Why Vietnam War TUNNEL RAT Job Was so DEADLY

[@docautrisim885]

When I was kid I cut grass for a guy that was tunnel rat. I was aware what the job was and how dangerous it was from reading. In my youthful ignorance I asked the man what it was like. His response, I still remember over 25 years later: “I dunno man, I was high the whole time.” Its still the most Vietnam vet thing I’ve ever heard.

[@justicetaylor3050]

That's actually very interesting. Being high might be one of the very few means of stowing away such horror.

[@icemeister5747]

r/madlads

[@RJ-mh3ox]

@@justicetaylor3050 are you saying stow like to bury those feelings during or after?

[@sytincer5708]

@@RJ-mh3ox during

[@bejo2629]

His was high so it wasn’t as painful when he died

[@sora2541]

I'm a Vietnamese and I visited those tunnels back when I was a student. The tunnel was very small so, even as a skinny kid, even I was scared of getting stuck down there. I can't imagine how scary it is being a tunnel rat, just the thought of getting stuck and knowing that you are in enemy's territory terrifies me. Hopefully no more war so no one have to suffer like people of the past did 🙏

[@leemichael2154]

What is on par with the tunnel rats bravery is the Viets themselves? they faced all the same dangers along with the claustrophobic life plus the chance of being gassed or stalked by obviously brave enemy soldiers and a plethora of other dangers, the rats visited the tunnels the Viets lived in them? both extremely brave men

[@brandonw9522]

@@leemichael2154 underrated comment. my exact thoughts!! They’re the ones who built them!! Insane!

[@leemichael2154]

@@brandonw9522 Genius construction and thinking? Human ingenuity at its finest. Obviously they had a head start after beating the French but to do what they did to the world's largest military forces is stoical and bravery in the extreme! In my humble opinion bud

[@wkatc007]

This is why since the Afghanistan War this was the worst

[@dustsans5420]

Imagine ww3

[@DutchFurnace]

"We need new tunnel rats" 500 dudes start furiously lifting weights. "Sorry too big."

[@brayansobral8313]

This coment made my day 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DutchFurnace]

@@brayansobral8313 And I honestly don't even remember posting it.

[@levanhoro716]

@@DutchFurnace bruh it's 1 day ago how can you forget it

[@V8chump]

@@levanhoro716 all those Dutch ovens had him in a fugue state at the time

[@nappyheadboi48]

Sorry just ate 20 Mcdonald's meals

[@jayhoang2849]

I am Vietnamese and my grandfather was farmer and working in the planing and strategy of the tunnel system and designing amount of differnt traps. The stories that he told me is just simply unforgetable.

[@Srab23]

Would you be willing to share one of the stories? Best regards

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Yeah! If you ever would like to bless us random world neighbors with your family history & knowledge, it would be an honor to listen to the stories!!!

[@krunvanthovishwamaaryam]

@@jayhoang2849 You Vietnamese are brave sons of soil. I bow before you with huge respects. Love 💕 from India

[@domokuo6318]

Seeing these tunnels in real life is terrifying, the traps they made are scarier and more complex at the actual site

[@kattberckley7811]

tell more?

[@stellaclairecreations5036]

MORE!MORE!

[@lullmac6230]

Please explain more

[@domokuo6318]

the traps they made have really weird contraptions like stepping on a pressure plate jams more spikes into your sides

[@DuyNguyen-pj4fv]

I am so proud of my country, Vietnam, how could they do the impossible, defeat the U.S.

[@rcangelanddemon8815]

My wife’s father was a tunnel rat and was a marine and came out unharmed and he was just this amazing man to be around and hear stories about he has past now but we visit his grave every year to thank him and pay our respects

[@ansteryoht5784]

Respect dude

[@NoChillJared]

Give him one extra thank you for me next time you go

[@rcangelanddemon8815]

@@NoChillJared will do man

[@yotengo2807]

man

[@Ludovicus1769]

No to be disrespectful, for her father was a national hero, but what do you thank him for? His time in the army, or him being a loving father and a great person?

[@CHAOS88100]

Some corrections to inaccuracies: -Flashlights weren't used by the best rats because it gave away your position. So they would crawl in blind using knife or hands to feel the tunnel in front of them. -The revolver was the preferred weapon because it didn't jam - hence the 3 shot rule he talked about. If you fire more than 3 shots the enemy knew how many shots you had left in your revolver. Also they avoided using it because it would deafen you. -The tunnels were mostly impervious to gas as well, because they would build U-traps filled with water - like how a toilet or sink plumbing works.

