North Vietnam and Southern Rebels (NLF) VERSUS South Vietnam (government) and the United States
DRV | Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam, established in Sept. 1945 | GVN | Government of (South) Vietnam – officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), established October 1955 |
NVA | North Vietnamese Army | ARVN | Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam |
NLF | National Liberation Front, established in December 1959 (southern rebels or guerrillas) | CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) |
PRG | Provisional Revolutionary Government, political arm of the NLF, established June 1969 | MACV | Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (U.S.), established in February 1962 |
Abbreviations for U.S. antiwar organizations (Sec. IV)
AFSC | American Friends Service Committee |
AMP | Another Mother for Peace |
CALCAV | Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam (later changed to CALC) |
CCCO | Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors |
CORE | Congress on Racial Equality |
FCNL | Friends Committee on National Legislation |
FOR | Fellowship of Reconciliation |
Mobe | National Mobilization Committee |
SANE | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy |
SCLC | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
SDS | Students for a Democratic Society |
SNCC | Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee |
SWP | Socialist Workers Party |
VVAW | Vietnam Veterans Against War |
WILPF | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom |
WRL | War Resisters League |
WSP | Women Strike for Peace |
General abbreviations
AP | Associated Press (photos) |
ARVN | Army of South Vietnam |
CIA | Central Intelligence agency (U.S.) |
C.O. | Conscientious objector |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.) |
GI | General Infantry (U.S.) |
GVN | Government of (South) Vietnam, also known as the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) |
MACV | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (U.S.) |
MIA | Missing in Action |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NLF | National Liberation Front in South Vietnam (rebels or guerrillas) |
NVA | North Vietnamese Army, including the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Peoples Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) |
NSC | National Security Agency (U.S.) |
POW | Prisoner of War |
PRG | Provisional Revolution Government (NLF political representation) |
ROTC | Reserve Officers Training Corps (U.S.) |
UN | United Nations |
UPI | United Press International (photos) |
VC | Viet Cong (label for NLF and NVA forces) |