DIRTY SECRETS of VIETNAM: The Tunnel Rats

American, Australian, and New Zealander soldiers who performed underground search missions.

[@Abonanno24601]

Good thing the camera guy already went into the tunnel to set up the camera shot of the soldier going in head first.

[@wesleywhittington8499]

The beginning of algorithm....

[@stndupforusa8964]

Its an instructional video

[@fryo2299]

Camera guy never dies

[@djizzah]

Send the politicians who prosecuted this war down the enemy tunnel, not these poor young innocent fellows.

[@kevinebarron]

Huh?

[@emilio6117]

Amen

[@leehelle4990]

if it wasn't for that long history you wouldn't have the freedom to yak your silly mouth about things you know nothing about

[@williambtm1]

Lee do your research and understand that the US military started this high death rate war, this war helped a lot of the corporate weapons and arms manufacturers, Monsanto was just one of the 6-8 huge chemical company's that were going flat knacker involved in manufacturing the Agent Orange herbicide, then that they refused to extend the reduction of its human toxicity because this would require an extra day or so before it was then ready for transport to Vietnam. This comment is only a minor fraction of the corporate manufacturers that were reliant on the American war machine to provide profits to those manufacturers back in those days of 45-50 odd years ago. I spent my time there for just a half a term of service during the winding down stage back in 1971. At that point in time the Australian troops had began their government ordered complete withdrawal of all Australian military personnel. That's why my term was reduced.

[@garywolfe5210]

Agent Orange was a bad thing. in 1966 I came into contact with it on foilage. Today I'm treated at the VA Hospital for AGENT ORANGE, it attacked my Heart and Lungs. I don't look at how much time do I have left, I just pray for all troops and let them know that Jesus Christ is always there for me.. Have a wonderful day. Glad your still here, I can say, (WELCOME HOME)

[@respectablepanzer6171]

Man 18 yros back then had the balls to fight in wars while I'm here too afraid to tell the waiter they got my order wrong

[@kerruo2631]

Well they were forced to fight in a war

[@respectablepanzer6171]

@@kerruo2631 well yes some of them were but most of them, especially in WWI, were volunteers

[@kittenmittons1968]

While this was a horrific war and I have mad respect for Vietnam Vets, most were drafted, as in forced into this...which is super fucked up..and ironic for a country that's against communism. When I joined in 2006 it was voluntary, and like most..just turned 18. There is no shortage in volunteers, after 9/11 there was a huge influx of people signing up.

[@respectablepanzer6171]

@@kittenmittons1968 I didn't know that. Thanks for that information

[@kittenmittons1968]

@@respectablepanzer6171 YW!

[@multitieredinvestor183]

Next door neighbor and good friend Jim Dimanoff was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. Stood 5’4” and was as big a man that I knew! He retired a MSG E8.

[@cabbage6015]

These reconstructed tunnels look far more wide and comfy compared to the real ones lmao :v

[@donaldswafford6987]

Leonard Marischolio aka mouse a corpsman who weighed abt. 85 lb. max good in tunnels

[@icemule]

They have been made larger for westerners to fit in them. But this is clearly a training film and in no way simulates actual V.C tunnels in Vietnam.

[@burtonhollabaugh3767]

Vietnamese give paid tours to tourists. They made them bigger to accommodate American tourists.

[@davecalvo1939]

hey TJ, come to the US and start telling people they are fat idiots and see how long you keep your teeth buddy

[@solcutta3661]

Yes but they have to get cameras Down and light it.. This was 60s remember, there was no camcorders...

[@donbaxley5530]

I knew a tunnel rat He told me that he went down a tunnel that had branches. As he was carefully crawling down one that was pitch dark he heard a noise so he turned and fired. It was a mother and baby. He killed them both and said he was sad and never forgot it!. It greatly bothered him 50 years later!

[@KaiSoDaM]

Fucke me.. that's dark indeed

[@AndreiFantastic]

It should bother him

[@nonameman7114]

Christ, that’s awful. It’s not his fault nor that family, it’s those damn old politicians in Washington sending young men to kill for nothing.

[@edgardovilla199]

It is what it is, war is war.

[@wompbozer3939]

I’d have been hiding in a tunnel too if I was her

[@therrienmichael08]

I had a sergeant on the P.D. who climbed through the tunnels in Vietnam. The stories are unbelievable. He was the sole survivor of a battle and ran two days to get back to base camp.

[@tonydaza8504]

Do you have any stories to tell please do

[@annb9422]

Your sargeants story is really touching. I just watched the movie 1968 Tunnel RATS about what it was like for the soldiers in the tunnels during the Vietnam war. Although just a movie it had me on the edge of my seat and it gives you an idea of the horror these soldiers had to endure.

