"Marxist" 60s Project

NOTPARS

I grew up in the 60s (born in 55') and just missed the war. As a teacher, I try to bring balance to what Hollywood has poured into the kid's heads. In search of definitions for terms like "foo-gas," I stumbled across the "60s Project" which had a glossary of terms. While navigating the site, I realized that all the sources, articles, links, etc were from a very left-wing perspective (it was started, after all, by a college professor). I emailed and asked Kali Tal, who runs the site, if that was true. Instead of a straight answer, he wrote back, "To quote Che Guevara, 'I can't help it if reality is Marxist." I wrote back to say that I would take his response as a "yes" to my question and it was interesting that he quoted a mass murderer. Okay, is there a decent site to get a full glossary of terms used in Vietnam by soldiers? I checked two others and so far none even mentioned punji sticks.

70-101

I hope these help. If you need any clarifications or have any additional questions let us know.

http://www.vietvet.org/glossary.htm

http://www.1stcavmedic.com/glossary.html

http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamglossary.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs

http://www.tomahawks.us/vietnam_slang.htm

http://www.ichiban1.org/html/history_glossary.htm

NOTPARS

70-101: Yes, that is a big help and thanks. I really appreciate it. I did receive an email back from Kali Tal, guest lecturer on comparative culture and literature at the University of Arizona asking who he (she?) quoted that was a mass murderer. He/she said, "Unless you are referring to Henry Kissinger." I know how this will play out. Again, thanks. As soon as we have paper around here, I'm going to pint them out.