A number of my books are Vietnam related. Fire missions in Vietnam might be routine, such as marking rounds, nighttime defensive target zeroing (DTs), or harassment and interdiction missions (H&Is).

The Beehive round which projected steel darts superseded the older shrapnel or ‘canister’ shell, which ejected steel balls toward the enemy, in Vietnam. 427 STAND-DOWN: period of rest and refitting in which all operational activity, except for security, is stopped.

509. Rock n’ Roll – Weapon on full auto

Generally operated in the areas where they were recruited. FINI FLIGHT: an Air Force pilot's last mission in Vietnam.

Article just forwarded to me by USMC colleague. I understand it came from WW2 when a soldier died, his GI death insurance went to his family, and would pay off their farm (or buy the farm). ', Dictionary of Marine Corps Terms and Words Used in Vietnam. I may be incorrect but was told it meant, “tough shit” or similar meaning. A typical TOT might involve 4 batteries (24 guns), of different calibers; some firing rounds fused for ground burst, some for airburst. Mission accomplished, so we returned to the Company area. Chinese term for "All together. Usually derogatory. Many units reserved red smoke grenades for marking targets for gunships.

In Hawaii we were trained as a jungle fighting, guerrilla warfare unit.

Non-qual:  marine who fails to fire a qualifying score at the rifle range.
Or “Mermite’s”? ? LIMA-LIMA: low level, as in aircraft altitude GCI - Ground-Controlled Intercept. Referred to as such by tiger scouts. ( Log Out /  NUC or NOUC: water. RLO was a Real Live Officer (commissioned type) a term of deep and abiding admiration.

Mama San – GI reference to all older Vietnamese women, Marvin the Arvin:  Stereotyped soldier in the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN), Mau len (pronounced “maow len”): Vietnamese for fast, or speed. 503. So many in the Battalion knew I was always their. GUN TRUCKS: the deuce-and-a-halfs that would accompany convoys.

GP: general purpose, as in general purpose tent: large rectangular tent sleeping 10 to 12 men with an aisle down the middle.

521. SERETTE: little disposable needle with morphine. 519 O2: Cessna Skymaster, also known as push-me-pull-you. These lines are *never* referred to as "rope.".

RJ. Trops:  khaki tropical summer dress uniform.

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”. ALPHA BOAT - Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB).

Also known as "Eye" Corps, I Corps was one of the four major military and administrative units of the Vietnamese government in the 1960s and early 1970s. There were four ELDs assigned to the Army in VN.

(Morse Intercept) in the Army Security Agency.

Referred to as such by tiger scouts.

Fun to relearn the lingo!

Still, before the Tet Offensive, Hue was considered secure for South Vietnam.

Usually a six-member team of two U.S. Army officers, three enlisted men, and an interpreter responsible for training territorial forces (RF and PF). Zone And Sweep directed the battery to fire a Battery One pattern on the target and also one kill radius beyond, below, left and right of the target, expending 30 rounds, patterning an “X” on the target and surrounding area. Civil Operations and Rural Development Support was the MACV advisory effort to the government of VietNam's pacification program.

And a saying we had when inspections of our Qubicles were going to take place was “just leave me the fuck alone”!!!!!!!!! Pg. FTA: Fuck The Army, DUSTOFF Stands for Duty Uniform Services To Others Friend & Foe.

HIGH ANGLE FIRE: artillery trajectory wherein the shell travels higher than its distance down range.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel wrote: Good memories some bad memories. “Hard Truck or Gun Truck .. they are here…about halfway up.. An ” Ark-Light ” a B-52 bomb site. & 25th Div. He was now a Major.

I carried a M79, and was in A Company 2/27 in Cu Chi ’67-67.My nickname was canister because I always carried canister double aught buck shot for jungle warfare. This was commonly called a heavy team.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I wus called Sargent Bull,,by me men i like thes article n thks. Coka: Vietnamese pronunciation of “Coke.”, Coup qualified: very old Viet hands, and only those who served in Saigon during a violent overthrow of a Vietnamese government, are said to be “coup qualified.”. 519. FIRECRACKER: A 155mm or 8inch shell carrying a large number of golfball sized bomblets, which it ejects at altitude over the target area.

"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. Pg. Marines when we landed in Viet Nam April 1965. Our fatigues were severely worn and without unit patches, rank and name tags – no identities.

light machine guns rechambered for NATO 7.62 mm in the well deck.

118 DI WEE: captain.

WART HOG: A-10 aircraft. 506.

K. – I did add tunnel rat to the list with definition and picture. CAS: Close Air Support, missions flown in support of infantry forces in contact with NVA or VC hostiles. A computerized system whereby CORDS personnel at MACV HQ "tracked" the progress of the pacification programs in hamlets throughout South VietNam. 95, CONTACT: condition of being in contact with the enemy, a firefight, also "in the shit. They tend to be dry, but researching such a wide range of books from the World War II era to the present certainly expands ones experience.

