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Nam - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In old law , distraint; distress.
noun Preterit of nim .
noun A Middle English contraction of ne am , am not.
noun An abbreviation of North America , or North American.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
obsolete Am not.
imp. of nim .
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
proper noun Vietnam , especially (in the US) the Vietnam War
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The Faith of Islam Edward Sell
Hey Del, my dad was a Ranger in "Nam ", what were you?
I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009
Hey Del, my dad was a Ranger in "Nam ", what were you?
I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009
The Army rediscovered a trick we used in 'Nam ' called "baiting," where you leave ammunition and pieces of explosive devices out and shoot whoever takes them.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
The Army rediscovered a trick we used in 'Nam ' called "baiting," where you leave ammunition and pieces of explosive devices out and shoot whoever takes them.
Easter Lemming Liberal News 2007
Mar. 29th, 2010 07: 37 pm (UTC) lasted longer than Vietnam what dates are they using for that? we had "military advisors" in Nam since the late 50's and the Police Action didnt end until May 1975 ..
"It kicks like a sleep twitch..." greygirlbeast 2010
I served two tours in Nam , in 66 I served aboard the USS Hull and in 68 was on a mine sweeper the MS Force. larry ray vogler prmjcm
warm welcome 2009
I served two tours in Nam , in 66 I served aboard the USS Hull and in 68 was on a mine sweeper the MS Force. larry ray vogler prmjcm
warm welcome 2009
My Army career went from 1970-90 (1 tour in Nam ) and nobody ever spit or did any of those things to me.
i know this is a little off topic but i have a friend who is in the army when he came home from basic,he got off the plane and a 2009
My Army career went from 1970-90 (1 tour in Nam ) and nobody ever spit or did any of those things to me.
i know this is a little off topic but i have a friend who is in the army when he came home from basic,he got off the plane and a 2009
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