[@josephgoebbelssmile2700]

Thank you. You're a legend 👌

[@aidendoesstuff185]

Wow

[@mrmcnoodle1151]

I watch your dog sleep😳

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

I have heard that they also used suppressed ,22 pistols(to avoid being deafened)

[@nguyenhoanganh2660]

Going in there is death

[@thyra_UK]

My dad was a tunnel rat with the Australian army, he never talked about his time in Vietnam and it wasn't until I was in my 30s that I even found out he was in Vietnam. He then only told me a couple of stories . I have pictures of him though from when he was there. This made me understand more why he never spoke of it. My dad was a very brave man. I miss him loads.

[@thevinhluong9817]

I hope your dad had a good, free of trauma life after returned home.

[@vroomvram]

My condolences

[@danielcifuentes7198]

Your Dad belonged to a very special kind of guys. All my respects to him.

[@martinyazzie3734]

And your feminist mentality says your entitled to respect for the man that birthed your father.....or birth you...

[@Page.aurora]

@@martinyazzie3734 what

[@LightskinBanditGaming]

when you sneeze in vietnam and the trees say bless you

[@johnorella7600]

*hol up*

[@danielmedina1503]

Thank you tree wait 😑

[@sgtschweinhund]

"bress yuuh"

[@fearlesslegend999]

WAiT HOL

[@L1X.]

It's like that scene from bnha when midoriya had a weird encounter with mirio. Iykyk.

[@2bor4b95]

This is like all my fears put into one. Can’t even imagine.

[@fireeeeyisgone]

who will win? one tunnel rat vs. one tunnel boi

[@Jamess112]

Same I feel ya

[@KcKeegan]

Hear here

[@kvg7518]

@@fireeeeyisgone shud up

[@ethandeep3]

Almost but lol

[@breeannramsey7439]

My father was a tunnel rat. He just passed away in December. He never talked about what happened in war and kept his trauma to himself. It wasn't till the last few months that I found out he was one. I wish he would have talked about it more. He suffered severe ptsd, complications from agent orange, shrapnel on the back of his legs. In the end he was diagnosed as severe bi polar with delusions. RIP dad ❤

[@agouti5321]

my grandpa fought in the viet war ! he's very private so I don't know much about him

[@NO-cr2kp]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@milkeywhey2998]

@@Traval_wonderer who knows

[@user-ou7dl2zf7r]

@@Traval_wonderer so you wanna restart the Vietnam war?

[@hamzahussain5442]

Rip

[@jaske69]

"CW Bowman is gone and he's not coming back." that man sacrified himself to save two of the best soldiers i've ever seen in my entire life.

[@IDespratelyNeedCoffee]

I am in Vietnam and I'm also sorry for him. I hope the war will never happen again.

[@LeafyyTree]

@@IDespratelyNeedCoffee Bowman is from call of duty BO1 if you know

[@Sticky_Hands]

@@LeafyyTree he said sorry

[@thankyouseann]

Ngl I still get sad seeing bowman get killed like that on BLACK OPS 🥺💯

[@LeafyyTree]

@@thankyouseann yep sad

[@ryanandres8523]

I worked with an older man at a dealership that was very short, his nickname was Shorty. I really respected him as a person, he sadly passed one day, and when we helped clear out his apartment we found a bronze star, he never once mentioned he was in the service. Come to find out he was a tunnel rat, so seeing this video brings back soo many great memories of Shorty.

[@kidhp7680]

Respect !

[@ahassan4151]

He probably has ptsd

[@thetravellingpicker5096]

Bottoms up to Shorty!

[@madlad952]

RIP shorty

[@finished6267]

Many vets never talk about their service. My dad never did until a year before he died.

[@miker5624]

Now we know why Rambo went crazy.

[@the_ultra_robot6884]

@@sammmieezmhdry6736 what

[@WKRP187]

They drew first blood man they drew first blood!!

