Tunnel Fighters | Vietnam | Military Tactics
Channel: BlackBearSix.TV
Date: 09/07/2018

TOURING Viet Cong TUNNELS: a local guide explaining the large network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Cu Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.  

The tunnels were used in several military campaigns during the Vietnam conflict, and was the Viet Cong's base of operations for the 1968 Tet Offensive.

The tunnels were used by Viet Cong as combat hiding bunkers, communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches, and living quarters for North Vietnamese fighters. 

Viet Cong life in the tunnels was difficult: air, food and water were scarce and tunnels were infested with ants, venomous centipedes, scorpions, spiders and vermin. Sickness was rampant, especially malaria, the second largest cause of death, except for battle wounds.

A 75-mile-long complex of tunnels has been preserved by the government of Vietnam, and turned into a memorial park, with two different display sites, Ben Dinh and Ben Duoc. 

The Ben Duoc site contains part of the original tunnel system, while the Ben Dinh site, closer to Saigon, has tunnel reconstructions, some made larger to accommodate tourists. 

In both sites, lights have been installed.  Both sites have displays of booby traps and underground conference rooms where campaigns were planned.  

Attractions include caged monkeys, souvenir vendors, and a shooting range where visitors can fire assault rifles, i.e., M-16 or AK-47, as well as a light machine gun.

Video and photographs of this tour of Cu Chi Tunnels taken by Eugene Taylor and Abraham Krikorian, during November 2013.

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