[@therrienmichael08]

@@annb9422 I'll have to look for the movie.

[@therrienmichael08]

@Manuel Daza I don't always see the comments come in to respond. One year later, I saw yours...

[@annb9422]

@@therrienmichael08 Actually the one entitled 1968 Tunnel Rats here is the better quality so I would watch this one.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

The Tunnels RATS are without any doubt the most brave soldiers I have ever seen. It was the more dangerous job, never forget than Charly was waiting for them generally.

[@andypalomares2562]

TheOneFromFuture you’re an idiot.

[@michaelbowles4757]

Gilles Guillaumin dam right.😏

[@jy5996]

It is spelled Charley! You are army material for sure.

[@arthas640]

@TheOneFromFuture can you explain how allied soldiers were affiliated with the German National Socialist(aka Nazi) party? With the political horseshoe principal communists actually have more in common with fascist groups such as the Nazis then moderates such as the socialists in western europe or the conservatives in Anzac countries and the US

[@tongkhoshong4552]

Lol!! KAMIKAZE SUICIDE BOMBER!!

[@chauminhpham6351]

Any war is terrible and I wish this one had not happened. So much blood and tear on both sides. Pray for the soldiers who fought and lost their life in this nonsense war. Peace

[@MikeBrownOhio]

Population control at it finest or worst, however, you want to look at it... Not from just one country but from all... How many wealthy kids go to war??? Not many from any country... Have a great day...

[@robertroselle9082]

They didn't have to go! Many did not!

[@Ghosts-jx7dw]

Robert Roselle actually many people in Vietnam signed up and weren’t drafted.

[@Ghosts-jx7dw]

It wasn’t nonsense we believed what we believed at that time PERIOD.

[@robertroselle9082]

Ghost1912, yes many did volunteer, but I think it is fair to say that there was more opposition to this war than any other war in American history. I had relatives who went while I protested the war!

[@robertlite3878]

My high school friend was a marine tunnel rat. After being shot several times and blown up a couple of times, he survived. He got out and started drinking to the point of destroying his liver. He died 2 years ago, liver failure.

[@radod6147]

well, he paid the price

[@annb9422]

I'm sorry about your friend. I just watched the movie 1968 Tunnel RATS about what it was like for the soldiers in the tunnels during the Vietnam war. Although just a movie it had me on the edge of my seat and it gives you an idea of the horror these soldiers had to endure similar to what you brought out.

[@leannewilson1080]

I am so sorry to hear this😢It was a horrific war.I feel sad that he turned to alcoholism to cope with his experiences😢My dad served in Vietnam and he hasn't spoken about it to this day😢

[@SaltyCado]

@@radod6147 the price of what? He probably didn't ask to do the job,

[@invisibletosociety8338]

Veterans from WW1 drank themselves to death as well. War is a terrible nasty business pushed on us by pig politicians.

[@lion123145678]

I'm vietnamese , this one is only on the video. At the real war the american solder was not easy to do like this. The tunel is not only one gate you can see Cu Chi Tunnel for further more. Now we are living in speace vietnam vs us is friend so look in the future

[@taithanhuu4430]

❤❤❤

[@ashleylally8664]

My grandfather was a tunnel rat, im 35 years old, and still to this day he will not set down and too much about his experience. So growning up i had no idea the horrors he went through.

[@ashleylally8664]

He still wont talk** sorrt

[@billyclub56]

Cuz he doesn't think you can handle it

[@nyusa78]

Those American soldiers were pure victims of Racist American leadership. There is no Glory, No Chivalry , No Morals , No ethics, No Patriotism in American War in Vietnam. There is nothing great to gloat about Vietnam war. Every Asian peace loving nation should have capacity deter a war effectively by arming themselves with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles especially to prevent modern-day Christian imperialistic Crusades in Asia. Western nations name their religious crusades( occupation of foreign lands) as war to establish democracy. Anyways they themselves have no democracy.

[@crimson3833]

@@nyusa78 You just keep copying and pasting the same comment..

[@nyusa78]

@@crimson3833 very true, many posts need same answer because their content.

[@nicklevan8058]

Love how this era of modern English language has so much in common with Old English

[@hayleemaewashburn]

It's insane seeing how young that kid is.

[@denniskoppo4259]

He's lucky he's making the movie rather than doing the rat work

[@mariolisa2832]

@@denniskoppo4259 prob did both

[@ringmaster627]

My great uncle was a tunnel rat he did 2 tours in Nam (101st airborne) my mom said when he came back he never talked about what he saw, but just said he cleared tunnels and was in combat. Never spoke anything more about it even till this day

[@joesphgross562]

My uncle was also a tunnel rat,beauty of being the smallest guy in the platoon. This was absolutely the worst war we ever had or shouldn't of even been in.

