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Black Shirt:
Italian Fascist Party Military Units




Jerry-Built:
Any device, machine, or structure put together haphazardly from junk or spare parts




pecker checker:
navy corpsman




MAAG:
USAF Air Aid Group helping RVN-VNAF, 1958-64




Gallopin' Crud:
A particularly virulent form of Gonnorea, venereal disease




V-Girl:
Underaged American Girls who chased anyone in uniform or picked them up in bars--V-Girls did not charge for what they did.




Dink:
Another name for Charlie, or Viet Cong




Short-Snorter:
Roll of paper money carried which was signed by every passenger on a plane, just for luck.




Titless WAF:
A USAF Male Clerk Typist




ba me ba stand:
beer ,car wash and house of prostitution all service facility




beer-nhoc-da:
beer on ice to make it cold




houch:
barracks




Wing nut:
Marine in the Air wing




Mickey mouse.:
Any thing that was no good.




cinderella liberty:
Had to be back on board ship by 0000 hrs




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