EM: Enlisted man.
Trung sisters (d. 42 C.E.) Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord who lived at the beginning of the first century. (Chapter: The Man I Killed and Ambush)
Tran Hung Dao Famous general who defeated two Mongol invasions in late thirteenth-century Vietnam. (Chapter: The Man I Killed and Ambush)
Gook: Racial slur for Vietnamese people
Gook: Racial slur for Vietnamese people
Tot Dong Field in 1426 where the Vietnamese routed the Chinese. Two years later, the Chinese recognized Vietnam's independence. (Chapter: The Man I Killed and Ambush)
48th Viet Cong Battalion One of the most effective Viet Cong military units.
AO: area of operations
Hump: march or hike carrying a rucksack; to perform any arduous task
M-16: the standard U.S. military rifle used in Vietnam from 1966 on. M-60 the standard lightweight machine gun used by U.S. forces in Vietnam
M-79: a U.S. military hand-held grenade launcher
mama san: slang used by American servicemen for any older Vietnamese woman
AO: area of operations
Hump: march or hike carrying a rucksack; to perform any arduous task
M-16: the standard U.S. military rifle used in Vietnam from 1966 on. M-60 the standard lightweight machine gun used by U.S. forces in Vietnam
M-79: a U.S. military hand-held grenade launcher
mama san: slang used by American servicemen for any older Vietnamese woman
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ReplyDeleteI think it's cool that you posted up some of the terminology that is used frequently!
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