AK47

Chinese-made rifle

APA

Attack transport

APB

Self-propelled barracks ship

APC

Armored personnel carrier

APL

Barracks ship, non-self-propelled

ARL

Landing craft repair ship

ASPB

Assault support patrol boat

ATC

Armored troop carrier

B-40

Chinese-made rocket

BARRIER REEF

The fourth and last of the SEA LORDS interdiction barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 2 January 1969

CCB

Command and communications boat

CIDG

Civilian Irregular Defense Group

CORONADO I

A Mobile Riverine Force operation designed to destroy Cho Gao District Company and enhance the security of Cho Gao Canal in Dinh Tuong Province, 1 June-26 July 1967

CORONADO III

A Mobile Riverine Force operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone designed to disrupt possible Viet Cong attacks on shipping in the Long Tau channel, 5-17 August 1967

CORONADO V

A combined airmobile, mechanized, and riverine operation in Cam Son Secret Zone, Dinh Tuong Province, and Ham Long District, Kien Hoa Province, 12 September-8 October 1967

CORONADO VI

An operation in the lower Rung Sat Special Zone, 11-18 October 1967

CORONADO VIII

A Mobile Riverine Force operation in Nhon Trach and the Rung Sat Special Zone, 27­ 29 October 1967

CORONADO IX

A Mobile Riverine Force operation involving deep riverine penetrations into enemy redoubts and sanctuaries to achieve decisive action in Dunh Tuong Province, 1 November 1967-21 January 1968

CORONADO X

An operation in which the Mobile Riverine Force responded to Viet Cong attacks on My Tho and Vinh long, drove to enemy from those provincial capitals, then operated near Cai Lay on Highway 4, 18 January - 13 February 1968

CORONADO XI

A combined riverine and airmobile operation to relieve pressure on Can. Tho and locate and destroy Viet Cong units in Phong Dinh and Ba Xuyen Provinces, 13 February-6 March 1968

Dinassauts

Divisions navales d'assaut (French naval assault divisions)

Duong Cua Dan (People's Road)

An operation by the 1st and later 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, to protect and upgrade Highway 4 northwest of My Tho and the conduct reconnaissance in force operations on both sides of Highway 4 in Dinh Tuong Province, 16 March-30 July 1968

E8

Expendable launcher. Lightweight and portable, it fires 16 riot-control canisters in each of four volleys, producing a rapid buildup of a large chemical cloud

G-2

Assistant chief of staff for military intelligence at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters.

G-3

Assistant chief of staff for operations at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters.

G-4

Assistant chief of staff for supply at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters.

GAME WARDEN

U.S. Navy (Task Force 116) operation designated to to thwart Viet Cong use of waterways as supply and infiltration routes.

GIANT SLINGSHOT

The third SEA LORDS operation, commencing 6 December 1968, in the Parrot's Beack

GREAT BEND

A Mobile Riverine Force operation in the western Rung Sat Special Zone, 13 June--26 July1967

HOMESTEAD

A Mobile Riverine Force operation in Kien Hoa Province, September 1968

IPW

Prisoner of war interrogation

J-3

Assistant chief of staff for military operations, MACV

JACKSTAY

A U.S. Marine Corps operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone in late 1966

JP-4

A kerosene-based fuel for turbine engines

LCA

Landing craft, assault

LCI

Landing craft, infantry

LCM

Landing craft, mechanized

LCT

Landing craft, tank

LCU

Landing craft, utility, a light lift craft

LCVP

Landing craft, vehicle or personnel

LSIL

Landing ship, infantry, large

LSM

Landing ship, medium

LSSL

Landing ship, support, large

LST

Landing ship, tank

LZ

Landing zone

M16

Current standard American rifle

M43

Soviet-made rifle firing intermediate 7.62-mm.cartridges

M102

American-made 105-mm. howitzer

MACV

U.S. Military Assistant Command, Vietnam

MARKET TIME

U.S. Navy (Task Force 115) operation designed to seal the coast of South Vietnam against infiltration of enemy troops and supplies

MCS

Mine countermeasures support ship

MDMAF

Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force

Monitor

An armored gunboat armed with 20- and 40-mm. guns and 81-mm. direct fire mortars

MRB

Mobile Riverine Base

N-1

Navy flotilla officer in charge of administration

N-2

Navy flotilla officer in charge of intelligence

N-3

Navy flotilla officer in charge of operations

N-4

Navy flotilla officer in charge of supply

POL

Petroleum, oils and lubricants

RIVER RAIDER I

An operation in the upper Long Tau shipping channel and in the southwestern Rung Sat Special Zone, 16 February-20 March 1967, the first joint operation of Army and Navy forces which were to constitute the Mobile Riverine Force

ROAD

Reorganization Objective Army Divisions

RPD

Chinese-made light machine gun

RPG2

Soviet-made antitank rocket

RSSZ

Rung Sat Special Zone

S-1

Adjutant of brigade or smaller unit.

S-2

Officer in charge of the military intelligence section of a brigade or smaller unit

S-3

Officer in charge of the operations and training section of a brigade or smaller unit

S-4

Officer in charge of the supply and evacuation section of a brigade or smaller unit

S-5

Civil affair officer of a brigade o smaller unit

SEAL

Navy sea-air-land teams

SEA LORDS

The U.S. Navy Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River, Delta Strategy Operations

SEARCH TURN

The first of the SEA LORDS barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 2 November 1968

SKS

Chinese-made carbine

TRAN HUNG DAO

The second of the SEA LORDS barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 16 November 1968

TRUONG CONG DINH

A riverine operation initially designed to drive enemy forces away from My Tho and eliminate enemy interdiction of Highway 4, 7 March-2 April 1968

WATER TRAP

A major cordon and search operation of  Thoi Son Island in the My Tho River south of Dong Tam during the first week January 1969

YFNB

Large covered lighter

YLLC

Salvage lift craft, light

YTB

Large harbor tug