Glossary

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V & O

Visitors and Observers Section

V(S)TOL

Vertical (short) take off and landing

V/Aust Corps HTM Bty

V/Australian Corps Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]

V/S

Visual signaling (by Aldis lamp in the case of aircraft)

V/T

Visual Telegraphy

V1

German flying bomb

V1A HTM Bty

V1A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]

V2

German stratospheric rocket bomb

V2A HTM Bty

V2A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]

V4A HTM Bty

V4A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]

V5A HTM Bty

V5A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]

VA

Vice Admiral

VAAF

Fifth Army Air Force (United States)

VAD

Voluntary Aid Detachment (First World War)

VADM

Vice Admiral

VALAPA

Vietnam Laboratory Assistance Programme Army

VAOC

Voluntary Air Observation Corps (RAAF)

VAOP

Voluntary Air Observation Post

VAOP CP

Voluntary Air Observers Corps Control Post

VC

Victoria Cross

VC

Veterinary Corps (USA)

VC

Viet Cong, a derogatory term for Vietnamese Communist. VC were irregular troops/guerillas mostly based in South Vietnam who opposed and fought the Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN).

VCANIZER

Vulcanizer

VCAS

Vice Chief of the Air Staff

VCC

Vehicle collecting centre

VCDF

Vice Chief of the defence Force

VCI

Viet Cong Infrastructure

VCIGS

Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff

VCO

Viceroy's Commissioned Officer (India)

VD

Venereal Disease

VD

Volunteer Officers' Decoration or Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration

VDC

Volunteer Defence Corps

VDC PTD

Volunteer Defence Corps, Part time duty

VDH

Valvular disease of the heart (First World War)

VE Day

Victory in Europe Day, 8 June 1945

veh

Vehicle

VERTREP

Vertical replenishment at sea (helicopter)

VES

Veterinary Evacuating Station

Vet

Veterinary

Vet Sect

Veterinary Section

VETO

Veterinary Officer

VF

Fighters (aircraft)

VHF

Very high frequency radio

VI

Vertical Interval

Vic

Victoria

VIP

Very important person(s)

VIS

Vietnamese Information Service, VIS was the agency responsible for interpretation and dissemination of Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN) programs and information

VJ

Victory Over Japan

VLA

Very low altitude

VLR

Vehicle landing ramp

VLR

Very long range

VLS

Vertical launch system(s)

VLSM

Vietnam Logistics Support Medal

VMF

Victorian Military Forces

VNAF

Vietnamese Air Force

VNMC

Vietnamese Marine Corps

VNN

Vietnamese Navy

VNQDD

Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang. Nationalist Party formed in 1927 along lines of Chinese Kuomintang.

VO

Verbal Order (USA)

VO

Veterinary Officer

VOC

Volunteer Officer Candidate (USA)

VOCG

Verbal Order Commanding General (USA)

VOCO

Verbal Order Commanding Officer (USA)

VOL

Vehicle Outfit List

VP

Vulnerable Point

VR

Volunteer Reserve

VRC

Volunteer Rifle Corps

VRD

Vehicle Reserve Depot

VRD

Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration

VS

Veterinary Service

VSC

Variable speed gear

VT

Torpedo bombers

VTAU

Vung Tau (Vietnam War)

VTC

Volunteer Training Corps

VTSZ

Vung Tau Special Zone