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Brat:
Dependant child of a military member




Honey Bucket:
Plywood toilet with 55 gallon cans to Crap in




butterbar:
navy ensign




Black Shoe & Brown Shoe Navy:
the old non-avation navy, and the avation navy




Go and find the batteries for a Kem Lite:
Something that you would have new soldiers go and look for.




Fuel Bunny:
77F Fuel Handler, Army




Gone Native:
When a US Forces member starts acting, speaking, sitting, & eating Vietnamese-style.




Moonie:
Short Takeoff & Landing Aircraft made in Texas, used by CIA in missions to Laos & other tricky places.




White Whale:
A General's plane--General Abrams's was a C-123.




Goonie Bird:
USAF term for C-47 Skytrain Aircraft. (Military Version of the DC-3)




The Truck:
Nickname for the A1E Skyraider, Ex-USN, adapted by USAF for close support aircraft.




Mohawk:
Fast US Navy Propeller-Driven tri-tail counterinsurgency aircraft--fire support use--Adapted by USAF in Vietnam.




The House of 10,000 Pleasures:
At first a specific House of Prostitution in Saigon under the French & Americans-(Destroyed Tet '68), Later applied to expensive "Houses" anywhere in Vietnam.




Hundred P Alley:
Area of Gia Dinh near Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam--Any possible deviant act available there for 100 Piastres (200 P Alley was closer to Saigon)




Pig Alley:
The Rue Pigalle in Paris, France--Full of houses of prostitution




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