A
U.S. Army
infantryman is lowered into a
Viet Cong
tunnel to perform an underground
search and destroy mission during the
Vietnam War. These soldiers, known as
tunnel rats, were equipped usually only with a
handgun and
flashlight, and besides enemy forces, faced
booby traps and natural dangers such as
snakes,
scorpions,
spiders and
insects.Photo credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps
A
U.S. Army
infantryman is lowered into a
Viet Cong
tunnel to perform an underground
search and destroy mission during the
Vietnam War. These soldiers, known as
tunnel rats, were equipped usually only with a
handgun and
flashlight, and besides enemy forces, faced
booby traps and natural dangers such as
snakes,
scorpions,
spiders and
insects.Photo credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps