1965 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 4 Nov. 107: The hardest part of all this is the feeling of sitting around on our ferns, doing nothing, while all around us the war rages.at fern, n.1
1965 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 21 Aug. 101: There did ensue the most HELLACIOUS downpour ever witnessed by civilized man!at hellacious, adj.
1966 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 21 Aug. 101: All the rest are [...] paper pushers, pill rollers and legal clerks.at paper pusher (n.) under paper, n.
1968 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 3 Feb. 64: I shot it at the corner of Bunker 2, blowing my gooney friend into Valhalla or wherever dead gooks go.at gooney, n.
1970 in Bill Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 3 May 153: LZ Lynn was only eight klicks from the border.at klick, n.
1971 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 17 Feb. 155: They hauled them up to the dust-off helo like a sack of potatoes.at helo, n.
1971 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 21 June 156: There is something wrong with the water and it’s just killing everyone. Screaming yellow zonkers!at screaming yellow zonkers! (excl.) under screaming, adj.
1972 B. Adler Vietnam Letters (2003) 20 Sept. 158: Two kids have even reupped to be back.at re-up, v.