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Across
1. Assassination of an officer by his own troops, usually by means of a grenade.
5. Being in Vietnam was also known as being in ______.
8. Assessment of the "fear factor", the difficulty or risk involved in an upcoming mission. (2 words)
11. Foxhole with sandbag protection and sometimes an elevated roof of sheet metal, reinforced with sand bags. (2 words)
14. Short for reconnaissance.
16. Tall, sharp-edged grass found in the highlands of Vietnam was called ________ grass.
17. Career soldier.
18. Any person with less time in Vietnam than the speaker.
19. Common term for any grenade.
20. Term for Marine; derived from fact that Marines wore leather neckbands from 1798-1880 for protection of the neck during sword combat.
24. Any aircraft carrying soldiers back to the "world." (2 words)
25. U.S. troops, allies, or anyone not on the other side.
27. To fire on the enemy. (2 words)
30. Nickname for Hoa Loa Prison in Hanoi. (2 words)
Down
2. A ______ LZ was a landing zone under hostile fire.
3. Nickname for infantryman in Vietnam; derived from the sound made when lifting up his rucksack.
4. "Number one".
6. To put an M16-A1 rifle on full automatic fire was to ____ & Roll.
7. Concentrated fire of all weapons for a brief period of time at maximum rate. (2 words)
9. Euphemism in Vietnam to describe fire from American forces mistakenly directed at American positions. (2 words)
10. "Number ten-thousand". (2 words)
12. Starlight scope; light amplifying telescope used to see at night. (2 words)
13. To slog around on foot.
15. Artillery round with many small bomblets which are ejected over a target area and explode in "bouncing-betty" fashion.
20. Landing zone.
21. Term for act of lying motionless. (2 words)
22. Exchange of small arms fire between opposing units.
23. Armed individuals and groups not members of the regular armed forces, police, or internal security forces.
26. Electronic countermeasures, such as jamming, deception and detection.
28. Short for kilometer (0.62 miles).
29. House, living quarters or a native hut.