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body count

Military; Vietnam War

The number of enemy killed, wounded, or captured during an operation. The term was used by Washington and Saigon as a means of measuring the progress of the war.

base camp

Military; Vietnam War

A resupply base for field units and a location for headquarters of brigade or division size units, artillery batteries and air fields. Also known as the rear area.

hamlet evaluation system (HES)

Military; Vietnam War

An evaluation system devised and run by Americans in Saigon which required monthly computerized reports from all the DSAs in the country.

claymore

Military; Vietnam War

An antipersonnel mine carried by the infantry which, when detonated, propelled small steel cubes in a 60-degree fan-shaped pattern to a maximum distance of 100 meters.

flechette

Military; Vietnam War

A small dart-shaped projectile clustered in an explosive warhead. A mine without great explosive power containing small pieces of shrapnel intended to wound and kill.

long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP)

Military; Vietnam War

An elite team usually composed of five to seven men who go deep into the jungle to observe enemy activity without initiating contact.

co van

Military; Vietnam War

Advisor. American assigned to Vietnamese military units or to political division within the country to help direct and train Vietnamese military and civilian officials.