Credit: 5 A. Major concepts/content

1. Understand the geography, cultural and historical development of Vietnam.

2. Recognize the makeup of United States forces in Vietnam.

3. Examine the United States military effort to right the war in Vietnam.

4. Examine the homefront of the United States during the Vietnam War.

5. Recognize the media's role in the Vietnam War.

6. Examine the Vietnam War through American literature and film.

7. Understand the tremendous damages and costs of the Vietnam War.

8. Examine crucial decisions made by the United States government during the Vietnam conflict.

9. Recognize the importance of the Vietnam War on our lives today.

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   Port city of North Vietnam
   
2. 
   Major river of South Vietnam
   
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   Most influential country in Vietnam’s culture
   
4. 
   Ancient imperial capital of Vietnam
   
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   Ideas of competition, wealth, and private property in Vietnam
   
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   Significance/information about Vo Nguyen Giap
   
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   Main mode of transportation for Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu
   
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   Capital of South Vietnam
   
9. 
   Natural boundary separating Laos/Cambodia from V
   
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    Major river of North Vietnam
    
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    Religion practiced by most Vietnamese
    
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    Idea of revolution to V’s culture
    
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    Military leader of Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu
    
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    French problem(s) at Dien Bien Phu
    
15. 
    Why did the U.S. help to stop unifying elections in 1956
    
16. 
    Significance of U.S.S. Maddox and C. Turner Joy
    
17. 
    The 5 P’s of going to war and their definitions
    
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    Most decisive high-tech weapons of the late 1950’s-early 1960’s
    
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    Characteristics of the ARVN
    
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    Secretary of Defense for LBJ
    
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    Characteristics of the “Cross-over points”
    
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    Fate of President Diem in November 1963
    
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    Level of Congressional support for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    
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    Late 1950’s-early 1960’s U.S. great advantage we believed would win a war of attrition
    
25. 
    List army units in order of size from squad to division and their characteristics
    
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    Similarities/differences of VC tactics used against the French and U.S.
    
27. 
    Who provided the most support to the VC
    
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    Three part overall strategy of the U.S. military
    
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    U.S. measurement of success or failure in battle
    
30. 
    Define “fragging”
    
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    U.S. military commander, 1964-68
    
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    Event that was the turning point in U.S. public support of war effort
    
33. 
    Once contact with the enemy was made, what was the next move typically made by U.S. units
    
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    VC advantages in battle
    
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    Three part goal of “Rolling Thunder”
    
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    Measure of success for U.S. pilots
    
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    Most controversial battle of the war
    
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    Peak year of U.S. casualties and controversy
    
39. 
    Define and give characteristics of “Vietnamization”
    
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    Key U.S. player in peace negotiations
    
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    How did LBJ escape having to get a Congressional Declaration of War
    
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    Which SEATO member did not send combat troops to V
    
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    How did Nixon expand the war
    
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    Most dangerous threat to B-52’s during “Linebacker II”
    
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    How was LBJ limited by not having a declaration of war
    
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    Name of the official draft agency of the U.S.
    
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    What percentage (rounded) of draft-age men were able to legally avoid the draft
    
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    Regions of the U.S. most draftees were taken from
    
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    Characteristics of typical U.S. soldier
    
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    How were U.S. soldiers taught to think of Vietnamese
    
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    How U.S. soldiers treated Vietnamese
    
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    Level of public support for presidential decisions throughout the war (Kennedy-Nixon)
    
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    What period of the war had the highest level of morale for the U.S.?
    
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    Characteristics of a typical person on a local draft board
    
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    Characteristics of the Conscientious Objection deferment
    
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    Chances of survival of a black soldier as the war progressed
    
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    Where did most racial incidents take place
    
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    During which period of the war did drug use among U.S. personnel reach its peak
    
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    Name of the official draft agency of the U.S.
    
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    Which other wars have been protested by Americans
    
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    The most visible and vocal group in opposition to the war
    
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    Importance/role of SDS in the anti-war movement
    
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    Most popular anti-war candidate in 1968
    
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    Famous anti-war activist/actress
    
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    Famous athlete banned from his sport for anti-war views
    
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    Primary group responsible for organizing the anti-war movement
    
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    Colleges famous for anti-war demonstrations and deaths that occurred at them
    
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    Two anti-war leaders that were assassinated in 1968
    
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    Site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
    
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    Government agencies that tried to infiltrate anti-war groups
    
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    Where most Americans receive their info on government policies
    
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    Level of support given to the government and military by the media during the war
    
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    Symptoms of PTSD
    
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    Beliefs of liberals and conservatives about the war
    