Appreciate your response! Also referred to as Green Beanies. 514. Pg. Namesake of World War I counterpart; helped the morale of the troops. Taken every Monday, produced persistant diarrhea. Also used to fell trees by wrapping 3 turns per foot of tree diameter around the tree and firing.

M-1: World War II vintage American rifle/carbine.

ILLUM always burst at altitude with a ‘soft’ ejection charge igniting and pushing the flare out of the rear of the shell body. Calugas, U.S. Army Philippine Scout, held off the Japanese, as POW he set up a spy network for Philippine Guerrillas, FBI Agent James H. Davis, who helped orchestrate the take down of Saddam Hussein had died.

This is based on the 03 series of MOS. LO DUN: land mines.

Interesting list! Pg.

Monopoly Money:  MPC – Military Payment Certificates used by the military in Vietnam. Many uses, but used mainly to replace the sling on an M-16. I really need to know the answer. Pg. Mind was( LA ( being from Los Angeles was member of A co 2/27th wolfhounds and then B Co 4/31st infantry Americal, Had a friend we called slick he was 20 yrs old didn’t have a hair on his head another friend we called oldsmobile.

GUNSHIP: an armed helicopter or adapted fixed-wing aircraft. BUSHMAASTERS: any elite unit skilled in jungle operations. One grunt told me that load meant putting the magazine in, chambering a round, and lock meant putting the safety on. Often troops jumped from a Huey just above the ground as it "bounced" in ground effect and then left, with the entire ground time reduced to a matter of seconds. The Pig-M-60 MG Pg. GUNG HO – (add), “enthusiastic” or “overzealous” — On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel wrote: It’s Great! GVN: Government of South Vietnam.

GREEN-EYE: Starlight scope. Often used in booby traps and often employed with the point smeared with feces as a poisoning element. 523.

503. Shaming: Goofing off or getting by with the least amount of effort. As of 2015, there are 58,272 names listed on the memorial. On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel wrote: I’m pretty sure the Navy had only 40mm Honeywells both in hand-crank and auto depending on the firing platform.

Recon  (also force recon):  force reconnaissance marine. The maximum number of US soldiers in Vietnam at one time was 500, 000. Artillery missions also included the firing of parachute flares (Illumination or ‘Illum’) to provide light at night, Marking Round missions to provide an airburst over a designated map location in order to allow the infantry to take a compass reading and verify their own map location. 513 JUSPAO: Joint United States Public Affairs Office.

511, HAWSERS: heavy line used in mooring a ship; often 4 or 6 inches in diameter or more.

So, it might have also come into use during the later part of the Vietnam era and afterwards. When a soldier was hit, the call went out for a Dustoff, and any helicopter in the area without a higher priority mission could respond. The photo below is of the DaNang Airbase. I had absolutely NO idea what he was talking about, but I suspected from everyone’s grinning that this question had a sexual connotation, so I unhesitatingly answered, “I don’t discuss my private life with anyone.”. Pg. / John.
515 MECH: mechanized infantry. 67-68. BUF: a B-52 aircraft (mnemonic for Big Ugly Fucker). Pg. 505.

Vietnam – ’66-’68 (Tet) and back again ’71-’72.

One was I’m so short I can sit at the edge of a dime and dangle my feet.

My DEROS was 7 May 1966 and my ETS was 28 Aug 1967. This is based on the 03 series of MOS. Thank you for writing your experiences and definitions, not much really changes. Was FTA included in the list of terms? Pg. The bomb blew horizontally, not creating a crater but making an instant LZ. M11: large, anti-malaria pill (Chloroquine). This was part of President Richard Nixon's plan to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 508, (THE) DRAG: squad behind the main maneuver element to ensure rear safety. Pg. Nearly one million people, primarily Montagnard tribesmen, lived in the 20,000 square miles of the Central Highlands in 1968. Thanks, Charles!

Our TAOR (tactical area of responsibility) was very limited and we were not trained for a long term defensive posture. LIFER: career soldier.

FIRE BASE or FB: (sometimes called a fire support base) temporary artillery firing position often secured by infantry. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. It has triple meaning to Marines: 1. to snuff is the mission, 2. we don't grunt under our loads, and 3. a wry reference to the historical willingness of Marine leaders to expend their lives for what may seem like small gains (arising from the fact that this small service just doesn't have the logistical ability to throw much ordnance on an objective beforehand).

This was not always possible; but it was worth the effort because 6 (and even 10) men could be, and often where, outnumbered. As I recall he did not appreciate my answer and the humor behind it. Pg. 506, CINCPAC: Commander in Chief, Pacific. Liberty:  authorized absence of less than 24 hours.

The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion.

A ‘Rat’ or ‘Tunnel Rat’ were the ones sent in to clear the VC tunnels.

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