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Abbreviations and Acronymns in the Collection
Abbreviation/ Acronymn | Full Name |
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I Corps | Northern military region in South Vietnam |
II Corps | Central military region in South Vietnam |
III Corps | Military region in South Vietnam for Saigon and environs |
IV Corps | Southern military region in South Vietnam Mekong River delta |
AID | Agency for International Development (or USAid) |
ARVN | Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
CDC | Combat Development Command |
CG | Civil Guard |
CIDG | Civilian Irregular Defense Groups |
CORDS | Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support |
COSVN | Central Office for South Vietnam |
DMAC | Delta Military Assistance Command |
DRV | Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North) |
GVN | Government of Vietnam (South) |
MAAG | Military Assistance Advisory Group |
MACV | Military Advisory Command, Vietnam |
NVA | North Vietnamese Army |
OCO | Office of Civil Operations [pacification] |
RD | Revolutionary (or Rural) Development cadres |
SDC | Self Defense Corps, South Vietnamese |
USOM | United States Operations and Missions |
VC | Vietcong: guerilla members, usually in South Vietnam, of the Vietnamese communist movement |
VNAF | South Vietnamese Air Force |