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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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K-Bar - A military issue knife primarily issued to Marine Corps personnel.
KC-135 - Aircraft used to refuel fighters after a bombing mission in North Vietnam.
Keith, Bobbie - The weather girl on Armed Forces Television in Vietnam. (1967-69)
Kent State - Four anti-war protesters were killed on this Ohio campus in May 1970.
KHA - Killed in Hostile Action. See: KIA
Khe Sanh - The siege of Khe Sanh began, January 20, 1968, and lasted 77 days.
Khmer Rouge - Cambodian Communists.
KIA - Killed In Action. The first American military person killed in Vietnam was Lt. Col. Peter Dewey, 1945. At the end
of 1965, total KIA in Vietnam was 636; by January 1, 1968, the KIA total was 16,021. The last two US
military personnel killed in Vietnam, Charles McMahon, Jr. and Darwin Jude, died on April 29,1975.
58,000+ were killed during the Vietnam War, including eight (8) female military personnel. 48,000+ were
killed by hostile action.
King, Martin Luther Jr. - Assassinated on March 31, 1968. He was a minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Delivered a
speech titled, “Declaration of Independence from the Vietnam War”, April 4, 1967.
Klick (K) (or Klic) – Klic - Slang for one kilometer (.62 miles), one thousand meters.
Kit Carson Scout - A former VC who performed scout duties for US military.
Kissinger, Henry - Nixon's National Security Advisor in 1964. He eventually became Secretary of State.
Kiwi – A nickname for military forces from New Zealand.
Klacker - The slang name of the device to detonate a claymore mine.
Kook Smoke - Marijuana.
KP - Kitchen police (patrol).
An "Unofficial" Vietnam
Dictionary
Written by Paul Kasper
Edited by Bob Nelson
Dedicated to all Vietnam Veterans--"Especially those who didn't come home."