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    Difficulties faced by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam and back home
    

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   Huey: Helicopter, a.k.a. slicks (light transport) or cobras (attack helicopter or gunship, AH-1G)
   
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   B-52: Heavy bomber used by S.A.C. (Strategic Air Command)
   
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   Napalm: Gelled gasoline, used as defoliant, engulfs large areas in flame, sucks all oxygen from the air and emits a thick black smoke, clings to what ever it touches
   
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   Ho Chi Minh: N. Vietnamese nationalist, Communist trained leader of Vietminh
   
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   Ngo Dinh Diem: President of S. Vietnam, propped up by U.S., later assassinated
   
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   Hanoi: Capital of North Vietnam
   
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   Saigon: Capital of South Vietnam
   
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   Dien Bien Phu: Valley in N. Vietnam, site of major French defeat
   
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   DMZ: Demilitarized Zone, located at the 17^th parallel, divided N. & S. Vietnam, no military equipment allowed
   
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    Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk, self-immolates in a busy intersection in protest to Pres. Diem’s treatment of Buddhists
    
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    VietCong: Vietnamese guerrilla soldiers, Communists,
    
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    JFK: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States, builds U.S. military advisory involvement
    
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    LBJ: Lyndon Baines Johnson, V.P. under Kennedy, assumes presidency after J.F.K.’s assassination, further involves U.S. military in Vietnam
    
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    Vo Nguyen Giap: N. Vietnamese Defense Minister under Ho Chi Minh, overall military commander of NVA
    
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    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: gives president “blank check” to use necessary and proper actions to stop enemy aggression in S. Vietnam, not a declaration of war
    
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    Green Berets: U.S. Army special forces, begun by J.F.K., used for covert operations
    
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    ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, S. Vietnam’s army
    
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    NVA: North Vietnamese Army, regular uniformed communist troops
    
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    MAC-V: Military Assistance Command-Vietnam, unified command subject to direction of the Commander in Chief, Pacific
    
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    M-16: standard issue infantry rifle for U.S. soldiers, made of stamped, pressed or forged components with plastic instead of wood, auto and semi-auto rate of fire,
    
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    M-60: tripod mounted (heavy) or folding bipod mounted (light) machine gun used primarily to defend fixed positions, belt fed and easily transported
    
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    AK-47: Russian assault rifle used by NVA and VC troops, a.k.a. “Kalishnikov”, sturdy, reliable, compact and light weight, rapid rate of fire and severe damage from wounds meant less training time required, adapted to adverse climate and terrain in Vietnam very well
    
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    William Westmoreland: General U.S. Army, appointed MAC-V commander 1964, commanded military and construction operations in S. Vietnam, used a holding action combined with spoiling attacks to prevent enemy offensives while building the necessary infrastructure to support a large military force, later moved to a strategy of attrition, sent U.S. & ARVN on “search & destroy” missions
    
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    Robert Strange McNamara: Defense Secretary for J.F.K., primary architect of U.S. policy in Vietnam, relied heavily on technology and superior American firepower, advocate of counterinsurgency, Tonkin Resolution and bombing of N. Vietnam, went from confidence in U.S. policy to total disgust with S. Vietnamese corruption and the government
    
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    Body Count: number of killed enemy soldiers, used to show success in Vietnam, often inaccurate and inflated
    
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    M.I.A.: Missing in Action, no evidence of what happened to a soldier, 2,483 Americans still unaccounted
    
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    K.I.A.: Killed in Action, soldier was killed during combat either conventionally (bullets, artillery shells, etc) or unconventionally (booby traps, mines)
    
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    W.I.A.: Wounded in Action, soldier sustains a wound in combat
    
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    P.O.W.: Prisoner of War, central demand of U.S. negotiations in Paris Peace Accords, 566 military and 25 civilian POW’s were returned, either captured during combat or on missions into Cambodia or shot down in aircraft, huge discrepancy between number listed as MIA/POW and number released (alive or remains)
    
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    Agent Orange: chemical defoliant used to reduce natural advantage dense jungles provided for Vietnamese guerrillas during Operation: Ranch Hand or to destroy food supply of Vietcong, Agents Orange & White  used on forests, Agent Blue  crop destruction, all had severe ecological impact, more than 46% of S. Vietnam’s forest area was sprayed, reports of lesions, chromosome alterations and deformities in infants
    
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    Tet: Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Jan. 30, 1968 V.C. launch coordinated offensive across all of S. Vietnam, military defeat for V.C. but a huge strategic victory, exposes the determination of V.C. & N.V.A. and demoralizes American public opinion
    