[@grahammaxwell2112]

lol rambo wasnt a tunnel rat, he is still making films

[@dishansinghmehta8891]

Tunnel rat or no, Vietnam War was enough to make any one crazy

[@mango11119]

@@the_ultra_robot6884 u don't know Rambo?!?!!? I freaking love him

[@vooshe813]

This reminds me of the the COD Black Ops mission where you actually head down into a rat tunnel. It was terrifying to see some enemies pop out unexpectedly with Aks.

[@rdjam4026]

I love that game

[@amgoose9032]

Yeah when you hallucinate and find reznove

[@devanduraipragash6106]

@@amgoose9032 same here ,I kept thinking that I could here someone

[@ichigosolos7940]

And his name was bowman

[@masonriley5454]

the mine at the beginning is a Bouncing Betty

[@FreeformThoughts804]

I know the feeling when they said, somebody's gotta do it. I was that someone in Iraq. When he mentioned that 33% I think the scariest moments weren't even the mission itself on patrols, it was in the intel briefings that we had to go back and tell our troops concerning the mission we are about to do. They use to tell us high fatality rates and when you relay this information to the men, everyone is looking at each other thinking....some of us wont make it back. I can't even describe the anticipation and uneasiness that everyone felt at that moment. You have to tell young kids this who enlisted and havent even drunk their first beer or voted yet. Still gives me nightmares to this day. Shout out to the servicemen and women who do the jobs a lot of people wouldn't do!

[@Never_goon68]

This video is inaccurate. There were over 700 soldiers who were tunnel rats and 36 of them died in the tunnels, 200 were wounded.

[@mingi1489]

“Revolver and flashlight” *Has a flashback to the BO1 campaign mission*

[@thebostonterrierdude1585]

*N O*

[@jaxsen_pulls9239]

Reznov?!

[@mrdooce7053]

That mission was terrifying as a child

[@garmenlin5990]

And somehow Mason manage to knife using a revolver and flashlight

[@ricardocolyersanchez3534]

Swift :((

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Those that fought in that war gone through so much. The Viet Cong tunnel system is mind blowing

[@DatGrunt]

​@WaYZ Apparently it's a short version of "Việt Nam Cộng-sản" or Vietnamese Communist

[@ALcaponechannel]

@WaYZ because the Republic government runs the system in South Vietnam, Viet Cong is to call South Vietnamese who support or fought for Communist though, against the South's government. Viet Cong in Vietnamese is short for Việt Nam - Cộng Sản ( Vietnamese communist)

[@BizKwikTwist]

.....

[@BizKwikTwist]

Mindblowing...............ha........

[@P8nda]

it was also called "Victor Charlie" or "VC"

[@Hell-yeah420.69]

My childhood neighbor was one he would tell me his horrific stories. Youre a brave man,Phill

[@Makeifyy]

@@Doomguyalsotheslayer that would be so crazy

[@scoundral2995]

@@Doomguyalsotheslayer just like the guam soldier?

[@devpatel7154]

@@Doomguyalsotheslayer facts

[@andrewpham898]

@@Doomguyalsotheslayer the tunnels is still there, but under it was incredibly hot, you can survive there but you can't live there

[@rottenmilk1902]

@@Doomguyalsotheslayer has has a l Cll Of Ppp

[@darlenebarksdale2618]

My husband was 5’3”. He was drafted in Vietnam war. He weighed 115 lbs. they made him go in the tunnels once. He said they could put him in stockade but would never go in the tunnels again. He won two bronze stars for his bravery. Said the tunnels were what nightmares were made of

[@SamuelJackson-pk7es]

He sounds like he was a very brave man

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

More.. we need more details

[@Yowhatdeheelbruh]

Totally

[@ahmyaketsueki7150]

🧢🧢

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@iskog.831]

"Only 12 Tunnel Rats survived to go back home" Everyone's dad/uncle/neighbor in the comments:

[@xanderbackus447]

Each of those guys must have had 15 siblings, 16 children, and 250 grandchildren

[@dawniedunkie]

long lost uncle? i thought you were dead how come you got your phone and commented this?

[@6tsalah]

ikr like i dont even care what your father/uncle/blah blah did

[@unusualanimations7397]

The rats are multiplying ._.

[@jackmomma7481]

I cannot even begin to try and count the numbers of guys I met during basic and airborne school at Benning whose uncles were snipers in Vietnam...

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

My uncle was a tunnel rat bye still has terrible nightmares 50 years after. He was “volunteered” because he was skinny enough to get through them well.