[@katfishkobain8809]

A gentle giant of a man.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Growing up our neighbor was a Vietnam veteran and prisoner war. This was a man who never advertised his veteran bona fides; no hats, bumper stickers, or license plates. I was fascinated. Being young and naive, I once asked him about it but he wouldn’t say much, hardly anything. I couldn’t draw anything out him.

[@AVRDXB]

@@icecreamforcrowhurst l

[@leannewilson1080]

My dad served in Vietnam..he never spoke about it either.

[@schmeisser0798]

This tunels system 15 miles away from my house in north west of Saigon.

[@pancabagusa]

Send pict bro pls

[@ryanknox8841]

Can you still go in them

[@typicalwanderer5241]

@@ryanknox8841 you still can just search Cu Chi tunnel

[@ryanknox8841]

@@typicalwanderer5241 After doing more research it would have been better to get off your ass and go down there

[@benewgillian6823]

@@ryanknox8841 Yes , you can still visit some if you pay for it , it's become a touristic thing now , still worth a glimpse though ..

[@charliewolf7500]

Joined up in '92. Favourite of training was History Classes, where a Paper Mache map was centre in the lecture theatre, the WW2 and Vietnam diggers would tell their story of their battles. Talk to a vet' whilst you still can. Listen to their stories and pass them on to the next generation. Respect.

[@JIMJAMSC]

A Vet who was in our Dept talked about tunnels and they sure were not like the stage prop shown. Muddy, damp, jet black, roots, covered holes with bamboo spikes,tripwires,snakes,spiders, bodies, you name it. Eventually they said screw this and would toss in nades, flood them out. Pump in gas or napalm.

[@mistermoose5326]

Guess one thing we can't say about Charlie is that they're claustrophobic.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

@@mistermoose5326 Charly did win the war

[@annb9422]

just watched the movie 1968 Tunnel RATS about what it was like for the soldiers in the tunnels during the Vietnam war. Although just a movie it had me on the edge of my seat and it gives you an idea of the horror these soldiers had to endure similar to what you brought out.

[@stevebanning902]

@@annb9422 stop promoting your shitty movie in every comment

[@Acco700]

@@annb9422 hi there Uwe Boll

[@robertnegron9706]

My good friend and fellow actor Ronnie Giles ( RIP) was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. You wouldn’t have known it because he was a nice guy and unassuming. He wouldn’t talk about his experiences. But I knew he was the real deal. Ronnie , we miss you.

[@Jackie-rc6cj]

OMG the bravery of these men.

[@mhow4967]

Vietnamese OR Yankees?

[@yoinks9907]

@@mhow4967 both

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

(1,12) I have never seen a soldier doing that, kneeling and putting his head under the bridge like that, except if he wanted to kiss on the mouth those delicious green bamboo vipers.

[@SuperPapadzul]

I have nothing but respect and admiration to any one serving in any branch of our military, but Viet Nam Vets had the toughest job in the field and at home there was zero moral support. God bless you all and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE!🖖

[@ofnk6764]

Sacrifice for nothing. Fok america bro

[@Mohammedinamullahkhan]

Thank you for killing women and innocent children....USA is the most shameless country who killed billions on earth for hegemony...Vietnam and afghans made them bite dust

[@sneakerbay1836]

The Vietcong were very intelligent well equipped combatants , and masters of concealment

[@TheWordOfTheStreet]

yes

[@str8cash113]

Yes they died like a true champion

[@xzqzq]

They had plenty of practice...have been fighting for hundreds of years. An American veteran went back to Vietnam, and was able to talk to General Giap.... asked him about the war. General Giap asked " Which one. We have had 5 wars since the Americans left ".

[@jordangodfrey1693]

@@xzqzq plus the US constantly put in new troops aswell who had zero experience fighting a war like this and ended up paying for it

[@boringdude1626]

the viet cong were not

[@justinchristoph3725]

Tunnel Rats had some if the highest rates of severe Agent Orange poisoning due to them crawling around in the tunnels with defoliated dirt. They were exposed to it more than the average soldier.

[@claireh.7605]

Maybe they should not have agreed to spray that chemical on the asian people who lived there in the first place??

