1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 76: I was the bag man. They allowed me to carry the money because of my temperament.at bagman, n.
1984 W. Terry Bloods (1985) 5: I had an Indian for a platoon commander who hated Indians. He used to call Indians blanket ass.at blanket-ass (n.) under blanket, n.
1984 W. Terry Bloods (1985) 9: You had worked so hard during the day [...] you were just bombed out.at bombed out, adj.1
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 5: When I got out of the brig, they put me in recon.at brig, n.
1984 W. Terry Bloods (1985) 5: We had a Southerner from Arkansas that liked to call you chocolate bunny and Brillo head. That kind of shit.at brillohead, n.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 26: A little Coke girl would show up with Coca-Cola. And also some broads would show.at broad, n.2
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 18: He ended up giving me an Article 15 for disrespect. And I got busted one rank and fined $25.at bust, v.1
1984 (con. 1965) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 9: The first time I killed somebody close up was when we was tailing Charlie on a patrol somewhere around Danang.at Charlie, n.
1984 W. Terry Bloods (1985) 5: We had a Southerner from Arkansas that liked to call you chocolate bunny and Brillo head. That kind of shit.at chocolate bunny (n.) under chocolate, adj.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 21: I cracked him, because it just ran through my mind it would be either him or me. I just fired from the hip.at crack, v.1
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 57: Joe was an all right guy from Georgia [...] If you were to see him the first time, you would just say that’s a redneck, ridge-runnin’ cracker.at cracker, n.3
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 33: [of military service] What y’all talking about [...] You fired guns from five miles away and talking ’bout flashbacks?at flashback, n.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 49: Davis screamed, ‘Nigger, stop half-steppin’. We gotta move.’.at half step, v.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 4: There was only two black guys in my platoon [...] So I hung with the Mexicans.at hang with (v.) under hang, v.4
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 11: With a BCD [bad conduct discharge], nothing was happenin’.at happen, v.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 11: They hipped me to terms like ‘exploitation’ and ‘oppression.’.at hip, v.2
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 22: Then we would get word that we were going to the L.Z. that was really hot.at hot, adj.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 18: I joined the Army [...] My father was not too hot about it.at hot, adj.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 25: A lot of gray guys who wasn’t racially hung up would be there.at hung up, adj.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 33: He’s a major. He’s reading my jacket, and he’s looking with his glasses at me.at jacket, n.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 29: I bought me a half gallon gin, and I knocked it off.at knock off, v.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 5: My leg is really messed up. I’m hoppin’.at messed (up), adj.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 58: If I just wanted to be a real nasty person, then I probably could have just ripped off South Vietnamese civilians for practice.at rip off, v.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 29: We’d just sit down and just rap. Rap about music, the girls, what was happening in the world.at rap, v.1
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 18: I got busted one rank and fined $25. That was just another nail in the coffin to keep me from reuping.at re-up, v.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 55: The second lieutenant [...] he was dumb, because he would volunteer us for all kinds of shit details to get brownie points.at shit detail (n.) under shit, n.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 26: And if they [i.e. prostitutes] got disease, they’d get shots and wouldn’t be able to work until they were clear.at shot, n.1
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 11: This riot [...] started over some white guys using a bunch of profanity in front of some sisters.at sister, n.
1984 (con. 1964–73) W. Terry Bloods (1985) 41: He put the spunk back into Taylor. Davis could intimidate you into not dying.at spunk, n.