2006-06-27 11:51:07 · 6 answers · asked by nebelfeen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
VC = Viet Cong, most vets shortened the "VC" to just Charlie which comes from the US Armed Forces' phonetic alphabet's pronunciation of VC ("Victor Charlie").
2006-06-27 11:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by generic248 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Viet Cong= VC= Victor Charlie= Charlie
2006-06-28 16:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by John Deere Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlie was a Vietnam War-era nickname for the Viet Cong, a shortening of "Victor Charlie," applied to the Viet Cong using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
2006-06-27 18:55:35 · answer #3 · answered by Alloy Boy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the military phonetic alphabet, the letter "V" is Victor, the letter "C" is Charlie. Viet Cong= Victor Charlie, therefore, charlie became the slang term for Viet Cong soldiers.
2006-06-27 18:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by answermann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Charlie was the name for C company.
2006-06-27 18:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To distract american soldiers, the viatnamese would randomly yell out "Charlie" since it was a fairly common american name and use it to expose the hinding soldiers' spot.
2006-06-27 18:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by memberofdisfunctionalsociety 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