[@teslagroup]

@@claireh.7605 i agree

[@Kenjiunovt]

@@claireh.7605 và hiện nay các công ty Mỹ và chính quyền Mỹ không công nhận đó là chất độc . Những người Việt Nam bị chất độc màu da cam tàn phá đến tất cả thế hệ con cháu của họ sau này nhưng họ không nhận được sự công bằng

[@JSCONCH]

​@@claireh.7605Wow you think the soldier sprayed the agent orange? Look into monsanto dimwit..It was not a low level soldier choosing to spray the stuff. btw most soldiers were drafted. People with no idea should keep their comments to themselves

[@DM-qp7do]

2 years ago we lost former Marine Vietnam Vet and tunnel rat Correctional Officer Galen Richardson (Rich) He taught me more than how to be a C/O. Rest in peace sheep dog, we'll be along soon.

[@S-rn6xn]

You’ve got to be a very brave person to be the first person to go into the tunnel jeez

[@numpty4835]

Vietamese,some kids they had to contend with Chinese, Japanese, French and Americans bravely stood up to them all ! salute from Scotland

[@charliewillis261]

My English teacher in high school was in the Vietnam war a really small guy like 5’2 - 5’3. He told us he was the person who went and cleared these tunnels because some were so small an average guy couldn’t fit in them. 80% of the time he talks with his eyes closed because of some of the stuff he saw.

[@wala3o]

Cause he can’t see it with his eyes closed 😂

[@Chinhnguyen0497]

yeah. the war crime remembering about his sins

[@greepeope4389]

You wouldn’t last a day in their shoes

[@edgardovilla199]

@@Chinhnguyen0497 says the one who’s people k*lled each other with IMPUNITY. That’s Vietnam is in the poor state it is today, because YALL adopted socialism/communism. That’s what y’all deserve.

[@uuuultra]

what happened

[@sysjls75]

A good buddy of mine was a tunnel rat. He was in the combat engineers. The unit slips my mind right now. Small in stature which was usually the case. Mark had seven kills in the tunnels, most with a knife. He brought back some issues with him. He was a Senior Quality inspector where we worked. He had a bench in a room toward the back of the factory. You always had to announce you were coming in. You didn't want to sneak up on Mark. He was union president and one year during negotiations he was carrying a 1911. If only management knew............Mark was wired.

[@MichaelGittel]

@TheOneFromFuture if it where yours....sure!

[@peterrod5239]

@TheOneFromFuture this is why they don't really talk about it. the one that brags and talks about is lying.

[@ezswann8176]

Your good bra fuck the posers

[@melamaral9484]

@TheOneFromFuture who said it was woman and children you ass? My Father went into those tunnels as well and was never the same again ! May you never have to do the job theses men did bravely!

[@806TX]

@TheOneFromFuture your a shitbag

[@bloodeagle2234]

*I'd love to see a documentary on how the Vietcong reacted and changed and what they did in response to what the tunnle Rats where doing.*

[@MM-zt4oe]

Look up / Chu Chi Tunnels movie

[@ShaneKarma376]

Whoever draws the short straw has to wear that poncho when it rains.

[@ginestraginestra9624]

They were actually volunteers,.

[@bloodeagle2234]

my Uncle who was rlly more like my grandfather was a tunnle rat, when the boy scouts wouldn't let me join cause I'm in a wheelchair he taught me 10,000x more about survival, taught me to shoot, taught me edible plants & meds, how to deal with dangerous situations, handle intense stress, How to make improvised weapons and Traps, how to be stealthy and detect stealth, and tons more of uneeded useless skills unless we go into Civil War or Mass chaos. He taught me to be above all else to be an honorable man. and that's a lot more than i would have learned through the Fucking Boy scout diddlers. Sorry for my bad typing my fingers are broke so its hard to type...

[@odinkato4426]

@@GLARebel yeah how lmao

[@michaelstratton6701]

You're wrong,my dad was a scoutmaster and he went over and above to bring a fellow scouts handicapped brother in our troop, the entire troop was taught about respect and acceptance, he was involved in all troop activities,you found the exception not a rule, scouting is a great character building organization, from scout training I've saved lives, not bragging, and saved my own life, God bless all who SERVED in Vietnam, my brother Dennis was KIA in Vietnam 4-30-69,delta co, Big Red One, RIP big brother

[@maddog7795]

@@michaelstratton6701 that's great to hear, maybe its diff nowadays but back in the 90's I wasnt allowed in due to my physical disability, which is brittle bone disease I break my legs fingers ect. easy I can walk short distances when my legs not broke but cant walk to far because I've broken and had surgeries on my spine multiple times.

[@Kiko_D_Awesome]

That's a shitty troop, I'm sorry you couldn't experience that, but it's good you got a chance to bond with your uncle

[@jonnysupreme]

"It's better to be warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war"

[@pastor.399]

Kid at 19:30 rests the business end of the M-16 in his groin, and then even bends over the barrel even further.....was just waiting for it!