[@raulrblx3200]

Gotta eat lots of stuff

[@mario_sw20]

yea my dad was an astronaut

[@kendal-kenyabrassfield4150]

I hope his nightmares stop

[@incorrigiblerogue1193]

In the navy we called it volun-told

[@jacobbau8328]

@@mario_sw20 was he? Which one?

[@lemonguy6699]

"I am the lorax. I speak for the trees, and for some reason they are speaking Vietnamese"

[@ddddjnnvncx]

havent seen comment like this in a week. thanks

[@luyentc104]

in Vietnam we have talking bush

[@jaslinacharya2063]

@@luyentc104 😂

[@astralii0]

In Vietnam we have talking hose and talking rock.

[@idontknowwhatiamdoin]

everybody gansta until the trees start talkin

[@KhoaNguyen-pw6ss]

I am Vietnamese and I had the opportunity to visit the tunnels once when I was a primary school student. Even though I was an elementary school student with a small body, it was difficult for me to move and after about 10 minutes I started to feel panic and breathless. It was an unforgettable experience for me

[@Perc80mg]

Would you show that to travelers ?

[@robplazzman6049]

Going into one of those tunnels would be my worst nightmare. The people who went down there are on a different level from me. Nothing but admiration for how they put fear to one side and did their job !

[@jpeg.600x2]

Freal!💯Praise and love to those who fight for us, U.S. army✊🏻!!!

[@wazzaawassupbengi1728]

@@jpeg.600x2 you were the bad guys , you killed innocent rice farmer and still lose

[@drivebyemusic]

Tbh the soldiers and civilians who lived down there were also on another level

[@wazzaawassupbengi1728]

@@drivebyemusic they are the OG

[@andrebragg1014]

Its especially dangerous when your Captain starts talking to his Russian imaginary friend

[@brayanq5219]

Cod black ops reference?

[@VeryAmazingGrace]

@@brayanq5219 yes

[@Deathtrooper27]

@@brayanq5219 Mason what the f#$k is wrong with you ? 5 secs later : Reznov : Mason where is your friend ? Mason : they got him

[@settrender]

😂

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

🤘🏼

[@Drake_Nerf_Mods]

Imagine going in one and theres a whole shopping mall with people shopping and stuff

[@gustavo.210]

@BigfootSquad BWPP This all happened before corona was an issue 🤦‍♂️

[@Kyjuan23]

@@gustavo.210 Well ill be darned. Would have never guessed.

[@gustavo.210]

@@Kyjuan23 I was telling the other guy because he seems to think the Vietnam war happened in 2020.

[@binguswawawa90210]

@@gustavo.210 was that a joke or are you actually serious, I’m pretty sure he knows the Vietnam war didn’t happen in 2020

[@pug6767]

Drug Store

[@Huythang0111]

I am Vietnamese. It's not difficult to get information about the war in my country. The US military has released a lot of Agent Orange to clear the forest. and now that poison is passed on to our present life. The US and Vietnam are making great efforts to overcome those consequences and look towards the future together

[@glengaines4286]

Some of the darkest events of humanity took place during that war. Great to hear that progress is being made to move forward.👏

[@the1abstrakt]

@@glengaines4286 war is the darkest time of human history you’re spot on

[@lifepasses1875]

@@glengaines4286 be aware of the third world war

[@glengaines4286]

@@lifepasses1875 Be aware of the 4th world war. Ooo lol.😂

[@jamescox7537]

Hmmm, now why on earth would one country poison the vegetation of another country during a war.

[@MySkydawg]

My poppy was an Aussie tunnel rat. He’s still shaken obviously but if we ask, he’ll talk about the job briefly - no specifics. We rarely ask. He was a royal engineer, and when he came home, he became an instructor at Pakapunyal while he and my gran, mum and her sisters lived on base. Even though I despise war and the reasonings people give for fighting, I’m so incredibly proud of him for doing what he thought was right and coming out alive and even mostly (physically) okay.

[@BSanskar]

Respect+

[@dominusvolpus8031]

I don't call my grandfather poppy.... But I do call my father poppy

[@JimmmyT93]

I would be really curious to hear your puppy's opinion on this video

[@supremeleader5516]

What poppy means?

[@MySkydawg]

@@supremeleader5516 My mother’s father sorry

[@BonkedToInfinity]

The vietcong soldiers are playing terraria before it's even made.

