ABM |
Anti-Ballistic Missile System |
AFB |
air force base |
ARVN |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) |
CIDG |
Civilian Irregular Defense Group |
CINCPAC |
Commander in Chief, Pacific Command |
CO |
conscientious objection/objector |
CORE |
Congress of Racial Equality |
DMZ |
demilitarized zone |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DRV |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) |
GVN |
Republic of South Vietnam |
HBCU |
historically black colleges and universities |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
LBJ |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
LZ |
landing zone |
MACV |
Military Assistance Command, South Vietnam |
NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NCO |
noncommissioned officer |
NLF |
National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam |
NSC-68 |
National Security Council Paper No. 68 |
NVA |
North Vietnamese Army |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OPPLAN 34-A |
Operation Plan 34-A |
PCUS |
Presbyterian Church in the United States |
PNBC |
Progressive National Baptist Convention |
POW/MIA |
prisoner of war/missing in action |
PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
R and R |
rest and recuperation |
ROTC |
Reserve Officer Training Corps |
SALT |
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty |
SASC |
Senate Armed Services Committee |
SBC |
Southern Baptist Convention |
SCLC |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
SDS |
Students for a Democratic Society |
SEATO |
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
SFRC |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
SNCC |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
SPIS |
Senate Preparedness Investigating |
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Subcommittee |
SSOC |
Southern Student Organizing Committee |
UN |
United Nations |
USAF |
United States Air Force |
VC |
Vietcong |
VVAW |
Vietnam Veterans Against the War |