squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
Like all places, the jungles of Vietnam also had many names.
Any others I've left out?
"boonies","bush","Indian country","the field". And, like any other society it had a language of its own..
ambush, search and destroy, trip wire, medic, claymore, C4, CA, RPG, LAW, 16, 60, det chord, C's, LRP rations, frags, dinks, gooks, NVA.
Remembering the phrases and words still provoke strong feelings.
I guess the worst was "contact". Contact with the enemy, especially the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), almost always meant that human beings were going to die.
Any others I've left out?
"boonies","bush","Indian country","the field". And, like any other society it had a language of its own..
ambush, search and destroy, trip wire, medic, claymore, C4, CA, RPG, LAW, 16, 60, det chord, C's, LRP rations, frags, dinks, gooks, NVA.
Remembering the phrases and words still provoke strong feelings.
I guess the worst was "contact". Contact with the enemy, especially the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), almost always meant that human beings were going to die.