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battery
Military; Vietnam War
An artillery unit equivalent to a company. Six 105mm or 155mm howitzers or two 8-inch or 175mm self-propelled howitzers.
mobile advisory team (MAT)
Military; Vietnam War
Five-man teams of American advisors who were assigned to live and work in the Vietnamese villages.
beehive round
Military; Vietnam War
An explosive artillery shell which delivered thousands of small projectiles, "like nails with fins," instead of shrapnel.
finger charge
Military; Vietnam War
Explosive booby-trapping device which takes its name from the size and shape's being approximately that of a man's finger.
commo bunker
Military; Vietnam War
Bunker containing vital communications equipment. Usually included in the last redoubt of established defensive positions.
Med Cap
Military; Vietnam War
Medical Civil Action Program in which U.S. medical personnel would go into the villages to minister to the local populace.
grunt
Military; Vietnam War
Infantryman. Originally slang for a Marine fighting in Vietnam but later applied to any solder fighting there; a boonierat.
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