1968 Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: straight arrow: serviceman who remains faithful to his wife or Stateside girl friend throughout his Vietnam tour.at straight arrow, n.
1968 Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: buy the farm: to be killed. Sometimes ‘buy the six-by-three farm.’.at buy the farm, v.
1968 Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: cheap charlie: anyone, especially a U.S. serviceman, who does not waste his money.at cheap charlie (n.) under cheap, adj.
1968 Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: FIGMO: acronym for ‘Finally I get my orders.’ Especially in ‘figmo chart,’ a shortimer’s calendar, usually a drawing of an undraped female form, with numbered sections which are filled in, one each day, as the shorttimer keeps track of days to go.at f.i.g.m.o., phr.
1968 Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: The World (always capitalized): the U.S.A. As in, ‘Where you from back in The World, Sarge?’.at world, the, n.