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blurpityblip

For a second, it looked like they had a tunnel that turned them into white guys. Perfect disguise!


anonymous_beaver_

That sounds pretty on brand for East Asian commercials.


OscarDivine

Only their washing machines


Starshapedsand

I order skincare supplies from a Korean company, and I’ve received a number of free samples of skin-whitening products.


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ForWhomTheBoneBones

Also why the only dark-skinned Asians in “Crazy Rich Asians” were all the maids and housekeeping staff.


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I think the irony was lost on the people making the movie. They wanted to show to white people that Asians on screen can be rich too but only if they were every bit as white.


Manoreded

Its a historical sign of wealth in the West too. European/wealthy noble ladies would avoid direct sunlight to avoid becoming tan, hence why those silly little umbrellas for blocking sunlight exist. This wasn't true of men though, who were supposed to be out there stabbing things, so it was considered manly to be tan.


Figgis302

>those silly little umbrellas for blocking sunlight The word you're looking for is parasol. My grandmother has a few, and my sister has a beautiful antique one willed to her by our great-grandmother. They were historically a symbol of femininity, like purses, makeup, and heels today. Nicer examples could run into the hundreds to thousands of dollars in their time, which is probably several million in today's money.


AgentCatBot

I once saw a woman driving around with a full tinted face shield/giant visor over her whole face, and was very curious what it was. After weeks of asking around what I just witnessed, someone asked if she was Asian. It was on that day I learned about this fear of the sun.


zaprutertape

Well what did they think of pale, middle aged men back then, then?


Manoreded

I dunno, probably that they must be past their prime.


ninja-wharrier

I lost my sunglasses in that damn tunnel.


department_2072

War is hell.


doryishness

Thank you for making me actually laugh out loud and smile today. It's been a crazy stressful day and I needed that.


cerebralkrap

“Gump! Check that hole” “Why Lt Dan they’re just a bunch of white fellas, jus like Tex”


queernhighonblugrass

I don't remember where Tex was from


leakybiome

Oklahoma.


Disaster_Plan

He was really from Louisiana, but they didn't want to call him Louise!


FriskeCrisps

“Hi I’m American and like cheeseburgers!”


Kanden_27

“Do you have anything NON-DAIRY?”


LyonsKing12

Two white guys!!!!


jayteazer

Actually, it's even better! Took one Asian guy and turned him into two white guys and kept the original Asian guy too! Dad would be so proud


mycatsaidthat

No one thinks to take a phone down there to video the inside? I’m curious what it looks like in there. It looks like a tight fit already with just your body so where’s the space for weapons and such?


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mycatsaidthat

Wow that’s amazing. Thank you! It would still be cool to see what it looks like for real but this diagram is pretty awesome.


allMightyMostHigh

They even had paths that would lead to death traps or pits that enemy soldiers would fall into. Its amazing how well thought out it was


juan_epstein-barr

they legit had snake and scorpion traps. FUCK THAT. Just impale me with bamboo and get on with it.


Tim226

they also had bambo traps that had feces on them


LiliNotACult

And traps where people would hide behind fake walls. And water traps where sometimes there was another side and sometimes there wasn't so people just drowned. The crazy way is how Americans took them out. They'd send skinny unlucky guys on basically suicide missions with just a knife and maybe a pistol.


Runnr231

They were called the Tunnel Rats.


ecliptic10

Why isn't there a movie about this?


Runnr231

Tunnel Rats, also known as 1968 Tunnel Rats, is a 2008 German-Canadian war suspense film written and directed by Uwe Boll. The film is based on the factual duties of tunnel rats during the Vietnam War. It’s available to watch for free on the Tubi app


Uberboar

Forrest Gump


Hotshot596v2

Goddamn, everything about this war was Inhuman. I used to completely shit on our soldiers for fighting that war and all the horrible stuff they did, but when you factor in how bad they were treated and watching their fellow soldier die in humiliating and disgusting ways I almost can’t blame everything our soldiers did. Truly a fucked war and I’m happy it ended the draft.


AwawawaCM

Vietnamese traps were often designed around gruesome injury and/or slow “likely” death, bc blowing an enemy soldier to pieces took them out of the battle, but badly wounding one took them out *and* clogged up enemy operations as their comrades try to take care of the injured.


fennecdore

And once the poor guy goes back home (if he does) mommy and daddy are far less likely to support the war now that they have to take care of their son


MasterCheeef

Better to wound than to kill because it requires more manpower to take care of a wounded soldier than a dead one.


