Vietnam war vocabulary
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PERIOD FOUR
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Scott Nelson Per.4
As an RTO, Mitchell Sanders carried the PRC-25 radio, a killer, 26 pounds
with its battery.
RTO
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AO Kelly Sturm
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“All the men were drafted to the army”
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“As PFC’s or Spec 4s, most of them were common grunts and carried the standard M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.”
PFC (Private First Class)
Anthony Bauer
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“They bring in the Cobras and F-4s, they use Willie Peter and HE and incendiaries. It’s all fire. They make those mountains burn” (75).
Danger
Jon DorschP.4
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Chi-Com
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“…they carried M-14s and CAR-15s and Swedish Ks and grease guns…” (7)
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“…and for some time they’d been receiving intelligence about an NVA buildup in the area.” (219)
Derek thomas
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COMBAT ZONELeah Wichterman P.4
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AWOL
Ryan O’Gara
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Rigged 105 Round
“He must’ve thought it was the sunlight that was killing him. It was not the sunlight that was killing him. It was a rigged 105 round.” (84)
Mike Kelly Period 4
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Grunts
By John Uittenbogaard 4
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Ariel Aranza
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“There was an inquiry, of course, and a week long air search, and for a time the Tra Bong
compound went crazy with MP and CID types.”-The Things They Carried (115)
MP Maggie Garin
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PLATOONS
Dan appleton
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“There was an EM club with beer and movies, sometimes even live floor
shows, the whole blurry slow motion of the rear.” ( page 191)
EM darin haugh
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“ He opened up a can of C rations, pork and beans, but the baby buffalo wasn’t interested.” (78)
Will Biernat P. 4
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“After we’d secured an LZ, Dave Jensen went over and kneeled at Struck’s side.”(pg 66)
LZ: Landing Zone
Alexandra Carls
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“… Tried to explain to her about things like ambushes and snipers and the stopping power of an AK-47.”
AK-47Danielle Caple
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C-130Kyle Martin
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“Well, the guy’s around here somewhere.’ ‘Better tell the LT.” (page 166)
LTLieutenant
David Sandberg
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CID
Matt Henning
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“While the outpost was isolated and vulnerable” (92).
Alex Suker
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NCO
“The highest ranking NCO was an E-6 named Eddie Diamond…”
Matt Rogers
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