[@MikeBrownOhio]

@@ErraticHail He wanted to go home quick...

[@DitchBankBandits]

Hahaha 😂

[@deadman2oo]

oof

[@knighthawk3559]

Got to get that purple heart

[@wingmanalive]

Wow. These "men" appear to be 16 year olds. My 16 year old son is still afraid of lightening and a bee sting would "kill" him. Much respect to all that have served or ever will.

[@goonerdotcom]

dude ... you need to take your son out to the sunlight now and then and while you are at it take him to the doctor too !!! (...as in a shrink)

[@andrewshepersky8704]

Many were 16 years old..using older brothers name to enter army..

[@philbrown9764]

Seeing these videos, makes me glad I was lucky enough to be stationed at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12. And being 6’1” too.

[@Mart687]

I did recon in the army, an infantry recon platoon. You have to be a little crazy to volunteer for this kind of work. But this shit is next level crazy. No way in hell i'm gonna crawl into a tunnel system, maybe multi level with booby traps and nasty shit. The disadvantage you have against an enemy who knows the tunnel system is way too big. So deep respect for the guys who did this. And they did it to save the lives of their friends and absolutely payed the price for it. One way or the other. ❤

[@pauliusgecas472]

it was absolutely stupid to crawl into these god damn tunnels.

[@mattaddison1910]

19:27 guy rests his rifle barrel on his groin, too spooky for me!

[@conwaytwitty7018]

Some Of The Recruits Didn't Get Enough Training Before They Went Over There. They Were Kids, They Needed Way More Training, But There Wasn't Enough Time. Soldiers Were Dying In High Numbers Every Month & They Just Kept Sending More Barely Trained Recruits. Also, The Guys Had Alot On Their Minds. Everybody Slips Up, Fortunately He Didn't Shoot Himself

[@mattaddison1910]

@@conwaytwitty7018 I Know What You Mean Man, Times Were Tough!

[@thegreenman2030]

It’s interesting that there were less then 800 American tunnel rats in Vietnam. However when ever they are mentioned everyone seems to be related to one.

[@trevorlewis847]

👍😂😂

[@sharonw2475]

Been there, done that, 1st Inf Div, 2nd Battalion/28th Inf, A Company, Lai Khe, 3/9/66 to 3/9/67. I always entered a tunnel with 3 things, , a 45, a flashlight and a prayer.

[@davidringo1399]

nerves of steel to do this...

[@sirbrad4]

And you thought your job was bad lol.

[@okiebadass]

Ive been painting airplanes for the goverment for 20 years. I worked with a Tunnel Rat most of my career. The dude was completely Nuts. Heart big as TX. But you didnt want to piss him off.

[@heribertobarajas1067]

christopher smith how did he end up in America and got a government job

[@billyamer9314]

Heriberto Barajas presumably after he exited the US military he found it easier getting a job with the military than he did elsewhere

[@kristinarain9098]

During cedar falls, masher , and fighting along the parts beak, there was no time to do this much checking for traps or mines when engaging an enemy tunnel system when first discovered

[@gazzybishop8320]

I met a tunnel rat a couple of years ago. He was an alcoholic and he really didn't want to talk about his experience over there. The only thing he did tell me, though, was that he would only come out for food and ammo, and he saw the VC women and children as "sticks". He would just kill them with no remorse. But, that's what he was trained to do. It made me so sad that he had to go through that hell and he was still going through it. 😔

[@joshuawells3595]

@TheOneFromFuture who did you serve with?

[@ggroff73]

@TheOneFromFuture it's obvious that you are not very educated. Prove me wrong, I'll wait........

[@JasmineRiceField]

ggroff73 "VC women and children"

[@gempjef1635]

john thapa shut up

[@janicekhan8427]

@@gempjef1635 Semper Fi fuck the zipperheads..let God sort em out

[@Mr_Fancypants]

thats a very bright, well lid tunnel

[@Dr.Pepperdave]

4 star

[@WhiskerWhippers]

Imagine crawling through one of those, being on edge and all stressed out, then a roach or cricket or ants start going down your shirt?!?

[@KarmaFB]

snakes spiders and enemies hiding around the corners pitch black boobie traps spikes snake traps spider traps bombs spiked bolders

[@MrOptik1]

@@KarmaFB Dangee fever was rampant in the platoons.. my wife even caught it when we were last there... she nearly died, by the grace of the gods we sought medical attention and drove over half an hour by ambulance to the center of tropical diseases. My wife's Viet, Mosquito's don't discriminate.

