"Charlie" was a nickname for any member of the Vietnamese Communist Party, also know as the National Liberation Party. "Charlie" describes an individual or group and universally meant enemy to American forces.
=== === This was shortened to VC, or phonetically, Victor Charlie, and lastly to just Charlie.
Secondly, it also included the North Vietnamese Army and anyone else that was aggressively negotiating with hostile fire in country (Vietnam).
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The phrase 'going over the top' - referred to the soldiers in the trenches climbing out and up to flat ground, and advancing towards the enemy over 'no-mans land'. Attacking the enemy's trenches~APEX
Orren is Charley's younger brother in Soldiers Heart
The famous saying is "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
don't you get it? Lets say you have an enemy, and your friend has to hate that person too, so the enemy of your enemy is your friend!
Well, technically, they're the same thing. But I suppose you could say that an arch enemy is a forever enemy, as an enemy may just be your enemy for a few days.