Cu Chi Tunnels by junge1
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The Cu Chi Tunnels are located about 40km northwest of Saigon. During the Vietnam War this area was heavily sprayed (with Agent Orange)and bombed by B-52s.
The tunnels were built over a period of 2 1/2 decades beginning in the late 1940's during the war against the French. The tunnel system became legendary during the 1960s for its role in facilitating Viet Cong control of large rural areas. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from the South Vietnamese capital to the Cambodian border; in the district of Cu Chi alone, there were over 250km of tunnels. The network, parts of which were several stories deep, included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living area, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens (Lonely Planet, Vietnam, 1995).
This picture was taken on 22 August 2012,
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Comments (25)
Faemike55
Very impressive: the photograph & the information. I had heard about the tunnels, I just didn't know that they were that extensive or had been around for so long
emmecielle
Interesting image and informations!
tigertim
An amazing feat, and very clever in design.. a great photo's
UVDan
Very interesting if somewhat primitive artwork.
bazza
Very interesting info and tunnel system didn't know they had been around since the 40's.. Excellent post Sig!
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE IMAGE! VERY IMPRESSIVE
npauling
An excellent photo showing these tunnels that caused so many problems during the wars, but you have to give them credit for their inventiveness.
flavia49
impressive image and great info
renecyberdoc
great info.
jayfar
A great illustration of these fantastic tunnels.
lyron
Nice shot!!!
casmindo
Great shot of a network of terror
dakotabluemoon
Wow and i got to say i love everything about the Vietnam war that i can absorb and reading more about it i had an uncle that died there thank u for giving us so much of the things we can't find here on the web this is a splendid display.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
farmerC
Exellent.
drifterlee
Very interesting. I remember reading about them!
debbielove
Amazingly clever, but a nightmare to fight in and I imagine worse still to fight against! Fascinating shot, thanks for showing us Sig.. Rob
vis151
Yeah, there were a lot of tunnels in WWII also.
nefertiabet
Very cool story and image my friend!!!
UteBigSmile
Interessante Info lieber Siggi!
bobrgallegos
Great capture of this awesome display Sig!! Served there in 1968 but further North in the US Marine Corp.
Richardphotos
very interesting Sig
auntietk
One of my favorite murder mystery series is by Michael Connelly, and his detective is named Harry Bosch. Harry was a tunnel rat in Viet Nam. I enjoyed looking at your photograph ... it gives me more of a perspective on something I don't know a lot about.
starship64
Great picture. What an interesting scene!
danapommet
I have read some of the stories of the 'tunnel rats' - impressive stories.