[@Maxid1]

This statistic amazed me. If true. There were 700 tunnel rats in Vietnam. 200 were injured and 36 died. I expected the number killed would have been a lot higher since the expected life span of a tunnel rat once entering a tunnel was 3 seconds. I bet the debrief was extensive after every death. 36 ways to improve as a tunnel rat. It's always been true, no heros come home. They all die.

[@extremeencounter7458]

Idk, seems conflicting; “It was a different world and people didn't understand what we did,” he mused, adding that early tunnel rats had little training and had a 3% survival rate.”

[@longvlogcz1982]

We don't have modern weapons, we don't have the # 1 army in the world. But we have the Vietnamese heart and our aspiration for peace, that has helped us win against the invaders.

[@MysticFnaticz]

Ig they wanted to end the communism in the north virt the south was friendly with US

[@jukenukem9667]

Long live TRTitor Belsauce and Alljuice Ubereem

[@joelfrantz3189]

Americans should have never been there. We had no business there...

[@Geojr815]

I think America just wanted to make an example out of any country that may decide to go communist. Even though Vietnam fell to it, it didn’t spread. Probably out of fear of America

[@tikemyson5627]

@@joelfrantz3189 the opium trade was americas business there lol

[@leannewilson1080]

They were so brave! My father served in Vietnam and he had so much admiration for these guys.They had balls of steel!

[@sapdammeh1002]

I remember they showed us this video right after we got off the helicopter in vietnam during the war.

[@DesmoDreams]

shit which years did you serve?

[@dougtaylor7724]

I hope we will still have brave people like that in 25 years. Seem to be running short of folks that do things so others don’t have to.

[@HeyyMrsCarter.]

You’re exactly right!

[@ProBloggerWorld]

These training videos can be very deceptive. I talked to many veterans. They still fight mental nightmares.

[@yee7074]

This just makes me feel claustrophobic

[@hungpt85]

đây là mô hình cho lính mỹ thực hành đối phó với những người giải phóng.. thực tế cho thấy đối đầu với những người giải phóng dân tộc không phải là 1 cuộc dạo chơi

[@belialuedke1880]

Thanks for this.

[@chriswinansee8203]

My God the balls it takes to crawl down in one of those tunnels

[@mantia39]

That nitro-methane is what Carl needed to get rid of that Gopher in Caddyshack.

[@pinkberryconsumer4059]

You want me to kill all the golfers. 🤣🤣🤣. Bill Murray o e of the most underrated actors ever.

[@streetlight197]

Tunnel SNAKES however, rule.

[@heckyvera4989]

Tunnel Rats

[@dumbukbasi6392]

Don't cry invaders american boy

[@heckyvera4989]

dumbuk basi Who cries,?

[@Sunfawx]

Yea! The baddest gang in Vault 101. Tunnel Snakes Rule.

[@sokhengly8159]

1 Mifflin St Philadelphia, PA 19148 United States

[@saranferriman9302]

Respect to the Vietnamese brave fighters protecting their homeland 💯

[@dewwwd3431]

One thing my veteran buddy says is you have to respect the enemy. If you don’t you’re a dead man. They are just as intelligent, athletic, sometimes even trained and have even more experience in war than you do. Plus in war there is no “good and bad guy” there are two different guys who think they are right for what they are doing. And have fight because it’s either you or me who’s going to die.

[@laszlovari]

With a single pistol and flashlight into a tunnel with full of enemies? Was it really the most practical way to handle it? :O

[@sysjls75]

Most of the guys who were "Tunnel Rats" came back with some major baggage. I worked with a guy who was a "Combat Engineer" and was a "Tunnel Rat" the last 3-4 months of his tour. He is a little paranoid and always on the look for danger.....

[@maxherrlin241]

A good family friend of mine as well as my home electrician growing up was a tunnel rat. We used to call him spider man when I was young and I never thought anything of it other than that he was some sort of super hero who would come save the day in the event our house lost power or we needed work done. Little did I know that spider man was another nickname given to those who cleared out tunnels in Vietnam. My dad knew this man for decades and never once did he tell a single word about what he experienced.

[@jackhook4192]

They gave us all tunnel rats nicknames mine was the grim reaper

[@uuuultra]

Spider from Goodfellas

[@naonho6789]

VIETNAM NEVER DIE! MAKE VIETNAM GREAT AGAIN!!!

[@dallasconnell3373]

if im having a bad day i think about the fact that im not a tunnel rat and my day gets a lot better

[@maciekczarny1633]

So many young boys lost their lives for nothing, this war was pointless...

[@maciekczarny1633]

Oh,ok Jason...right away sir...