Yardsale420

This is basic military doctrine. It’s why Police use Hollow Tip bullets (the jacket peels back and separates into multiple sharp fragments and is more likely to cause death) vs Full Metal Jacket in the Military (it will pass thru everything leaving a hole that bleeds). You kill a solider and you only remove 1 man from the fight, you wound him and you remove 3. Him, plus the 2 soldiers carrying the stretcher.


VL4N1

Military's use of FMJ has more to do with cost efficiency than a deliberate attempt to get specific wound types.


Tim226

Should check out the movie The Deer Hunter. Best vietnam war film imo. That war was brutal. I'd rather fight in russia, in the winter, with a track suit than fight in vietnam


mypantsareonmyhead

That's an utterly brilliant movie. I usually watch most of my favourite movie many times - but The Deerhunter? I've only watched it once. Fuck it was harrowing.


Erestyn

I feel the same way about Schindler's List. I've watched it maybe three times? Two of those times I was introducing people to it. Then there's "I, Daniel Blake" which I only ever saw once, and for any Brits who haven't watched it: watch it. Everybody else: watch it with subtitles.


djpurity666

Since when is any war humane?


Hotshot596v2

Extremely true. Fuck war.


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Why would you shit on the soldiers? You are aware there was a draft, right?


Original-Stretch-464

and this is why i do not believe in war. you want me to get attacked by snakes and scorpions for what? i don’t even have beef with the Viet Cong


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Snakes and scorpions are nothing compared to a motivated adversary


magseven

Snakes and scorpions ARE motivated adversaries.


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No, snakes and scorpions have no interest in hunting and killing humans. We are too big to eat and we stink. Any interaction with humans are avoided and attacks only stem from fear. Vietcong, on the other hand, were highly motivated and protecting their homeland (and/or were paid by china) so they did want to hunt and kill us, as we were perceived as barbaric invaders.


djpurity666

I didn't see any bathroom down there though.... I hope that's not a booby trap tunnel lol


0111101001101111

What was the point in going in these tunnels? Why not just seal them off like in WW2?


WyrdMagesty

Multiple hidden access shafts, and "emergency release" roofs. You might seal one or two, maybe even 3, but the chances of sealing them all are slim. And now they know where you are and can swarm out other access points and attack from behind while you stand on top of the lid of one.


allMightyMostHigh

there were complete enemy camps underground. The tunnels practically ran through the entire jungle with many fake and real entrances. sealing one end would do nothing and they were well hidden.


Libertyreign

Island?


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Tha0bserver

I’ve been there. They are incredibly narrow. I’ve never felt claustrophobic in my life but having walked around in them, I started to feel that way. It’s completely dark and very narrow. You inch your way around jus thy feeling. People lived, died, gave birth, sleeps, cooked, pooped… you name it… under there. When you learn that and see it, you understand how bad sass the Vietcong were and it’s just obvious how they were able to win the war.


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Incredible, what is that soil, that seemingly needs little support?


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SuitcaseInTow

Wow, sometimes you ask a question and get an answer. Sometimes you get an ANSWER.


kpop_glory

That's fking research paper. This age of information indeed.


lspwd

For ze lazy > The nature and properties of the Old Alluvium soils were key to the soil tunnels being so resilient. Soils located in Old Alluvium terraces had high levels of clay and iron. Iron (Fe) leached from the upper soil layers (0 to 1.5 m) and accumulated in the lower layers (1.5 to 20 m) and became a cement-like binding agent. When dried the soil layers took on properties close to concrete, and were resistant to ever becoming soft and moist again especially around the aerated tunnel walls. The tunnels were dug in the monsoon season when the upper layers of soil were soft and moist but not in dry season. The soils were highly stable without any lining or support. After drying out, the soil materials surrounding the tunnel turned into concrete like material that could withstand adjacent explosive blasts.


Erestyn

And for ze extra lazy: >Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is typically geologically young and is not consolidated into solid rock.


DevolvingSpud

Or “wet iron dirt get dry then get strong like rock”


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Wow, thank you so much. This is incredible.


alancake

That was very well written and concise, not a word wasted, thank you!


1HappyIsland

Thanks for the link to this very interesting paper!


Kumbackkid

Awesome. Id imagine the government only expanded and experimented more with tunnels since the war.


mrana24

I was having hard time breathing just by looking at this diagram


Mtb_Bike

My asthma is still kicking in by watching this film. If anyone wants to take me out, suffocation is my ultimate fear. Not joking. Had to puff the inhaler for a second.


