Short for situation report, a “sit-rep” was provided at regular intervals or when the circumstances warranted updates between field units and supervisors. This was an especially dangerous position because the enemy could easily identify them by the radio antennae and would target them so they couldn’t call for support. Tasked with an essential but dangerous job, the “radio man” served on the front lines making necessary communications such as requests for support from other units, location and situation reports, and calls to medical evacuation teams. ![]() In this role, they were often the first to encounter enemy, traps, and other hazards. The “point man” assumed the especially dangerous position at the front of a group of advancing troops. The “demilitarized zone” was the geographical area separating the territories of North and South Vietnam in which both sides agreed to withdraw forces. The “Viet Cong” was the guerilla force associated with the North Vietnamese Army. The “North Vietnamese Army” was the army that fought against the United States in the Vietnam War. The “Army of the Republic of Vietnam” was the main fighting force of the Republic of Vietnam, or South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. This month, we’ve compiled 40 terms from the Vietnam War: Throughout the year, we’re highlighting lists of 40 things related to the Vietnam war/era. In 2022 – we’re commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. ![]() Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into a tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet-Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, March 1965.
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