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Project Jenny KLIK - 1st Inf Di v Women in Vietnam RELATED-- To AFVN To Saigon To Vietnam Further Afield Index
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Jack Benny - The number, 39.
Jade - A gemstone that was commonly traded (and purchased) among Vietnamese. It was contraband for military
personnel to bring it to the USA from S.E.A.
Japan - Invaded Vietnam in 1940 - were defeated in 1945 and left Vietnam.
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff – the heads of the US military stationed at the Pentagon, Washington, DC.
Jody or Jake - Slang for the guys who were stealing your girl while you were in Vietnam, or in the military.
Marching cadence – (I.E., "Jody/Jodie Calls" An example is “Ain't no use in goin' home, Jody's got your girl an' gone. Sound off!
One! Two! Sound off! Three! Four! Cadance count! One! Two! Three! Four! One! Two! (pause)
Three! Four! [See http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiSOUNDOFF;ttSOUNDOFF.html]
Johnson, Lyndon Baines – He ordered the US bombing of North Vietnam in 1965. He temporarily stopped bombing the North
as a goodwill gesture on March 31, 1968. The north used the time to rearm and reinforce their forces
in the south.
Joint - A marijuana cigarette.
Jolly Green Giant - HH-53B (originally, HH-3E) (Navy SH-3 "Sea King")
Jolly Rogers Phantom - VF-84 US Navy jet.
Joy Poppers - A sixties movement of young and older people proclaiming Jesus as the answer to life's problems.
Juicer - Someone in the military who consumed a lot of alcoholic beverages.
Jungle Boots - Military issue footwear; a combination of leather and nylon. It was developed and issued with web sides that
allowed it to dry quicker – it also had a medal plate in the instep designed to help repel pungi stakes
and other sharp ground obstacles.
Jungle Penetrator - A device lowered from a hovering chopper to extract someone.
Jungle Utilities - Lightweight tropical military issue fatigues.
JUSPAO – Joint United States Public Affairs Office – the office tasked with presenting the “5 O’clock follies,” the daily
briefing for news personnel in Saigon.
An "Unofficial" Vietnam
Dictionary
Written by Paul Kasper
Edited by Bob Nelson
Dedicated to all Vietnam Veterans--"Especially those who didn't come home."