[@user-wb1oy7cv4f]

Вот могли снимать в Голливуде, война чистенько, беленько просто радость

[@B3ARCAT]

I know war as hell, no matter what side you’re on, but I really can’t imagine crawling into a dark tunnel complex that I’m unfamiliar with, and only with a knife, pistol on flashlight, knowing the enemy could be anywhere. What badasses man. Afraid but doing it anyway 🇺🇸 🇹🇼

[@billr2220]

I cant imagine how many deadly snakes also in the VC tunnels

[@trailerparksupervisor5378]

They use to have traps where pissed off deadly snaked would drop onto intruding soldiers.

[@sonnygunz9207]

I would have been a tunnel rat back in the day on account of being vertically challenged. My old barber was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He had great stories.

[@michaelbrummett414]

His name wasn't Casey from Tampa/Temple Terrace by chance?

[@soggy5854]

6:17 I love how he pokes at the straw with his plastic knife "checking" for traps, if anything he would have just set them off😂

[@HybridPhoenix08]

The weight of a bayonet is MUCH less likely to set off a pressure plate. They're not jamming the knife in there, they're feeling for holes or for metal instead of dirt. Most mines need more than a fat rat running across them to go off.

[@karvast5726]

You clearly don't know anythink about the subject,no it wouldn't set them off it takes more than that to set off a mine and he is also poking around to see if there is a punji stick trap which was a thing the vietcong did everywhere

[@richochett404]

That is how you are trained to do it. Have you ever had to clear a field or tunnel? I doubt it. Your kind would have went to Canada to avoid the draft.

[@proud2bpagan]

My dad was in the Navy during 'nam, and he told us about tunnel rats...he said "Nobody, and I mean *nobody*, wanted to be the skinniest guy in the platoon..bc guess who just got his hand raised to go suss it out?"

[@fbksfrank4]

Now we’ll send a robot.

[@johnnylackland3992]

First of all, thanks to the KZbin purveyor of this old military training film. This training film is laughable next to the reality of the real tunnel war in Vietnam. It is indicative of how poorly the United States understood the nature of the conflict in Southeast Asia...

[@gregjackway5965]

god bless there souls

[@richford6223]

Tunnel rats were true heros . Imagine crawling in darkness not knowing what's up ahead

[@Duncan_McFly82]

Buddy’s head coulda got blown slap off is someone might have been sitting in there standing guard. Big balls for the first guy to go into those tunnels.

[@helenarobillard7666]

A friend of ours did 2 tours .He seen friends get killed. When he came home he was getting flashbacks. He could not be around people. He is now in US . He is at a home with other men like him. It really pissed me off when all these men got home they called them baby killers. Some people forget it was the government that drafted them. So blame your government for it

[@dormiebasne3578]

I still don't understand why the protestors would do that to the veterans of the war, rather than Nixon or Johnson. I guess it's punching down.

[@warrengeorgeanthonychen9481]

If they had complexes under there then, imagine what they got by now, covert mini interconnecting cities, you know how they work efficiently!!!!!!

[@drfoo4341]

My father in law Larry Carlisle was a Sgt with the 82nd and 101st and a tunnel rat he fell thru the ground right into a N Viet underground hospital you can imagine what happened next

[@xchristopher22]

Only in dreams was this process done this way.More then likely they sent one guy in with a .45 and maybe waited to see if he ever came back. Forget about when they're under fire. Those guys had brass balls.

[@SDeww]

film obviously made in america, the trees are grass are a dead give away :P

[@2098elk]

Know a buddy who was a part time tunnel rat because he was short and small. Never talked much about his time in Nam. I was lucky, personnel clerk.

[@irishdragon2311]

He was short so did it part time? Right hahsh what nonsense is this.I'd imagine it'd be easier for smaller guys you pencil pushing bullshit talking soy boy.

[@WFSmith]

I would imagine that would have to be one of the most stressful jobs during the war

[@jerrycornelius6335]

Tunnels of cu chi (Tom mangold and John penycate)...Very good book,i think it,s the definitive book..Reading it now. And if you like vietnam storys read Matterhorn by Karl mallantes,you can see him on some of these docu,s. It is fiction but is very much fact,most is based on real events.. The cu chi book has storys from rats and also from viet cong and NVA soldiers

[@commiemommie2596]

jerry cornelius I'd recommend "a rumor of war" by phil caputo "dispatches" by Michael Herr and "what it feels like to go war" by Karl Marlentes ththeat last one was a really good read

[@jerrycornelius6335]

CommieMommie Got the malantes book but will check Caputo and herr.Thanks for the tip.

[@assimonem1189]

If you get a chance read Matterhorn, I really, really recommend it.Parts of ''what it feels like to go to war'' are in the novel, only called fiction because of name and place changes, plot etc but most was based on real events. 10/10

[@billr2375]

Filmed in Tiger Land, Ft Polk , La?

