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ABN |
Airborne |
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ACD |
1st Air Cavalry Division |
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ADC |
Assistant division commander |
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AMERI |
Americal Division |
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AMMO |
Ammunition |
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ARTY |
Artillery |
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ARVN |
Army, Republic of Vietnam |
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AT |
Antitank |
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BARC |
Barge, Amphibious Resupply Cargo |
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BDE |
Brigade |
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Bladder boat |
Inflatable non-self-propelled watercraft |
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BN |
Battalion |
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B40/41 |
Grenade propelled by rocket |
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C.A. |
Combined Action |
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CAV |
Cavalry |
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CIDG |
Civilian Irregular Defense Group (Vietnamese) |
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CH-47 |
Cargo helicopter |
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CO |
Company |
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CP |
Command post |
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CRP |
Corps |
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CTZ |
Corps tactical zone |
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C-7A or Caribou |
Small cargo aircraft |
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C-123 |
Medium cargo aircraft |
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C-130 |
Large cargo aircraft |
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DMZ |
Demilitarized zone |
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FFV |
Field Force, Vietnam |
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Flareship |
Aircraft configured to drop illumination flares |
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FSB |
Fire support base |
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FWMAF |
Free World Military Assistance Forces |
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HOW |
Howitzer |
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HQ |
Headquarters |
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LARC |
Lighter, amphibious, resupply cargo |
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LAW |
Light anti-tank weapon |
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LCU |
Landing craft, utility |
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LCM |
Landing craft, mechanized |
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LOTS |
Logistical-over-the-shore |
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LST |
Landing ship, tank |
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LZ |
Landing zone |
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MACV |
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
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MACV FWD |
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Forward Command Post |
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III MAF |
III Marine Amphibious Force |
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MAR |
Marine |
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MAW |
Marine Air Wing |
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M16 |
Rapid firing light automatic rifle |
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NVA |
North Vietnamese Army |
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Ontos |
6-Tubed 106-mm. recoilless rifle |
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PBR |
Patrol boat, river |
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PCV |
Provisional Corps, Vietnam |
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POL |
Petroleum, oil, lubricants |
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PROV |
Provisional |
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PT-76 |
Russian manufactured light amphibious tank |
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QUAD-50 |
4 barrelled 50-Caliber air defense machine gun |
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Readout |
A device that displays in digits data computed or registered |
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RECON |
Reconnaissance |
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ROK |
Republic of Korea |
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RPG |
Rocket propelled grenade |
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RR |
Recoilless rifle |
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Seabees |
Navy construction battalion |
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SF |
Special Forces |
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Signal Hill |
High terrain upon which communication antennas are mounted |
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SVN |
South Vietnam |
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Tet |
Lunar new year |
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TF |
Task Force |
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TOC |
Tactical operations center |
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UH-1H |
Utility helicopter |
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USA |
United States Army |
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USAF |
United States Air Force |
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USARV |
United States Army, Vietnam |
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USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
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USN |
United States Navy |
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VC |
Viet Cong |
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VN |
Vietnamese |
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VNN |
Vietnamese Navy |
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X-RAY |
A Marine task force in 1968 |
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