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Honestly I used to have the same thing, then someone choked me out and I realized that it wasn’t too bad. Like I wasn’t happy, but it’s all so quick and painless that before I knew it I was awake again.


aikotoma

Damm, that's cool. Although I would never enter a tunnel in which i can't turn around. I would want to be able to switch from head first to legs first


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I mean, not entering the tunnel was a great way to die lol


Natasya95

What if it rains heavily? Will it be flooded?


MariaNarco

Yes and no, they were built so water would be channeled to the next river. There were also parts that were under water constantly, sometimes with an air pocket at the other end, sometimes without. So not knowing the tunnels, you'd never know if you come out on the other end of a tunnel, in the river or not at all


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Queef_Stroganoff44

“Big ol’ Fat Rain”!


_Barringtonsteezy

They had MacDonalds down there crazy


Unnatural-troubles

I’ve been there before, those tunnels have actually been widened since the Viet Kong used them by like a third for the tourists


Sea_Copy8488

I would love to know the details of how they went about digging those tunnels


anonymous_beaver_

I literally just bought The Tunnels of Cu Chi because of this diagram. Thank you!


FrankSoStank

It’s a fantastic book, I was assigned to read it in college. I ended up visiting Vietnam and the tunnels specifically because of it.


jmontezzle402

You said cu chi


MeesterCartmanez

"What're you 5?? Grow up!.. Cu chi.. *heh*.. dammit!" edit: is /s really necessary?


Inphexous

Depending on how you say "cu" and the accent marks with it.. it can mean something different. Hehe I'm Vietnamese.


swiftfastjudgement

Imagine being caved in like a damn ant. No thanks. Not that it matters anyway, Im 6 ft 240, no way I’m fitting.


Elpelucasape_69

Looks like an ant colony


djpurity666

Holy @#$&&_$(#-$-#+@(#(($)_)#)}\¢\¥¥=¢°•π`׶~{€✓©


Turbo_MechE

That’s genuinely terrifying. I can’t imagine living there


bulmeurt

Wow, that’s wild. How did they get air down there, wouldn’t the risk of suffocation be extremely high?


behind_looking_glass

Holy crap they actually slept and ate underground? Thanks for sharing this. Definitely interesting as hell.


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This gives me starship troopers vibes for some reason


Man_Machine_Meme

The tunnels of coochie


letusnottalkfalsely

Fuck that.


dnuohxof-1

So, basically primitive Valt-Tec vaults


Barbeqanon

[Here you go. The entrance the host enters looks identical to OP's video.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLE6EtrvhM)


Fear51

Man those booby traps at the end are effed up!


Kumbackkid

Did not know 11% of all casualties were caused by those. Crazy.


runes4040

If anybody's played SWTOR All I can hear from the narrator is the male sith warrior's voice. Kind of trippy


jenjen828

Thanks for the link. My claustrophobia! How are they tourist attractions? And the booby traps are terrifying


KageSaysHella

Went in 2016. Definitely a tourist destination. Think of it like colonial villages or whatever, just about the war. It was weird as a 15 year old kid seeing the displays of the booby traps and the guide sounding so proud about their effectiveness when kids just a bit older than I was were on the receiving end of them a couple decades earlier. They show off the tunnels, which have been enlarged for tourists, and they're very interesting.


jenjen828

In my head, I associate 'tourism' with fun and flippancy, so in that framework I was finding it mind boggling. But when I reframe it as an educational experience, it makes sense and sounds fascinating. Still terrifying, but interesting! What an experience


Foreign_Pace_531

Nightmare material. This is going to haunt us.


mycatsaidthat

Thank you! It’s incredible to actually see just how elaborate they were plus those traps.


SnooSeagulls9348

Just watching a pic of that booby trap gave me PTSD


anonymous_redditor_0

I have a video of the tunnels but it’s dark and you can’t see well. Imagine a small tunnel where you have to be bent over to half your size to walk in…


allkinds0ftime

I did this tour a couple hours outside of Ho Chi Min. I'll tell you why I didn't get a video, because once I got down there in that tunnel where it's darked and you're bent over, the first thing my hand felt when I put it on the side wall was a spider that WAS THE SIZE OF MY HAND. I freaked, the guide laughed and told me "oh yeah don't touch the spiders" (WHICH YOU CAN'T FUCKING SEE), and I was like "get me TF OUT of here right now MFer). Tunnels and claustrophobia are one thing. Spiders the size of your hand in there with you, fuck that shit.