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    Friendly Fire: air, artillery or small-arms fire from American forces directed at American forces
    
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    Hanoi Hilton: Hoa Lo Prison, housed over 700 American P.O.W.s, brutal conditions where prisoners were often tortured and beaten
    
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    My Lai: rural hamlet believed to be a strong V.C. base, March 16, 1968 Lt. William Calley and his platoon massacre 400-500 Vietnamese
    
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    Kent State University: Ohio university where 4 anti-war protesters were shot and killed by National Guard
    
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    Woodstock: concert held in rural New York
    
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    Free Fire Zone: areas cleared by non-combatants, anyone inhabiting these areas was deemed an enemy, used as an attempt to structure the war along conventional military lines with enemy and friendly forces occupying distinct areas
    
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    Claymore: anti-personnel mine that discharged pellets in an arc
    
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    Klick: unit of distance, 1 klick = 1 km
    
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    Grunt: slang for an infantry man (foot soldier)
    
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    Gook: slang for anyone of Asian origan
    
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    Hootch: house, native hut
    
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    LZ: Landing Zone, “Hot LZ”  enemy @ the LZ
    
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    Charlie, Charles, Chuck: Vietcong, short for “Victor Charlie” VC
    
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    Henry Kissinger: Assistant for National Security Affairs under Richard Nixon, instrumental figure in peace negotiations w/the N. Vietnamese and NLF
    
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    Willie Peter, Whiskey Papa, W-P: white phosphorous mortar or artillery rounds, burns skin and creates smoke screens
    
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    Phoenix Program: joint counterinsurgency effort by South Vietnamese and C.I.A. to identify members of the Vietcong infrastructure (VCI) and “neutralize” members by arrest, conversion or death
    
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    Puff the Magic Dragon, Dragon Ship, Spooky: nick name for the AC-47 gunship, capable of circling over a target and firing tens of thousands of bullets into a small area
    
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    Medevac: “medical evacuation” using helicopters to ferry the wounded to field hospitals, survival rate of wounded soldiers was very high
    
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    Tunnel Rat: slang term for American soldiers trained to attack V.C. & N.V.A. positions in underground tunnels
    
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    S.A.M.’s: Surface to Air Missiles, used to shoot down American bombers and fighters, furnished by China and the Soviet Union
    
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    S.D.S.: leading campus based anti-draft, anti-Vietnam War organizations, est. in 1960 by students who had been affiliated with the Socialist Party, primary purpose was to support the black civil rights movement and organize in poor neighborhoods, organized anti-draft and anti-war demonstrations
    
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    Fragging: murder of overzealous officers and NCOS using a fragmentation grenade, soldiers who felt their lives were being needlessly placed in the line of danger often used this as a means to control officers toward the end of the war
    
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    Draft Dodgers: young Americans who evaded military service during the war
    
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    Di Di Mao: Vietnamese for “let’s get out of here”, move quickly
    
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    Ho Chi Minh Trail: supply route from N. Vietnam to S. Vietnam, used by VC & NVA to send supplies south through Cambodia & Laos
    
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    Parrot’s Beak: Portion of Cambodia that juts into Vietnam; used as a sanctuary by communist troops to elude U.S. military
    
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    Point: refers to a lead soldier or unit who’s purpose was to draw out enemy fire; the most dangerous position on a patrol
    
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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): emotional stress suffered by someone after a severe experience, affected many veterans
    
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    Punji Pit: booby trap consisting of a hole with many sharpened stakes planted point up at the bottom of a covered pit; sometimes coated with feces to promote infection
    
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    Pop Smoke: use of smoke grenades by ground troops to mark their position or landing zone for helicopter pilots, colors were used to ensure that the helicopters land in the correct spot
    
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    Vietnamization: U.S. policy of turning the war over to the South Vietnamese beginning in 1969
    
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    The World: term used by U.S. troops to refer to going home
    
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    Alpha Bravo: slang expression for ambush, taken from the initials AB
    
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    A.W.O.L.: Absent with out leave
    
66. 
    Clover Leaf: patrol technique in which units move out from a central area and “loop” back toward the main advance unit’s direction starting point, used by advance units in unknown areas
    
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    CP: command post
    
68. 
    Daisy Cutter: 15,000 lb. Bomb designed to clear helicopter landing zones in heavy jungle areas
    
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    Det-cord: detonation cord used to set off explosives
    
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    Marching Fire: fire delivered by infantry in an assault, especially w/automatic rifles & machine guns fired from the hip while advancing