[@hoalahoe3132]

True tho

[@paradoxvalestein9118]

Lol

[@hoalahoe3132]

Im vietnamese

[@dayeeter8962]

Ikr it is so popular war tactics were made after it

[@smartidiot2339]

They are predicting the future

[@Sunny-ci7di]

Imagine being a tunnel rat, and then that one soldier throws a grenade inside the tunnel you hide in.

[@llemmeedititrealquicklilshi]

Just look away from the nade pretend you didn't see ,it can be a potato one

[@theflash1663]

It's painless

[@herospaces4114]

“Thanks for the green apple-“

[@wondahoi]

Stairs piano

[@TheYungjay82]

i’m pretty sure that actually happened a few times and it was never reported

[@justalonglivednoob]

As a Vietnamese, I used to play with my grandpa when i was a kid, and he teach me how to build traps, how to use knife and poison, or even to make a hand grenade almost out of nothing, with the stuffs lying around the jungle. And HCM was right, no matter what you do, you'll lose, there is no tactical retreat, it not the matter of winning or lose, they make sure that no one dare to come back. We may under gear, the Jungle itself is a weapon and fear is it fuel. The trap you mention was just of the many, there are more than that. And some of the trap and tunnel was build for just only to lure American soldier into it, although it made to look like someone live in it, it's not, it may serve as bomb shelter but it never used for the main force, although there are so many tunnel, it can never hold all of us, you were never found it, the main HQ, you can't, because they keep moving it and build more deco along with traps, otherwise we would lose in just 1 bombarded and the war would be continued for another 30 years. Some of the trap was even fearsome for Viet Cong themselves because of how brutal it is. Some of the trap meant to keep the soldier inside, leave just only some small holes so that his scream come out and enough air in, and keep lure in more until it was completely destroyed or you left the poor man suffer to death. We still have report that kid fall under the trap after war even to this day, although most of them were safely dismantled after war and we're all grow up playing with at least 1 of those.

[@ieros7]

I wanna know how to make a grenade out of stuff you find in a jungle

[@justalonglivednoob]

​@@ieros7 you know that every material that needed to make gunpowder/explosive can be found in the jungle, right? Ever heard of Coconut Bomb? It literally a coconut stuffed with gunpowder not a hair product or firework. The coconut itself is one of the material to make coal and explosive too. They used very often in the VN war and Thai war, where you can just make million of them.

[@orangemethane9087]

"Snakes and painful-biting bugs" Guns: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@ttdrex9569]

Venomous snakes and bugs: Yes. Yes you are

[@luizfernando4497]

Hmm, yes, the native guns crawling inside the tunnels

[@jerryfebocolon3871]

@@ttdrex9569 normal bugs?

[@ttdrex9569]

@@jerryfebocolon3871 venomous bugs

[@ther6sshieldmain937]

Snake Shot Ammo

[@whatthepfpsays4234]

My grandfather felt sorry for having to fight them. Said he hated his government for throwing him and his friends lives away. Making them fight an enemy that didnt even want to fight them. He only hated them when he was there but when he got back he grew to forgive them. Dont blame the soldier, blame the man in charge.

[@biomedlib]

Yes!!!

[@gustavo.210]

If he was so in love with the Vietnamese then why didn’t he just massacre his fellow American troops?

[@whatthepfpsays4234]

@@gustavo.210 ?

[@G4meofjones]

@@whatthepfpsays4234 judging from his name, he's not someone you should bother engaging with. Much respect to your grandfather for not letting hatred consume him.

[@penguin5989]

@@gustavo.210 This is not a place for children to argue

[@kyiesalerno8401]

The Tunnel Rats: "Yay! We cleared one!" Sasquatch: "Congrats. I saw it all, but you did not see me."

[@liammckinney9764]

? What

[@dogdog243]

@@liammckinney9764 theres a part in the vid with sasquatch watching the tunnel rats

[@mrnbrowngdn]

Rock apes?

[@imnotincontrolitsathrowawa3646]

I am glad I saw it too

[@thyssenheinel6507]

Sorry the vietcong is in another tunnel

[@javiergrimaldo636]

He is actually a way better story teller then my history teacher.