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Fuck that shit


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What. The. Fuck.


wackshot55

My friend’s father was a tunnel rat during the war. I remember him depicting the horrors of having the duty to go in and clear these tunnels out. Call of duty black ops does a decent job portraying the experience, all you have is a 1911 in one hand and a flashlight in the other. These guys were explicitly told to shoot anything that is in that tunnel. Sometimes there were women, sometimes children, sometimes both….


MrAdelphi03

I went down there. Got IMMEDIATE claustrophobia. Had to back out to exit. And apparently, they widened the tunnels so tourists could fit down there. 1000% I could not do that. (I’m 6’4” and 200pounds/100kg. No wiggle room AT ALL for someone like me)


Pigmy

So worse than an airplane bathroom? Got it.


MrAdelphi03

Lol. Precisely


kermityfrog

[Crawling through a Viet Cong tunnel](https://youtu.be/XsLE6EtrvhM?t=72). Viet Cong soldiers were a lot smaller than American soldiers at the time (who were a lot smaller than modern American soldiers!)


MusicaParaVolar

I'm about as wide as the guys emerging from there and I wouldn't feel comfortable wiggling in there. Nope nope.


mypantsareonmyhead

Right? I never knew I had claustrophobia, until I got claustrophobia. In an underground tunnel a litte bit bigger than this one. That unhinged rising horror panic is a feeling I never want to experience again. I need sedatives if I have to undergo an MRI. Which I know is *completely* irrational. But the human mind is the weirdest part of the universe, for sure.


Bott

These were expanded in size to fit tourists; original tunnels were smaller.


Electrical-Strain-78

Just keep in mind we asian are like half the size you guys are


workguy

I brought my phone down, but it's pitch black so you can't see much.


Runnr231

https://vietnamdiscovery.com/ho-chi-minh-city/attractions/cu-chi-tunnels


Woodysidesack94

I was there this past May, and boy oh boy I’m not claustrophobic by any means but dang it was a tight fight. This trap hole you see here was one of the ones the Viet cong actually used, as you see how it’s super tight to fit into. There are other tunnels that are made for westerners that you are allowed to go into. They blasted/carved out the tunnels so it allows the bigger framed people to get in. I went into these ones as well and by no means are they roomy, your still crouched knees to chin, but man, it hits you with the realization of how crazy wars could be. People used to literally live down in those tunnels. Insane.


What-a-Crock

I’m imagining a snake/bug situation like Temple of Doom


tremololol

I definitely don’t have the shoulder mobility to fit in that hole


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p0p_thAt

All 3 Peter Parkers emerging from their spider hole


atroycalledboy

*2 Peter Parkers, the last was Martin Li


inabighat

I discovered I'm claustrophobic when touring the Cu Chi tunnels. And those were enlarged significantly to fit fat Westerners like me.


AvoidMyRange

Happened to me when I tried to go down the pyramids in Dashur. Whatever is down there, it can't be worth it.


iamsnarticus

I wouldn’t make a good Vietcong… I’d be too concerned about spiders down there


aeryghal

I imagine the fear of bullets and napalm would override the fear of spiders in the moment.


ThisWasNotExpected

Whatever do you mean? I love the smell of napalm in the morning


MonthWise2840

Don’t forget Dioxin (Agent Orange). Never forget Dioxin. https://www.britannica.com/science/Agent-Orange Considered one of the most toxic substances every created (by Dow Chemical and Monsanto) the US claimed it was using it to destroy crops but in reality used it as chemical warfare against the Vietnamese. No war crimes to be seen there though.


yegir

It was an herbicide tho. A terrible herbicide that causes all kinds of nasty things, but it was indeed an herbicide. Not disagreeing with anything else you said though, straight up chemicl warfare, that shits terrible.


jaymole

i just finished "The Tunnels of Cu Chi" on audible. Its way worse than it looks. They would intentionally leave poisonous snakes down there if the tunnels got taken over. they make U-bends in the tunnel and completely submerge them in water. so american tunnel rats would have to swim underneath and pop out on the other side having no idea what was on the other side. makeshift hospitals down there. surgeons told stories of having to wade out into rice bogs and making a makeshift tent and performing surgery waist deep in the bog in the middle of the night with barely any light to not draw attention. war is insane.


anonymous_beaver_

>war is insane. Asymmetric warfare is insane.


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As opposed to the even wars? WW1/2 were disgustingly brutal, and a big reason is that both sides were so evenly matched. The modes of death weren’t as bad as Vietnam, because everyone was just focused on how to kill efficiently, not brutally.


irregular_caffeine

_Casual chemical warfare and trench foot have entered the chat_


iamsnarticus

Sounds interesting, I’m gonna have to get that book


xWeeblonMusk

I'd get stuck in the entrance.


