Glossary — See the Light, Kiss the Ground
THE LANGUAGE OF THE GRUNTS

Glossary of war lingo

Acronyms, weapons and terminology, written by the author for the back of the book — and reproduced here in full, free to read. Keep it open beside the book, or beside the audiobook.
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A 105mm howitzer crew loading a round, 1966 An infantryman reports status on a PRC-25 radio at dusk Soldiers examine an SKS rifle captured during Operation Matilda, January 1970 A 9th Infantry Division security guard sights through a Starlight scope mounted on his M16 A soldier reads Stars and Stripes during the Cambodian campaign, the front page headlined GI'S CAPTURE 'MAJOR BASE' A red-cross-marked UH-1D medevac on the ground at Chu Lai as a wounded prisoner is escorted aboard Two soldiers aim a Claymore mine, its face stamped FRONT TOWARD ENEMY, during a patrol A soldier demonstrates the M79 grenade launcher to ARVN 18th Division troops at the Horseshoe A Special Forces sergeant test-fires an M60 from the prone position A soldier demonstrates the M16 to ARVN 18th Division troops at the Horseshoe UH-1H Hueys insert ARVN troops at Khâm Đἡc, July 1970 A soldier heats a can of C-rations over a burning chunk of C-4 A Combat Infantryman's Badge sewn above a U.S. Army tape on a fatigue shirt A 1st Cavalry Division CH-47 slings an artillery piece into Landing Zone Pepper A Chieu Hoi defector outside the National Chieu Hoi Center in Saigon A 9th Infantry Division soldier holds a captured AK-47 and RPK

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The contents of one C-ration box
The contents of one C-ration box, laid out.