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"Charlie" originates from the abbreviation VC for "Vietcong." In the NATO phonetic alphabet, used in radio transmissions, the words for V and C are "Victor" and "Charlie". Victor Charlie for the Vietcong was soon shortened to Charlie. This use of Charlie was first recorded among soldiers in 1965. Charlie could mean either 'a member of the Vietcong' or 'the Vietcong or armed forces of North Vietnam collectively', which explains its frequent use in the singular. Charlie was also used earlier --from the 1920s-- among African-Americans as a term for white men regarded as oppressors of blacks. There's no relation though.
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