Glossary: Abbreviation List

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ARVN:
Army of the Republic of Vietnam

CIDG:
Civilian Irregular Defensive Group

CORDS:
Civilian Operations and Revolutionary development support

COSVN:
Central Office for South Vietnam

DMZ:
Demilitary Zone

DRV:
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

ICP:
Indochinese Communist Party

JCS
Joint Cheif of Staff

MAAG:
Military Assistance Advisor Group

MACV
Military assistance Command, Vietnam

MIA:
Missing in Action

NCC
National Coordinating Committee to end the War in Vietnam

NLF
National Libration Front

NVA
North Vietnamese Army

PAVN
Pople's Army of Vietnam

PLAF
Pople's Liberation Armed Forces

PRG
Pople's Revolutionary Government

RVN
Republic of Vietnam (south Vietnam)

RVNAF
Republic of Vietnam Armed Forced

SAM
surface to air missle

SANE
Committee for a sane Nuclear Policy

SDS
Students for a Democratic Society

SEATO
SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization

VC
Vietcongs

VNQDD
Vietnamese Nationalist Party

VVAW
Vietnam Veterans against the War