An Interesting win on eBay.........

[Bonny]

That is some really interesting history. You wonder about the girl Thi Kieu & if she is still around to this day?

[cassiesmom]

Wow, Wom! That's an extremely interesting win!

[Catty1]

I tried to find some info on Nguyen Thi Kieu - all I found were references to an actress/singer. Not sure it's the same person!

Really interesting find, Wom.

[RICHARD]

I read a book about the "Tunnel Rats" that fought in Cu Chi against their VC counterparts...

That was an interesting and terrible story.


Tunnel Rats were servicemen who were chosen, by size, to crawl into the tunnel openings with only a .45 pistol and a flashlight to try and engage the VC that ran in the tunnels.

Because the VC were smaller in stature, they only excavated tunnels large enough for them to get thru, most Americans were too large to fit, so the
job went to the smallest soldier.

There were booby traps, enemy soldiers, water, animals and insects they had to endure. They also had a rope tied to their ankles, so if they were injured or killed, their buddies had a way to get them out of the tunnels.

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The Viet Cong were also very resourceful as they tunneled in the area.

There was one story of a tank that was buried in the ground and used as a fortified 'bomb shelter'. There were also command areas, hospitals, storage areas and sleeping quarters for the fighters that spent weeks and months at at time living in the tunnels.


If you like interesting stories about war and history I recommend it highly

http://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Cu-Chi...p/0425089517#_

[wombat2u2004]

I read a book about the "Tunnel Rats" that fought in Cu Chi against their VC counterparts...

That was an interesting and terrible story.


Tunnel Rats were servicemen who were chosen, by size, to crawl into the tunnel openings with only a .45 pistol and a flashlight to try and engage the VC that ran in the tunnels.

Because the VC were smaller in stature, they only excavated tunnels large enough for them to get thru, most Americans were too large to fit, so the
job went to the smallest soldier.

There were booby traps, enemy soldiers, water, animals and insects they had to endure. They also had a rope tied to their ankles, so if they were injured or killed, their buddies had a way to get them out of the tunnels.

---------------

The Viet Cong were also very resourceful as they tunneled in the area.

There was one story of a tank that was buried in the ground and used as a fortified 'bomb shelter'. There were also command areas, hospitals, storage areas and sleeping quarters for the fighters that spent weeks and months at at time living in the tunnels.


If you like interesting stories about war and history I recommend it highly

http://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Cu-Chi...p/0425089517#_

Oh yeah, those guys had the worst job.
I was welfare officer for a guy by the name of Barry McKay, he was a tunnel rat, and he passed away some 6 months ago after a fight with cancer.
At his funeral, a few of us had to give a bit of a talk, and a mate of his from Sydney did the same.........he was telling me that out of the 15 guys that were in his unit, only he was still alive.

[wombat2u2004]

That is some really interesting history. You wonder about the girl Thi Kieu & if she is still around to this day?

Probably. She'd be a couple of years younger than me.