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GLOSSARY
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HAWTHORNE An operation in Kontum Province.
HIGHLAND Movement of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division to secure An Khe, 22 August-2 October 1965.
Hq Headquarters
IRVING A 1st Cavalry Division operation in Binh Dinh province in 1966.
JEB STUART 1st Cavalry operation in I Corps, including the move north, the Tet offensive, securing base areas, and preparation for PEGASUS.
JP-4 Kerosene-based fuel for turbine engines
JUNCTION CITY A major operation north of Tay Ninh City in 1966.
JUNCTION CITY ALTERNATE An operation begun on 22 February 1967 with the only parachute assault in Vietnam.
KBA Killed By Action
KIA Killed In Action
LAM SON 719 A combined operation in Laos from 8 February to 6 April 1971.
LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized
LEJEUNE A 1st Cavalry Division operation to relieve the Marines in Quang Ngai Province, 7-22 April 1967.
LIBERTY CANYON The move of the 1st Cavalry Division from I Corps to III Corps in the fall of 1968.
LPD Amphibious Transport Dock
LSD Landing Ship, Dock
LST Landing Ship, Tank
LZ Landing Zone
MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MARAUDER An operation conducted in the Plain of Reeds of the Delta by the 173d Airborne Brigade, 1-8 January 1966.
MARKET TIME U.S. Navy operations offshore of Vietnam under Task Force 115.