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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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