1966 Letter 18 May in Edelman Dear America (1985) 107: This is the usual approach of a bar-hog! [...] A girl will be sitting next to you and she’ll begin with ‘Hello. What is your name?’.at bar-hog (n.) under bar, n.2
1966 letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) n.d. 254: We got a lot of ‘Newbies’ (replacements) in our company.at newbie, n.
1967 letter 5 Sept. in Edelman Dear America (1985) 179: I said bul----!, that I wasn’t hurt that bad and he had to stay at his gun.at bullshit!, excl.
1967 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 8 Feb. 153: That cozy spot known as the ‘Pink Pussycat,’ a combo bachelor officer quarters and social club.at combo, n.2
1967 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 5/6 Oct. 69: The dink that threw it got knocked down with the blast from the M-79. [...] the rest of the dinks got away.at dink, n.2
1967 letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 23 Mar. 171: Dear Mom & Pop: Guess what! They nailed me yesterday [...] but there’s nothing to worry about. I got scratched by a piece of shrapnel.at nail, v.
1967 letter 8 Feb. in Edelman Dear America (1985) 153: The beach formed by the bay in town is a real stinker, resulting from all sorts of debris.at stinker, n.1
1968 in Edelman letter Dear America (1985) 49: Number 1 means real good and Number 10 means real bad in pidgin Vietnamese-English. Other handy phrases [...] are: titi – very little; boo koo (a bastardization of beaucoup) – very much.at beaucoup, adv.
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 31 Jan. 81: Hell, I’m only taking it one day at a time now – leaving it up to the Big Referee in the Sky.at big boss, the, n.
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) Apr. 49: In pidgin Vietnamese-English [...] handy phrases [...] are: titi – very little; boo koo (a bastardization of beaucoup) – very much; boom boom – whore.at boom-boom (girl) (n.) under boom-boom, n.3
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 10 May 178: I feel like a crudball leaving my men.at crudball, n.
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 30 Jan. 92: This morning the helos from Vinh Long went out and greased 95 of the SOBs.at grease, v.5
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 31 Jan. 81: Sometimes it gets pretty hairy in this motherfucker.at motherfucker, n.
1968 Letter 30 Jan. in Edelman Dear America (1985) 82: Come October ’68 I’m gonna [...] watch you put a match to this piece of crap.at piece of shit, n.
1968 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 31 Jan. 82: Another month shot to shit. See ya pronto.at shot to pieces (adj.) under shot, adj.
1968 letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 3 Jan. 92: I’ll drill a round into one of those yellow heads.at yellow head (n.) under yellow, adj.
1969 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 13 Aug. 216: The higher-ranking Vietnamese grabble for the rake-off and black market profits.at grabble, v.
1969 Letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 29 Jan. 256: It is only reasonable to fear being zapped over here, it is unreasonable to be more afraid of being zapped in the last few weeks of one’s tour.at zapped, adj.
1970 letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) 6 Sept. 150: The supposed ‘pot heads’ are much easier to work with, and more pleasant [...] and more intelligent than the redneck faction of boozers!at pothead, n.2