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ass-and-trash noun during the Vietnam war, people and cargo to be transported by aeroplane US- We flew three missions of local ass-and-trash, single-ship stuff. — Robert Mason, Chickenhawk, p. 394, 1983
- The first thing that happened to helicopter pilots when they arrived in Vietnam was assignment to a platoon that flew “slicks,” the Hueys used for troop and and cargo transport, or “Ash and Trash” missions. — Dennis Marvicsin and Jerold Greenfield, Maverick, p. 36, 1990
- He asked the brigade for an additional allocation of the “ash and trash” support people, but made sure he had a hard-core infantry base. — J. D. Coleman, Incursion, p. 142, 1991
- “Ash and trash” means we’ll be hauling anything from C rations to ammunition. — Richard Burns, Pathfinder, p. 125, 2002
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