Zipper or Burp gun... MP-40 Machine Pistol
Repple Depot... Replacement Depot
Golddigger... One who goes after money
AWOL... Absent With Out Leave
Adie or Aide-de-camp... A personal assistant to a general or officer
Base....The element on which a movement is regulated
Bucking for orderly... Extra efforts for personal appearance when competing for orderly post for commanding officer
Bust... To reduce a Noncom to the grade of private
Noncom ...Non-commission officer
Chow.... Food
Cits... Civilian Clothing
CO or KO.... Commanding Officer
OP... Observation post
Distance... Space between elements in the direction front to rear
Dog tags.... Identification Disks
Doughboy (dough).... An Infantryman
Dud.... An unexploded shell
Field, in the... Campaigning against and enemy
File.... A column of men one behind another
Fox Hole... Pit dug by solider to protect body
GI... Government Issue or Galvanized iron
Guard House Lawyer... A person who knows little but talks much about military law, regulations
Garritrooper... An individual who is not quite at the front but not quite at the rear
Hash Mark... A service Strip
Hike... To march
Hitch... An enlisted period
IC... Inspected and condemned
Interval ... Space between elements in the direction parallel to the front
Jawbone Credit... to buy without money or To shoot a weapon in a qualification course when it doesn’t count
Kick... A dishonorable discharge
KP... Kitchen Police
Lance Jack... A temporary or acting corporal with the same duties but without the pay of the grade
Mess Gear... A soldiers mess kit; knife, fork, spoon, cup
MP.... Military Police
Mule Skinner... A Teamster
OD... Olive Drab or Officer of the Day
On the carpet... Called before the commanding officer for disciplinary reasons
Over the hill... To desert
Pace... A step 30 in. long
Piece... The rifle or weapon
Pup tent... Shelter tent
Reup or takon... To reenlist
Shave tail... A 2nd lieutenant
Sniper... An expert rifle shot detailed to pick off the enemy
The old man... The company commander/commanding officer
Top sergeant or top kick... The first sergeant
Barber... To Gossip
Brown Cow... Chocolate Milk
Bucket... Large, old car
The Ham that didn’t pass a physical...... SPAM
Meatball without basic training SPAM
SPAM Canyon... Food Depots
Duck soup... Any easy task
Jill.. Girlfriend
Red lead... Ketchup
Snow White... 7-up
Suds... Root Beer
Takes a flower... Served with Onions
White Cow... Vanilla Milkshake
Mothball... Nervous Student
On-the-hoof... Very rare meat
Orchard ...Baseball park
Wreck a pair... Scrambled eggs
Put-on-the-dog... Dress fancy
Nervous pudding.... Jell-O
FUBAR.. Fucked up beyond all recognition
SNAFU... Situation normal all fucked up
FUBB.. Fucked up beyond belief
TNAFU.. Things normal all fucked up
Venus Fixers... GIs who fixed. Packaged and housed Art, in Italy.
SIW.....Self-Inflicted Wound
