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Glossary


Admin Administrative
ANZAC Australian-New Zealand Army Corps
APC's Armored personnel carriers
Comd Command
CORDS Civil Operations Revolutionary Development Support
CTZ Corps tactical zone
DMZ Demilitarized zone
DS Direct support
GVN Government of South Vietnam
JUSPAO Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office
KANZUS Korean, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. (troops)
KIA Killed in action
LRRP Long-range reconnaissance patrol
LSM's Landing ships, mechanized
LST's Landing ships, tank
MAP Military Assistance Program
MOS Military occupational specialty
NVA North Vietnamese Army
NZ SAS New Zealand Special Air Services
PGM 107 Motor gunboat
PHILCAG Philippine Civic Action Group
PHILCAGV Philippine Civic Action Group, Vietnam
POL Petroleum, oil, and lubricants
RCT Regimental combat team
Repl Replacement
RNZIR Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
ROK Republic of Korea
RVN Republic of Vietnam
RVNAF Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Svcs Services
TAOR Tactical area of responsibility
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USMACV U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam