1. Vietnam War Vocabulary PERIOD FOUR

2. Scott Nelson Per.4 As an RTO, Mitchell Sanders carried the PRC-25 radio, a killer, 26 pounds with its battery. RTO

3. “The AO lay along the South China Sea, where things had the feel of a resort, with white beaches and palm trees and friendly little villages.” AO Kelly Sturm

4. Drafted “All the men were drafted to the army”

5. “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

6. “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 HE Jon Dorsch P.4

8. “…and captured AK-47s and Chi-Coms and RPGs and Simonov carbines…” (7). Chi-Com

9. “…they carried M-14s and CAR-15s and Swedish Ks and grease guns…” (7) Swedish K’s

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11. “Late at night, when the Greenies were out on ambush…”(116) Greenies

12. ‘He explained that he had read my first book, “If I Die in a Combat Zone”.’ (156-157) COMBAT ZONE Leah Wichterman P.4

13. “A guy goes AWOL” (35) AWOL Ryan O’Gara

14. “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) Rigged 105 Round Mike Kelly Period 4

15. “, then to lift him into the chopper that took him away. They were called legs or grunts.” (3) Grunts By John Uittenbogaard 4

16. “…staying off the main trails and observing strict fields SOPs.” (219) SOP Ariel Aranza

17. “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

18. “… he was the leader of the platoon…” PLATOONS Dan appleton

19. “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 darinhaugh

20. C-Rations “ He opened up a can of C rations, pork and beans, but the baby buffalo wasn’t interested.” (78) Will Biernat P. 4

21. “After we’d secured an LZ, Dave Jensen went over and kneeled at Struck’s side.”(pg 66) LZ: Landing Zone Alexandra Carls

22. “… Tried to explain to her about things like ambushes and snipers and the stopping power of an AK-47.” AK-47 Danielle Caple

23. “She’d hopped a C-130 up to Chu Lai and stayed overnight at the USO and the next morning hooked a ride west with the resupply chopper.” (pg. 94) C-130 Kyle Martin

24. “Well, the guy’s around here somewhere.’ ‘Better tell the LT.” (page 166) LT Lieutenant David Sandberg

25. 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. CID Matt Henning

26. “While the outpost was isolated and vulnerable” (92). Outpost Alex Suker

27. “The highest ranking NCO was an E-6 named Eddie Diamond…” NCO Matt Rogers