The Korean War spawned a rich language of Acronyms and slang to describe the conditions and experience of a hard slogging war on a rugged peninsula.
- Augur in
- Bedcheck Charley
- Bingo
- Blinking Squadron
- Boffins
- Boxer Boys
- Elsewhere
- Erk
- Finger Formation
- Flying Cheetahs
- Frag Order
- Gaggle
- Golf Balls
- Josephine
- Joto
- Lufberry
- MLR
- Moolah
- Mosquito
- MSR
- Operation Glory
- Prang
- Recce
- Scosh
- Shackle Code
- Spam Can
- Stooge
- Top Cover
- Winking Spinners
- Yo-Yo, and hundreds more…
BelleAire Press has included a representative sample of Korean War-era aviation terms and slang to help you better understand “The Forgotten War” and the brave UN soldiers, sailors and airmen who saved South Korea from a Communist dictatorship in 1950-1953.
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