[@perpetualgrin5804]

When I work under my house, I always think of these men.

[@tksloan52]

I miss old training films like this from my Army day.

[@silentashes9516]

I’m a kid my grandpa was in the Vietnam war he still alive riding motorcycles I hate the Vietnam war

[@saintqueso6946]

Silent ashes what a thought process

[@mizzo2006]

Better read books!!!!!, but oh yes the shit of country usa:ss Only have war books only you can is war fucking sionist owned blood on your hands people the world hate you and you People soon is usa and jews fall:D viva la russia kina india colombia Argentina north korea

[@michaelbowles4757]

Dam the shit. My poor father had to go through. In them days😒.

[@pinkberryconsumer4059]

Same. All who returned are MIRACLES

[@VeteransLiveShow]

Scotty was our tunnel rat 2nd squad 2nd platoon Bco 1/502 101st Abn RVN 67-68

[@abandonedsecrets]

It amazes me how much time people have lost in war with one another.

[@alwoo5645]

They never managed to destroy the tunnel systems, they even had tunnels under US bases to gain intel and supplies.

[@duongphan4040]

Hahaha

[@ronvoll4531]

Al woo

[@ronvoll4531]

B.V. l

[@davekeim7784]

when i got back from nam my dad called me a hero and most everybody else called me a criminal .so just to feel normal i went back for two more tours but the funny thing was that i was already normal and just did not know it.i still have nightmares even after 53 years,

[@richochett404]

My dad was 95 and still had nightmares about ww2. He said he didn't have them all the time but when he did, he was there. He said every night when he went to bed, he was afraid he would have more nightmares about the war. You never forget.

[@one-piecepirate1167]

Of course u are his son so he called u hero. But i believe it not ur fault to fight on that no mean war to america. It’s just the ambitious of ur leader. And other called u criminal because u the one who fight to invaded Vietnam who just won and got out of France colony

[@trevorlewis847]

In 1981 I was 18 in aust army and we where on a exersize for a week one of my 1st exersizes I been on since joining the battalion(8/9)and in the middle of the night we were wakened up by this god awful screaming and this crashing thru the bush, turned out being our sgt having flash backs to nam, that scared the shit outa me I gotta tell ya😂

[@StarlightEater]

My neighbor across the street was a tunnel rat when I was a kid. Died in 1990 from cancers from agent orange. Also had a ww1 usmc combat vet. He was 109 when he died in the house he'd lived in since him and his brother were young men. He was very ptsd, also!

[@anwarhussain8629]

How cemara men enter first, it seems cemara man cleared first

[@theyinthetree3480]

Back in Vietnam war USA is playing tf2 spy checking aka VC checking

[@MrWolfTickets]

19:24- is that an appropriate way to handle a gun?

[@studiotoolbox373]

+Ben Wolfram nope.

[@mittlykkepass]

Not by todays standards. If you look closely he is also resting his finger on the trigger. Today that is not allowed. Your finger must at all times point forward alongside of the rifle/gun.

[@RoyalWulffDry]

Yea, everyone's trigger finger discipline is horrendous in this video.....whats worse is these guys don't look like "I don't wanna be here" draftees either.....

[@mittlykkepass]

ikr :)

[@mercurypoizund404]

+MARC FÉNIX ...one more than Nixon,LBJ and Obama

[@jayarathnevijekoon1075]

Great Vietnam people and Vietcong guerrillas . Brave people against American Imperialists

[@Chafflives]

I recently visited the Cu Chi tunnels. Nothing like those depicted. Small and tight to deter the large Americans, as are the entrances. The malnourished defenders could slip through them more easily. No supports. The composition of the soil was what sustained them. Interesting tour, but you would not want to be down there facing the threat of an enemy.

[@davek1775]

god I need to get the sights smell the sounds and the jungle out of my head

[@irishdragon2311]

Take your head outta your ass and you'll be fine.

[@VengefulPolititron]

you ok Dave? need to talk?

[@Ptomify]

I will never go inside. I will just throw in some grenades.

[@arthas640]

I was always surprised they didnt just pump in poison gas or explosive fumes.

[@tombombadilofficial]

Arthas Menethil *what made you think they didnt? They literally poisoned entire mountains and jungles to smoke charlie out instead of sending more men to their death*

[@lalaicyling8429]

@@arthas640 They did. It didn't work because the tunnels were too big, like gigantic They end up destroyed the whole forest though

[@hopha1403]

Haha it will make the location exposed

[@karvast5726]

@@arthas640 i mean that's what they did. Here it's CS Gas so not really poison but if they were in there they sure would have came out,it's unbearable in confined spaces