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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O

O-2: Cessna Skymaster, also known as push-me-pull-you. FAC aircraft. Twin engine.

OCS: Officer's Candidate School.

OD: Olive drab color, standard "Army Green" color. Also, Officer of the Day.

ONE O DEUCE: Refers to a 105mm howitzer. Many do not know the 105mm is actually 102mm.

OPCON: Operational control.

OPEN SHEAF: A term used in calling artillery, whereby the artillery rounds were spread along an axis rather than concentrated on a single point (as when it was desired to cover a treeline).

OR: Operating room

OSCAR: Military phonetic for the letter 'O'.

OSS: Office of Strategic Services. Created in 1942, the OSS was an intelligence-gathering operation which became a forerunner of the CIA.

OUC-DA-LOI: Vietnamese for Australian.

OUT-COUNTRY: The Southeast Asian conflict outside South Vietnam (i.e., Laos and North Vietnam, sometimes Thailand, Cambodia, and China)