French Vietnamese phrase, "beaucoup dinky dau," which means "very crazy." So, to be a "dink" is to be crazy. Also,
an artillery term for motion/sound/seismic sensors placed along suspected
enemy trails or areas. Deo Mami – mother fucker WO: Warrant Officer. Swift Boats: Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) were all-aluminum, 50-foot (15 m) long, shallow-draft vessels, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the brown-water navy to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for counterinsurgency operations during the Vietnam War. DOD: Department of Defense. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. HOG – Huey gunship with a 2 -19 shot rocket pods or Cobra with 4- 19 shot rocket pods Often the object of fruitless searches undertaken by recruits at the behest of more experienced service members. Usually stated by girls when boys wanted to date them THUD: F-105 aircraft. SPOOKY: C-47 gunship - 7.62 mini guns mounted in side windows. Friendly indigenous forces, usually organized and led by Army Special Forces teams. I could have been in that picture of the airplane coming home. AK47 The standard semi-automatic rifle used by the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. (Head Mother F*cker What’s in Charge) 7.62 MINIS: the AK-47; refers to the caliber bullet the AK used. The author, a highly decorated sailor, relates the history of his thirteen-month tour of duty in wartime Vietnam in 19661967. Taken every Monday, produced
persistant diarrhea. The horse-mounted cavalry gave
way during the twentieth century to armored
personnel carriers and tanks. PRC-25: nicknamed Prick. Usually referring to someone who had “made rate” unusually fast, as a “slick sleeve first class” had made PO1 in less than 4 years. Pg. The NVA and
Vietcong suffered 5,000 dead; the United States, 216 dead and 1,364
seriously wounded; and the ARVN, 384 dead and 1,830 seriously wounded. The first denotes somebody extremely high on drugs or drunk from booze and unable to function properly. LEANING SHITHOUSE: nickname of the 1st Log (logistics)(patch). freaked out – Surprised, dumbstruck and scared, defined as a wildly irrational reaction or spell of behavior. Batteries were grouped into Battalions, supporting a particular AO within the Division. Two B-52 units, the 320th Bomb Wing and the 2nd Bomb Wing, had their
aircraft modified to carry "iron bombs," conventional high explosive
bombs. Pg. For routine missions the coordinates were encoded or “Shackled” to prevent any tip-off of the troops’ location. The 105mm howitzer was the most commonly deployed type in Vietnam, weighed about 5,000 lbs, and could fire a shell 11,500 meters (7 miles) at a rate of 3 rounds per minute. These stations were part of the chain of stations across
the Pacific Ocean. I ended up going to Nam as a replacement and was sent off to the 3/4 Cav, 25th ID. All of our training was based on Viet Nam lessons learned and tactics. 516. PUFF (the Magic Dragon): AC-47 aircraft fitted with side-firing miniguns and flares. Pg. Ho Chi Minh City Hall. Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911-October 4, 2013) was a Vietnamese general who led the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. 514. The fluttering, spinning fall has the appearance of a butterfly in flight. In 1968 the Navy deployed two new river assault
squadrons with tango boats built from the keel up specifically for riverine
operation. Use your metro bus
transfers to change buses at a transfer point. On Jul 4, 2016 8:49 PM, “Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel” wrote: Thank you so much for this. The UH-1
became the premier helicopter for this. Shorttimer: marine nearing the end of an enlistment period. Khong lau: (pronounced “kohng laow”): Vietnamese for “nevah hoppen.”, KIWIS: New Zealander Soldier and America’s ally, Lai day: (pronounced “lye dye”): Vietnamese for “come here.”, Lam on: (pronounced “lahm oon”): Vietnamese for “please.”. "LORAN" operated in two modes: "A" and "C." "A" model
began operation in World War II and was eventually replaced in some areas
of the world by "C" model
"LORAN" is being made obsolete by the global positioning system (GPS), and
the USCG closed its last Pacific "LORAN" station at Marcus Island in
September 1993 and transferred to the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency. Pg. A word derived from French 'beaucoup', meaning plenty. Also referred as a serviceman who tried to be a straight arrow and failed. Skivvie honcho: a lothario; a ladies man. Jack Benny up 10.5 would reference frequency 49.5…same would apply for down plus a number to subtract. Pg. Pg. Pg. Fun list to read, brings back memories – One point on the word “Gook” used to refer to Asians in general, actually came about in the Korean War, The Koreans, upon seeing Americans shouted, “Me Gook!” It means America and beautiful country in literal translation. Bouncing Betty Mines: The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine in German) is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. PUCKER FACTOR: assessment of the 'fear factor,' as in the difficulty/risk in an
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