Glossary

MOH=The Congressional Medal of Honour, the US military's highest award for valour in combat
USA= United States Army
POW=Prisoner of War
USMC=United States Marine Corps
Bn=Battalion, subunit of a Regiment (Traditionally) or of a Brigade (Today)
USS=United States Ship
USN=United States Navy
Unrepatriated POW=Service personnel unaccounted for at the end of hostilities.
LIB=Light Infantry Brigade
602nd SOS= the 602nd Special Operations Squadron, which flew air support for MACV-SOG out of Nakom Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base
USAF=United States Air Force
SF=Special Forces, the famous Green Berets, tasked with organising and training allied resistance units to operate behind enemy lines
MACV-SOG=Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies Observation Group, the combined arms unit tasked to carry out extremely high risk operations against enemy active sanctuaries in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam
SEALs=Sea Air and Land soldiers, the US Navy's élite unconventional warfare troops
ex=indicates a former member of the unit it prefixes
Rhodesian SAS=the Special Air Service, Rhodesia's élite unconventional warfare unit
12ieme Regiment Blindé du Canada=12th Armoured Regiment of Canada, formerly the Trois Rivieres (Three Rivers)Tank Regiment
Royal 22ieme The Royal 22nd Regiment, the famous Van Doos