cooze A derogatory name for a woman.
yellow mother To be a coward or have failure of nerve.
Quang Ngai City and province near Da Nang.
listening post (LP) An advanced, concealed position near the enemy’s lines, for detecting the enemy’s movements by listening. Here, a three-man post placed outside the barbed wire surrounding a firebase to detect enemy movement in order to warn and defend the perimeter.
Radio Hanoi Like National Public Radio in the U.S., Radio Hanoi was a national radio broadcast. Jane Fonda spoke on Radio Hanoi during her visit to Vietnam in 1972.
gook Slang term for a person of East Asian descent, here meaning, specifically, a Vietnamese.
arty Artillery.
air strikes Air attacks on a ground or naval target.
napalm Sodium palmitate or an aluminum soap added to gasoline or oil to form a jellylike substance; used in flame throwers and bombs.
Cobras A type of helicopter used to attack enemy troops.
F-4s Also called the Phantom II, a type of tactical fighter bomber widely used in the Vietnam War.
Willie Peter White phosphorus mortar or artillery rounds.
HE High explosive.
tracer rounds A harmless projectile that lights a path for soldiers to aim projectile weaponry.
illumination rounds Flares dropped from above or fired from the ground used to light up an area during darkness.
Lemon Tree A song popularized in the 1960s by folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary. The song tells of a father warning his son about falling in love too deeply with a seemingly ideal girl, with the cautionary moral being that what appears sweet may actually be sour.
puffery Exaggerated praise.
