"LET’S SAY IT RIGHT"
[ From a flyer distributed to new U.S. arrivals in Vietnam ( circa 1970 )
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INCORRECT TERMS |
CORRECT TERMS |
| Ruff Puff | Regional Forces / Popular Forces ( or RF/PF ) |
| VC Tax Collectors | VC Extortionists |
| National Liberation Front | Viet Cong (VC) |
| South Vietnam | Republic of Vietnam |
| People’s Liberation Army | Viet Cong, or if appropriate, North Vietnamese Army (NVA) |
| Five O’clock Follies | MACV Daily Briefings ( or Daily Press Briefings ) |
| Democratic Republic of Vietnam | North Vietnam |
| People’s Army of North Vietnam (PAVN) | North Vietnamese Army (NVA) |
| South Vietnamese Army | Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) |
| Mercenary | Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) soldier or volunteer |
| Search and Destroy | Search and Clear |
| Body Count | Enemy deaths or EN killed |
| 5th VC Division ( also 9th VC Div ) | Do not use unless clarified in the same sentence that these divisions are 80% to 90% NVA |
| Hamburger Hill | Hill 937 |
| U.S. Troop Withdrawal | Redeployment ( or replacement ) |
| Hearts and Minds of the People | Develop community spirit or equivalent descriptive phrases |
| Troops used to bait the enemy | Never to be used |
| Special Forces Camp ( Vietnamese ) | CIDG Camp |
| Deserter / Defector | Rallier or Returnee |
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