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500 Feet of Grid Line:
Sent new Artillery guys looking for this. Grid lines on military maps




R.P.M. GREASE:
Sent new Motor T. guys looking for 5 gallon bucket of RPM GREASE (USMC)




three churning- one burning:
aborting a patrol with a engine out




mamma-san:
cleaning lady -(VIET- NAM)




DAT:
Dumb Ass Tanker




Horsecock:
Balogna- the large sausage roll




dike:
diagonal pliers




gedunk machine:
a candy or pop machine




John Wayne:
P38 can opener in C-Rations




Chu Lai Steak:
This was the boiled in water roast beef or pork served in the HQ Mess hall of the 196th LIB




skate:
Lazy airman




Sea legs:
what a sailor gets after riding on a surface ship ,that lets him walk verdical while the ship rolls from side to side




up and on:
up off your ass and on your fet




WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT:
WHAT THE F*CK




Room Dawg:
someone you shared a barracks room with and cleaned together.




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