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Numbers


-- Q --


QC –                         Quan Canh – South Vietnamese Police – nicknamed “White Mice” by GI’s due to their all white uniforms which

                                              included white gloves.                                       
Quad 50 –                A WW Two era anti-aircraft weapon.  Mounted on an M-48 tank chassis, the armament consisted of four electric,

                                              solenoid-fired, 50 caliber machine guns.  It was also mounted in a moveable, separate turret mount

                                              placed in the back of a truck.  In Vietnam it was primarily used for ground base defense and to protect

                                              convoys. 
Quang Tri -             South Vietnamese Province just below the DMZ.
Quantitative Indices -     Body counts. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara used body count as a way to judge the success or

                                              failure of individual engagements and also the Vietnam War.
Queen's Cobra's -  Elite Thailand forces that served in Vietnam


An "Unofficial" Vietnam

Dictionary


Written by Paul Kasper

Edited by Bob Nelson

Dedicated to all Vietnam Veterans--"Especially those who didn't come home."