Used words
KIA-KilledInAction:Some58000U.STroopsDiedInCombatInVietnam
LZ-HelicopterLandingZone
MIA-MissingInActionMoreThan2400U.STroopsAreStillListedAsMissing
PARROT’SBEAK-SectionsOfLaosThatJutsIntoVietnamUsedAsASanctuaryByCommunistsTroopsToEludeU.SMilitary
PARISPEACETALKS-MeetingsInParisFranceWhereU.SSouthVietnamVietcongandNorth
VietnamSoughtWaysToEndTheWar.
M-16-BasicRifleUsedByU.S.TroopsInVietnam.
THEWORLD-TermUsedByAmericanTroopsToReferToTheU.S.
TET-MajorVietnameseHoliday.InJanuary1968CommunistTroopsShockedU.S.AndSouthVietnameseBySlagingFierceAttacksAllOverSouthVietnamOnTheTetHoliday.ThoughTheCommunistsWereForcedBackTheTetAttackShatteredU.S.AssuranceThatTheWarWasGoingWell.
R&R-AperiodOfLeaveOr"RestAndRelaxalion”ForU.S.Troops
MYLAI-VietnameseVillageWhereIn1968U.S.TroopsMurdered567CivilianMenWomenAndChildren
NVA-NorthVietnameseArmyAsOpposedToTheVietcong
AIRDALE-ArmyNicknameForMarineAndNavyAirmen
BOATPEOPLE-RefugeeswhofledVietnamafterthewar
FRIENDLYFIRE-Yourownforces'gunfireorbombing.
FREEFIREZONE-Areawhereenemyispresumedtobeandwhereanythingisalegitimatetarget.
FRAG-U.S.troops'useofhandgrenadestokilltheirownsergeantsorofficersfortheallegedunnecessaryriskingofsoldiers'fives.Armyrecordsshow600fraggingsbetween1969and1971
JOLLYGREENGIANT-LargeU.S.helicoptergunship.
HANOIHILTON-U.S.slangforaparticularly
odiousprisonforcapturedU.S.servicemen
HANOIHANNAH-FemaleNorthVietnameseradioannouncerwhosebroadcastsweredesignedtoerodemoraleofU.S.Troops.
GRUNTS-FrontlineU.S.troopswhohadthetoughestmostdangerousjobs.
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