[Milsurplus] "The Nam" was RT-907/PPN-17

[Peter Gottlieb]

The guys I grew up with who went (I missed it by one year) all called it "Nam" 
when they returned.  Luckily, all my close friends made it back in one piece, at 
least physically.



On 4/25/2013 11:27 AM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> I'll have to side with Mike on this.  When I see or hear "Nam", I think of
> Hanoi Jane et al.
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> In a message dated 04/25/2013 09:43:36 AM Central Daylight Time,
> ark at ar88.net writes:
>> On 4/24/2013 1:19 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>>> .....FWIW, the term "Nam" would drive my Vietnam veteran friends
>>> crazy, especially "the Nam". They universally say it's Hollywood-speak
>>> and are merciless with anyone they hear using it.....
>> Mike,
>>
>> As one who spent 11 months of 1970-71 at Cam Ranh Bay, I need to take
>> exception to this.  "Nam" and sometimes "The Nam" was pretty much
>> standard colloquial English throughout the 1970's, even among veterans.
>> Maybe especially among veterans.  I think I usually said "Vietnam" to
>> civilians.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Al
>>
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