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Military > Vietnam War 
Tango boat
Military; Vietnam War
U.S. Navy designation for an armored landing craft mounted with 50-caliber machine guns and a 40-caliber anti-aircraft gun used for direct fire.
reeducation camps
Military; Vietnam War
Political prisons and labor camps of varying degrees of severity and size that comprised the Soviet-style gulag system throughout Communist Vietnam.
brigade
Military; Vietnam War
A tactical and administrative military unit composed of a headquarters and one or more battalions of infantry or armor, with other supporting units.
mule
Military; Vietnam War
Small, motorized platform originally designed to carry a 106-millimeter recoilless rifle, but most often used for transporting supplies and personnel.
kill zone
Military; Vietnam War
The radius of a circle around an explosive device within which it is predicted that 95 percent of all occupants will be killed should the device explode.
Cochin-china
Military; Vietnam War
The French name for its southern Vietnam colony, encompassing the III Corps and Mekong Delta rice-producing lowlands, which earlier was part of Cambodia.
civil operations and revolutionary development support (CORDS)
Military; Vietnam War
Program created by civilian administration, MACV, and the CIA to coordinate American pacification efforts.
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