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VIETCONG TUNNEL SYSTEM
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Cu Chi Tunnel system
• Cu Chi is located Northwest of Saigon (Ho Chi Min City)
• served as a stronghold of the Viet Cong throughout the Vietnam War.
• It was of strategic significance because it straddled the main land and the river routes used by the Viet Cong using the Ho Chi Min Trail in Cambodia.
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• Cu Chi became the most bombed, shelled, gassed, and defoliated area in the history of the Vietnam War
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• The tunnels were used to connect villages, districts, and provinces together so the guerrilla fighters could move between areas undetected.•
• They were originally dug as hiding places for the Viet Minh, nationalist guerillas who fought the Japanese during World War II and France afterwards (1946-54).
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• The tunnels were subsequently expanded in response to pressure brought on by conventional ARVN and US forces.
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US REsponse
• Operation Cedar Falls was conducted between Jan 8-26, 1967 and was typical of the American response to the Viet Cong operating in the Cu Chi district and Iron Triangle.
• 30,000 US troops were involved in the “search and destroy”operation
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• To find the tunnels, units dragged trees behind their armored personnel carriers to create avenues of fine grained dust.
• In the morning, they could see where the VC had come out of their holes and walked around, leaving footprints in the fine powdery dust (only available in the dry season
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Tunnel Rats
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