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It was an easier way for the VC to get around. With the US Army above ground trying to 'search and destroy' them it was a safe way to travel. With the Americans also having the upper hand with their firepower, the Vietcong could confuse the soldiers. For example, they would ambush an American soldiers camp, then when the troops went after them in pursuit, they would just disappear. This was one of the many ways that the Vietcong wore down the morale of the US troops.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoSometimes, sometimes not. Like all dead fighting men thru-out history (including the Indian Wars in the American west in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s) the deceased were often buried on site or within a few hundred yards of the killing. Part of the reason for burying was to prevent "their" enemy from capitalizing on the deceased man; they didn't want him stripped out, trophied (scalped or otherwise souvenired), and most important of all they didn't want their enemy to know that they had succeeded in killing some of their enemies (they didn't want their opponent to get credit for the body count).
A wounded VC could be dragged into a tunnel for medical treatment then could've died later.
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∙ 12y agoThere are two answers for this question. But first an explanation for the tunnels.
In war against aircraft there are two types of defenses:
1. Active air defense.
2. Passive air defense.
Active defense is actually shooting at the enemy aircraft. Passive defense is hiding from them (camoflage). Tunnels provided BOTH! Thus, tunnels in Vietnam provided cover & concealment for communist troop movements and resupply during the war.
Second portion of the answer: There were tunnels everywhere in South Vietnam (probably North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia as well). The tunnels at Cu Chi was the AO of the USAs Americal Division (Oregon Task Force Division aka 23rd Inf Div) and were amongst the largest networks because they were along the coastline and nearer the DMZ/I Corps...and the closer you got to I Corps the closer you were to the NVA's supply lines...which meant the NVA were always better armed and fresher nearer their homeland than they were when they were stretched to far down south. AND Cu Chi is more readily available for TOURISTs being nearer the coastline and other major cities (Hue, Quang Tri, Dong Ha, Da Nang, Phu Bai, etc.). The former North Vietnamese government doesn't allow tourists to visit the former "hot" battlegrounds such as Lang Vei, the Rockpile, possibly Khe Sanh (which might be a soybean farm today according to television programs), the Ia Drang, etc. Bottom line: there are other tunnel networks out there but Cu Chi is safer & more readily available to tourists.
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When was the vietcong tunnel system built?
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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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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