Book on Vietnam War Slang

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

I've kept Tom Dalzell posted on the ads-l messages concerning the supposed chemical agent "Howdy-Doody", included in his latest book, _Vietnam War Slang_. Tom replied with two messages, which I now (with his permission) share below with ads-l.

"Howdy-Doody" is clearly an outlier for Tom.  Might I now invite him to share with ads-l a few items that he finds very interesting and also better typify the material he came across in his research.

Gerald Cohen
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From: Dalzell, Tom [tmd9 at IBEW1245.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 10:44 AM
To: Cohen, Gerald Leonard
Subject: Re: Book on Vietnam War Slang

This is the only cite I have for it. It was marginal for that reason and for the reason that the identity of the chemical agent is not revealed. I'm surprised that it got as much attention as it did. I have feelers out a couple places to see if I can find out anything more about it. Thanks, Tom


From: Dalzell, Tom [tmd9 at IBEW1245.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:57 AM
To: Cohen, Gerald Leonard
Subject: Re: Book on Vietnam War Slang
Thanks. I have been seeing them. I stand by my description of the term as marginal. I continue to be surprised by the attention being paid to it. Thanks, Tom

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