2007-07-30 11:22:21 · 7 answers · asked by ashton_35_kingsport 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
it comes from the radio alphabet.
the viet-cong (VC) would be victor charlie in the radio alphabet.
to save time, they just said charlie.
2007-07-30 11:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by brian 4 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Well in actual fact the soldiers from North Vietnam wern't called Charlie, they were referred to as the NVA. Now the guerilla fighters in the south were called Viet Cong, initials VC, and in the international phonetic alphabet its spoken Victor Charlie. You shorten that and you get Charlie. And that's where the name came from. mikey: Right answer but you could have been a little nicer about it. Schools don't teach that sort of thing anymore and by the way I am a public school graduate and I knew the answer as well as you did.
2016-05-18 00:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by delfina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VC=South Vietnamese communist supporters (Victor Charly in Mil speak)
NVA=North Vietnamese Army (Peoples Army of the Democratic Republic of VietNam))
Either could be "Charlie"
South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) Army Republic of VietNam
2007-07-30 11:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Victor Charlie" was generic radio and slang term for the V.C. & N.V.A.
ARVIN the A.R.V.N. was the term for:
Army of the Republic Of Viet-Nam.
2007-07-31 04:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
brian is right. victor charlie as the phonetic alphabet for VC VietCong.
2007-07-30 13:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard someone call a ghost 'charlie'? Well the vietnamese were always popping up out of no where, like ghosts, so that is why they received the nick-name 'charlie'.
2007-07-30 11:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by strawberryrhubarbpie 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋
They looked like people named Charlie.
2007-07-30 11:26:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 8⤋