LST Landing ship tank.
L, V, X Different types of ambush setups.
LZ Landing zone.
M-16 American 5.56-mm infantry rifle.
M-60 American 7.62-mm machine gun.
MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam.
Med Cap Medical civil assistance program for Vietnamese civilians.
MOS Military occupational specialty.
Moose Mistress
NCO Noncommissioned officer.
Nephrectomy Surgical removal of a kidney.
NPD Night perimeter defense.
NVA North Vietnamese Army.
OR Operating room.
Point The lead man in a patrol.
Pseudomonas Bacillus resistant to most antibiotics.
Recondo School A training school in country (Vietnam) to train LRRP’s. The largest is at Na Trang, where the training action is taken against the 17th NVA Division.
Red Legs Slang for Artillery. In the Civil War Union Artillery men had red stripes on their pants.
RPD A 7.62-mm Communist machine gun with a 100-round, belt-operated drum that fires the same round as the AK-47.
RPG A Communist self-propelled rocket.
RTO Radio telephone operator.
S-2 Designation of intelligence staff for a unit.
S-5 Designation of civic staff officer for a unit.
Salvo Firing a battery in unison.
SF Special Forces.
SI Seriously ill.
Slick Helicopter for transporting troops.
SOP Standard operating practice or procedure.
Stryker Frames Hospital beds set up so that a patient placed between two large metal arches can be easily turned over.
TAC Tactical air strikes.
Tango Boat Armored landing craft mounted with 50-caliber machine guns; also 40-caliber anti-aircraft gun used for direct fire.
Thorazine A tranquilizer.
Tiger Suits Camouflage fatigue uniforms.
Titers Amount of anti-body in serum.
TOC Tactical operation center, usually battalion level and above.
Track Any vehicle that moves on treads instead of wheels.
Triage The sorting out of patients according to the criticalness of their needs, i.e., those who need immediate surgery versus those who need only minimal care.
USARV United States Army Republic Vietnam.
VC Viet Cong.
Vena Cava The large vein draining blood back to the heart, the superior vena cava draining the whole upper half of the body, and the interior vena cava draining the lower extremities and trunk.
Ventricular Shunts Tubes, surgically placed, which drain excessive fluid from the ventricles of the brain.
VSI Very seriously ill. Army designation for those troopers who may die without immediate and definitive medical care.
WP White phosphorous.
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