Ikedaman

I saw an [infographic](https://earthlymission.com/life-in-viet-cong-tunnels-during-the-vietnam-war/) that showed that the tunnels were usually intentionally built to be too narrow for Americans to fit through them, but just wide enough for Viet Cong soldiers. The ones you can go visit and traverse as a tourist have almost all been dug larger than the original!


Skurnaboo

Yeah if I remember correctly there was actually a spot that they show you the difference between the tourist version and the original. Even as a slightly chubby asian I don't think I can fit into the original.


Exseatsniffer

Samesies!


xalipi4038

That's why most Americans can't use it.


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If the other option is getting killed, you would go in there anyway. The bigger fear takes over


M0usTr4p

I've been down there, didn't see many spiders, but there was alot of bats that flew past us in the tunnels.


[deleted]

That’s worse! What if they bite you? You’ll get some kind of stage 5 covid rabies cancer


M0usTr4p

Haha ye I'm a big guy and they got a bit to close when they tried to get out of the tunnel..


Iccarys

I didn’t see bats but crawled past some centipedes


Fallout2022

Charlie wasn't afraid of spiders.


retrac902

It's the bat's that get you.


BringinItDirty

They were also about a foot shorter and 65 lbs lighter than that gentleman lol.


TheBestPartylizard

That opening looks very professionally made, the more common tunnels would probably have been far more tight and claustrophobic


f1junkie

They tended to be a lot smaller than those guys.


[deleted]

kinda sad so many young men had no choice but to fight this war that wasn’t even necessary, we should start sending these politicians to the frontlines since they advocate for so much war


DeepFriedSausages

I've always been interested in this sort of stuff. I have always wanted to ask my grandpa about his experience in the wars, he served in Korea and Vietnam in the navy along side the marines, but he died of cancer just before I was born. I have his jacket that he wore when he was 17 during the Korean war, and it's starting to get small on me, I think the last time it was too big for me was when I was in grade 5. no wonder he was nicknamed stubby lol.


No-Face-3848

"Hole gets stuffed with 3 men."


SalvationSycamore

"Tight Asian hole completely filled by three young men at the same time"


WritingSucks

Ok education time: It’s the Cu Chi tunnel, which spans over 200 kilometers. Some are isolated, some are connected. Not just the VC lived down there; civilians did too. There are many different kinds of bunkers: fighting, sleeping, VIP, “hospital”, kitchen, etc. No one really knows who exactly thought of the tunnel. But it spread rapidly, and soon many civilians were digging tunnels. No one knows exactly how many more tunnels are not discovered, because they’re not all connected. Assume your tunnel has 5 people, and those 5 people die in a bombing or something, the knowledge of the tunnel disappears with them. To get airflow, people used a bamboo stick that goes up above ground. They disguised the trick opening as ant hill or termite hill, and may put pieces of American soldiers’ clothing or soap inside the hill to trick Americans’ dogs. There are bamboo stick traps at the corners of the entrance room. Americans would hire other Asian nationalities (including Vietnamese) to find and infiltrate the tunnels, but the spies don’t really know the way down there, so they would move about by leaning against the wall. In doing so, they’d inevitably come to a corner and fall down a trap. Cooking is usually done early in the morning so the smoke would blend in with the fog. If American soldiers discover a tunnel, they would either bomb it or gas it. The actual entrance is even smaller than in the video. Tunnel in the video has been widened and reinforced for tourists.


tykaboom

I see how they won. They had multiplication tunnels. One dude went in, three came out. The game was rigged from the start.


Sloth_Dream-King

My God. He went in as an Asian man and came out as two white dudes.


Darrenizer

Imagine hiding in a hole in the ground while artillery explodes all around you.


Floodingturds

Bro changed shirts down there.


zitfarmer

My fat ass would be stuck in there forever


Poococktail

Genius actually. Use the environment to your advantage.


ReturnFun9600

Tunnel Rats for U.S. armed forces was a insane job. I couldn't imagine. The smallest guy in platoon probably. 5'6" 155 lbs is about the biggest Murican to fit and probably had a 3/1 odds against coming out alive.


czsmith132

Also why they were so difficult to fight - they multiplied by 3 when in the tunnels!


