Texas Association of Vietnam Veterans
North Texas Chapter

Texas Association of Vietnam Veterans North Texas Chapter


Other Items of Interest

A Long Time Ago, in a Land Far Far Away.....
Terminology of the Vietnam War
The Traveling Wall Here for 2nd Time
Special Olympics
Previous Parades
When the Wall Came the 1st Time
Our Annual Luau, 2002
Airmen's Attic Dinner, March 2003
Our Pool Party, 2002
Welcome Home for Troops Back From Iraq, March 2004
Support Our Troops Rally in Wichita Falls
Support Our Troops Rally in Graham
Our Christmas Parties
Christmas In April
Visits to Local Schools
Memorial Day
Miscellaneous Pics

"Terminology of the Vietnam War"

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XIN LOI or XOINE LOI: Pronounced by GIs as "Sin Loy," meaning 'too bad,' 'tough shit,' 'sorry bout that.' The literal translation is "excuse me."

XM-203: Fired the 40mm shells, fit on the M-16.

XO: Executive officer; the second in command of a military unit.

X-RAY: Military phonetic for the letter 'X'.

YANKEE: Military phonetic for the letter 'Y'.

YARDS: Montagnard soldiers.

YD: The grid 100,000 meters by 100,000 meters square from the Universal Transmercator (UTM) Grid Zone 48Q. The UTM map of the world dispenses with latitude and longitude in favor of a system of metric coordinates (usually six digits) which enable the user of the map to specify a location within 100 meters.

ZAPPED: Killed.

ZIP: Derogatory term for Vietnamese people.

ZIPPERHEAD: Derogatory term used to describe Vietnamese.

ZIPPO: Flamethrower. Also refers to the popular cigarette lighter of that brand name.

ZIPPO BOATS: LCMs with flame throwers.

ZIPPO MISSION: Search and destroy mission.

ZIPPO RAIDS: Military operations which involved burning down Vietnamese villages. Often Zippo cigarette lighters were used to ignite the huts.

ZIT: Derogatory term for Vietnamese people

ZONE AND SWEEP: Artillery tactic/fire pattern to cover a target with an "X" pattern of fire.

ZULU: Casualty report.

ZULU: Military phonetic for the letter 'Z'.