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Well The tunnel system has been around for ages, but the VC tunnels where special They had kitchens, wells, beds, ammo rooms, they even had an air raid shelter. They would put punji traps (Sharp bamboo traps that would kill you and some times the if you survived they would leave you left for dead, the bamboo would grow right through your body) around there tunnels.
But the VC started making tunnels around the 1940's i took about 25 years to build all the tunnels
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∙ 15y agoUS Forces were aware of the tunnels in 1965 (or earlier), it was the extent of the tunnels that US Forces weren't prepared for.
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