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C-4
Military; Vietnam War
Plastic, putty textured explosive carried by infantry soldiers. It burns like sterno when lit, and was used to heat C-rations in the field.
Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC)
Military; Vietnam War
Program offered in many high schools and colleges, geared to prepare students to become military officers.
syrette
Military; Vietnam War
Collapsible tube of morphine attached to a hypodermic needle. The contents of the tube were injected by squeezing it like a toothpaste tube.
brown bar
Military; Vietnam War
A lieutenant; denotes the single bar of the rank. In the field, officers wore camouflage rank which was often brown or black instead of brass.
forward observer (FO)
Military; Vietnam War
A person attached to a field unit to coordinate the placement of direct or indirect fire from ground, air, and naval forces.
arc light
Military; Vietnam War
Code name for B-52 bombers strikes along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border. These operations shook earth for ten miles away from the target area.
beaten zone
Military; Vietnam War
Area where the majority of bullets will strike when a machine gun is laid-in to cover a part of a defensive perimeter or part of an ambush zone.
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