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(con. 1960s–70s) Words of the Vietnam War 46/2: Band-Aid see Combat Medic.at Band-Aid, n.
(con. 1960s–70s) Words of the Vietnam War 46/2: Band-Aid see Combat Medic. Words of the Vietnam War 35/2: ARVN [...] Marvin-the-Arvin.at Marvin (the Arvin), n.
Words of Vietnam War 45/1: Badlands [...] used in a general sense to describe a particularly hostile enemy area.at bad land (n.) under bad, adj.
Words of the Vietnam War 246/2: The combat infantryman was known [...] as bluelegs, snuffies, grunt, boonie rat, ground pounder, crunchies, legs, beetle stompers, bush beetles, line doggies and doggies.at boonie rat, n.
Words of the Vietnam War 143/2: Diddy-bopping in Vietnam was used to describe anyone walking in a careless, unattentive, indifferent, reckless or unconcerned manner. Diddy-bopping in the field could prove most hazardous.at diddy-bopping, n.
(ref. to 1961–75) Words of the Vietnam War 71/1: Buddha Head Slang for persons of Japanese or Chinese ancestry, especially the Japanese.at buddhahead (n.) under buddha, n.
Words of the Vietnam War 20/2: A good ambush or ‘bush’ as some GIs called it, was one in which all of the enemy [...] were killed or wounded.at bush, v.1
(con. Vietnam War) Words of the Vietnam War 149/1: Dogpatch GI nickname for the Vietnamese shanty towns that sprung up outside the gates of many U.S. base camps.at dogpatch (n.) under dog, n.2
(con. Vietnam War) Words of the Vietnam War 151/1: Donut Dollies [...] American Red Cross women who comforted and assisted wounded U.S. soldiers in the major hospitals and provided other services to the troops in Vietnam.at doughnut dolly (n.) under doughnut, n.1
(ref. to 1961–75) Words of the Vietnam War 277/2: Legs (Leg unit, Straight-Legged Division) Airborne trooper slang for a regular infantryman.at leg, n.
Words of Vietnam War 288: Louies...GI slang for ‘spit,’...especially that less than clear variety [HDAS].at looey, n.1
Words of the Vietnam War 451/1: Sanitizing of suspected VC or their supporters was routinely carried out by special assassination squads employed by the program. [...] When an individual was ‘fingered’ as a VC/VCS/VCI by an informant, a check into the accuracy of the informant’s information might not be done, and the fingered VC ‘sanitized.’.at sanitize, v.
Words of the Vietnam War 465: Troops kept track of the date on special calendars, and some ‘short’ troops carried a short carved stick (similar to a swagger stick) on which they notched each passing day.at short, adj.1
(con. 1965–73) Words of the Vietnam War 246/2: The combat infantryman was known by many names such as [...] snuffies.at snuffy, n.2
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