Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cheviot!andy From: andy@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk (Andy Linton) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: VC Message-ID: <1677@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 07:37:31 EST Article-I.D.: cheviot.1677 Posted: Mon Jan 19 07:37:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 02:08:21 EST References: <455@sii.UUCP> <1532@kitty.UUCP> <350@sortac.UUCP> Reply-To: andy@cheviot (Andy Linton) Organization: U. of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Lines: 7 Followup-To: In article <350@sortac.UUCP> pls@sortac.UUCP (Pat Sullivan) writes: >VC is actually the trademark of a well known Southeastern Asia militia; >this predates both of the above. Surely VC stands for Victoria Cross - the highest gallantry award for military people in the British (and Commonwealth) armed forces. I presume this predates even the well known SE Asian militia. (:-)