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HAWTHORNE An operation in Kontum Province.

HIGHLAND Movement of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division to secure An Khe, 22 August-2 October 1965.

Hq Headquarters

IRVING A 1st Cavalry Division operation in Binh Dinh province in 1966.

JEB STYART 1^st Cavalry operation in I Corps, including the move north, the Tet offensive, securing base areas, and preparation for PEGASUS.

JP-4 Kerosene-based fuel for turbine engines

JUNCTION CITY A major operation north of Tay Ninh City in 1966.

JUNCTION CITY ALTERNATE An operation begun on 22 February 1967 with the only parachute assault in Vietnam.

KBA Killed By Action

KIA Killed In Action

LAM SON 719 A combined operation in Laos from 8 February to 6 April 1971.

LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized

LEJEUNE A 1st Cavalry Division operation to relieve the Marines in Quang Ngai Province, 7-22 April 1967.

LIBERTY CANYON The move of the 1st Cavalry Division from I Corps to III Corps in the fall of 1968.

LPD Amphibious Transport Dock

LSD Landing Ship, Dock

LST Landing Ship, Tank

LZ Landing Zone

MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

MARAUDER An operation conducted in the Plain of Reeds of the Delta by the 173d Airborne Brigade, 1-8 January 1966.

MARKET TIME U.S. Navy operations offshore of Vietnam under Task Force 115.

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