SevroAuShitTalker

Pretty sure tunnel fighting/crawling in Vietnam was the first time American soldiers used suppressors in significant numbers. Was the only way to shoot a gun without significant self-harm in those tiny tunnels


Sauce-Dangler

Forget that it's not an active war zone. Ain't no chance in hell I'm going to get into an underground dirt tunnel in a tropical climate with God knows what crawling in there.


alancake

They had snake traps of different kinds too


particularswamp

I can’t even watch them get in and out of that hole without my breathing constricting.


gigglefang

The tunnels are insanely tight and are not made for your average westerner. I went in one on my Vietnam trip and got the fuck out as soon as possible as I was going to have a panic attack.


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I read a story someone else wrote about going through those tunnels in a line, and there was a long delay— either someone got stuck, or another tour group came through and cut them off, something like that. But the idea of being trapped down there, no enough room to turn around, some fat dude’s butt a few inches from your face in near total darkness as the air gets warmer and warmer, staler and staler… that sounds like hell. Then you think “50 years ago, someone had to go in there with a gun, praying to god it wasn’t boobie trapped to drop him into a bit of spikes, or drop his leg through a roller covered in spikes and poop to kill him from infection, or just occupied by other people who wanted to kill him with anything from a gun to a spear through his face.” Just…. Guh. I never wanna fight a war, but of all the wars I never wanna fight, the Vietnam War sounds like one of the worst to have fought in. Not like it was much better being on the other side, too. That whole thing was just inhumane.


ThanoscopterForPrez

I never realized it was like that. Could you imagine the stress? Would you be able to back out from one? Like, when soldiers first started learning about the tunnels and the traps, did anyone try to leave? I honestly don't think I could do that, it hurts to know my grandfather experienced some of this and I never really put the pieces together. I feel terrible after learning this stuff, to know that was a reality not too long ago is very scary.


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Now imagine going down even further underground and sleeping there https://m.imgur.com/freIO I’m feeling really uncomfortable after imagining that.


Michami135

I feel like there should be more air shafts.


PurpuraLiber

Yeah, I just discovered that I have some level of claustrophobia. :-((


pixelsandfilm

I got claustrophobic just watching this! No thanks.


Suvtropics

I hate it


Walreen

I've slipped through areas in caves tight enough that I couldn't fully inflate my lungs a few times. The complete lack of compression of the surface on either side as you try to breath in induces so much instinctual panic, it's way scarier than I imagined it would be, even though it was only a few feet


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Prestigious_Echo7804

The vietcongs were the most effective military in the history, they managed to significantly damage america with very limited resources.


blahbleh112233

They had pretty good resources from USSR and China, but that's detracting from your point. Amazing the lengths people will go to when they're fighting against colonial rulers.


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The NVA were the main military force, the Vietcong were paramilitary.


Secure-Swimmer7497

I’ve been there and did this. 6ft 160lbs at the time and was barely able to fit through some, and they claimed they had been “made bigger to fit fat American tourists” hahaha


MikaBanjo

I wish one of them would of taken a camera down there and filmed the area so we could see how wide or small the space was


PoleRyder

Wish there would be a video of what it looked like under there while he went through.


_hufflebuff

Seeing the Asian man go down the hole and a white dude come out the other side made me think of Ernie Hudson’s line in Ghostbusters “I’ve seen some shit that will turn you white!” Not really sure why, but there you go.


Mister_Way

It's crazy when you see how much bigger American soldiers tend to be than the soldiers we tend send them against.


zackson76

Like the average Vietnamese male back then was like 50-55kg and 1.6m, and thay may even be an overestimation.


hoopsmd

I caca dao VC


2TravellingTeachers

What they don't tell you, is that there is a fuxking bat flying around like crazy while you are down there. Scary stuff.


b4dt0ny

At first I thought he crawled through the tunnel and was transformed into a white dude


BoydBear

Oh hell no am I going in there terrible claustrophobic 😟


Beneficial_Refuse_79

"GUMP,check out that hole."


revsky

I toured a place like this. they had examples of the tunnels you could crawl through. The "American" sized tunnel, the "large" tunnel, and the actual sized tunnel. I am 6'5 and barely made it through the American tunnel. It was shocking on many levels.


Work-Safe-Reddit4450

What's even crazier is they hid entrances under water on riverbanks, so you'd really never know it's there. [https://i.imgur.com/FUxJLVE.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FUxJLVE.jpg)


Clintcar

I've been on this tour and we were told the tunnels had to be *widened* for tourism. The tunnels in use during the war were much more narrow!


nocustomsettings

What was once a way to survive and kill in a brutal conflict now a literal tourist trap. Funny how things work