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
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
• US policy for ground operations. Search out the enemy and destroy anything the enemy find useful.
Free Fire Zone
• US policy of declaring all persons in a certain area the enemy, thus allowing US troops to use their weaponry.
Air Strike
• Air support of ground troops
VC
• Vietcong, Charlie (lots of other racial slang terms used also) Lived in the south
Vietminh
• Supporters of Ho Chi Minh, usually lived in the North.
ARVN
• Army of the Republic of Vietnam
“we are supporting them, they are our friends.”
We had
• Air Cav• Fire power
They had
• The jungle• Tunnels • Booby traps• Nationalism