the vocabulary of the war
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The Vocabulary of the War. Or a brief idea of how we fought the war. Air Cavalry. Helicopter-borne infantry Helicopter gunship assault teams. Fire Base. Temporary artillery encampment for fire support for forward ground operations. LZ. Landing Zone for air cavalry. Search and Destroy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Vocabulary of the War
Or a brief idea of how we fought the war.
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Air Cavalry
• Helicopter-borne infantry
• Helicopter gunship assault teams
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Fire Base
• Temporary artillery encampment for fire support for forward ground operations .
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LZ
• Landing Zone for air cavalry
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Search and Destroy
• US policy for ground operations. Search out the enemy and destroy anything the enemy find useful.
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Free Fire Zone
• US policy of declaring all persons in a certain area the enemy, thus allowing US troops to use their weaponry.
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Air Strike
• Air support of ground troops
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VC
• Vietcong, Charlie (lots of other racial slang terms used also) Lived in the south
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Vietminh
• Supporters of Ho Chi Minh, usually lived in the North.
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ARVN
• Army of the Republic of Vietnam
“we are supporting them, they are our friends.”
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We had
• Air Cav• Fire power
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They had
• The jungle• Tunnels • Booby traps• Nationalism