Vietnam Vocab Amber Mourer Flashcards
Peril
There are extreme amounts of peril in a war zone.
Danger
Ambush
While awaiting back up, the soldiers were ambushed.
Sudden attack made from a concealed position
Satchel
Many soldiers carry satchels with them to carry necessary supplies.
Small bag
Induction
I am going to help host National Junior Honor Society induction.
Ceremony where one is put into office or military service
Deferments
If I would’ve been selected for the draft I wouldn’t get a deferment from the doctor.
Official postponements of military service
Abstention
Anyone who decides to abstention can’t whine about the outcome of the vote.
Act of not voting
Sniper
Snipers have to be able to be steady and sit, stand, or lay in one position for long periods of time.
Skilled military shooter, trained to kill from a concealed positions
Incapacitated
Many veterans who returned from Vietnam were incapacitated.
Disabled
Catheters
Medical surgeons use catheters to take fluids out of the body.
Medical devices that allow injection or withdrawal of fluids
Sundry
There are sundry reasons why I hate school.
Various
Triage area
Nurses at the triage areas served many hardships.
Place where wounded soldiers are sorted and treated
Ambubags
Whenever the nurses would get tired from giving CPR, they would use ambubags.
Medical equipment used for resuscitation.
Decapitated
Whenever witches were killed, they would be decapitated.
Cut off the head
Tracheostomy
Many people who have smoked all their lives have a tracheostomy.
Surgical opening made in the neck so one can breathe
WAVES
There were a lot of WAVES in the Vietnam war.
Acronym for women in the naval service
Detonate
They Vietcong would strap bombs to children and detonate them when the children were near American soldiers.
To explode
Reveille
The reveille rang though the military base, warning everyone of the oncoming danger.
Bugle call in a military camp
Victor Charlie
The Victor Charlie’s had taken a South Vietcong village under their control.
Vietcong (VC, CHARLIE, CHUCK)
Seared
After the bomb hit, bodies were seared.
Scorched or burned
Quantico
Those who were drafted would be trained at Quantico.
Military training camp
Desolate
Whenever I feel desolate, it takes a really long time to turn my mood around.
Lonely and sad
Stronghold
During the war, the enemy had a stronghold west of our camp.
Area dominated by a special group
Perpetrated
When it comes to sports I love I am perpetrated.
Committed
Court-martialed
After being court-martialed, my friend went to prison in some unknown country.
Prosecuted by a military (or naval) court of law
Noncommissioned
The Sergeant was noncommissioned until he made a dishonorable order.
An enlisted member of the military who has leadership over other enlisted personnel
Hootch
We took over the hootch to protect the Vietnamese.
Slang for Vietnamese house
Gook
Some soldiers blamed gooks for them being in the Vietnam war.
A very negative term referring to Vietnamese people
Pandemonium
During the protests, pandemonium is the only word to describe the conference.
Wild uproar
