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dirty thirty
noun- in the Vietnam war, a US soldier who had killed 30 enemy soldiers US
- Everyone talked about the Dirty Thirty. Every soldier worth his salt bragged he was getting closer and closer: “Killed another Charlie last night while Lurpin’ thru sector seven. That brings my count to over two dozen. Only a matter of time before I’m a Dirty Thirty myself.” — Jack Hawkins, Chopper One #2: Tunnel Warriors, p. 27, 1991
- the US Air Force pilots who served as co-pilots with Vietnamese Airforce crews in 1963 and 1964 US
- — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 145, 1990
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