[@janrious7387]

Well duh your teacher gets paid to teach

[@justsomeguywithtb2953]

@@janrious7387 same goes for this guy lol

[@justsomeguywithtb2953]

@Sku11z yep

[@l4zypand4]

Everyone: wow they had a hard job Me: *Claustrophobia intensifies*

[@user-fq5ke5qj3h]

@TORRES KAL-EL afraid of santa claus

[@jaydenwilliams9719]

@TORRES KAL-EL It's having a fear of tight spaces

[@hofame198]

@@user-fq5ke5qj3h Underrated joke

[@mrdooce7053]

The thought of being in a small tunnel and then the tunnel just starts to shake and then it collapses on you or you see water rushing towards you or gas it would’ve terrifying

[@anzio_52]

@@jaydenwilliams9719 u ruined the joke

[@decaygrim8943]

imagine being 18 years old and being drafted to go to the vietnam war just to die. crazy

[@vietnamvet4533]

Yea anyone under 30 in this once great country of ours couldn't go 1 hour without his cell phone, playing videos, eating etc.

[@Clickscap]

@@vietnamvet4533 If i were drafted and lived in USA, I'm leaving the country

[@urologist3986]

And somehow women were exempt from it, as if female lives were worth more than male ones instead of being equal. What a joke.

[@nathanielb5781]

Yeah says the one making comments on a history channel video, but hats off to you and thank you for your service if you really did serve

[@vietnamvet4533]

@@nathanielb5781 Yea I was there, fun no one but on Your tube ever questions that in person, I wonder why?

[@GAMMA_AF]

My great grandfather was a tunnel rat. I'll never forget some of the stories he told me.

[@GolfersTherapy]

Do tell

[@rdjam4026]

Sad

[@seniome474]

Tell us!

[@vegitouchiha2499]

Tell us bro.

[@nguyenhoanganh2660]

He is a tunnel rat and that’s remarkable but Vietnam’s tunnels are much more remarkable

[@bjohns3018]

My grandpa was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He made it back, and I never heard him talk about it. He died in 2012 of pancreatic cancer. Before he died, my uncle sat him down and recorded video of him talking about his experience in Vietnam. Great video

[@vroomvram]

My condolences sure he was a great person may he Rest In Peace

[@relaxingmusic3130]

Proud to be Vietnamese

[@randomtsbcontentcreator]

My grandpa also died of pancreatic cancer r.i.p he served his country

[@Uyil-r4g]

Bro got cancer from his own chemical weapon

[@KD400_]

RIP. What did he think of Muhammad Ali. I want to ask every Vietnam war vet that question

[@hallowstar_3347]

He’d be lucky if the enemy doesn’t see his flashlight first.

[@jpeg.600x2]

freal, this is plain out suicide

[@timovangalen1589]

Tunnel rats would almost never turn on their flashlights for this exact reason.

[@markconstance186]

@David Erickson Really? Using your flashlight would basically gave away your position and let the enemy be alert of your presence. If you're lucky, they might not notice. But high chances are, they will and you'll most likely die before you had a chance to even see and shoot them.

[@markconstance186]

@David Erickson actually no. VC doesn’t really needed to use flashlight much since their eyesight is more accommodated to the dark than the US soldier due to being in the tunnel for a long time. If you live in a dark place for a long time, you’ll be able to get used to seeing in the dark. There’s a reason why strange thing happen in VC forest at night. Why do you think no one has ever found a VC in the dark forest at night? Also, back then, VC tends to rely on candle or oil lamp more than flashlight since they don’t have the luxury of battery much. Electricity isn’t exactly a thing for VC back then.

[@ChampinOut]

@David Erickson wait a sec, even with that logic I still think David would know more noting he was in the tunnels like what? Well taken David but you are 100% more knowledgeable if you were actually in there. Thank you for your service if you were really there aswell, I know I wouldn't have been able to do it. Im too much of a coward to be able to handle myself. I guess that's my generation though, again thank you so much for putting yourself on the line for us. Whether it was worth it or not your bravery and sacrifice was for us and you deserve all the respect you earned over there. Thank you again

[@choomah]

How good would a "Tunnel Rat" horror FPS be, just sayin, food for devs thoughts

[@user-sj1lh6pm8e]

yo u might be onto something

[@lucascharvat]

or just play Vietcong 😏

[@dillbop2114]

Mix it with something like cannibal Vietcong I think would be sick experience

[@antviper135]

@@user-sj1lh6pm8e Nah fr though🤔

[@vlimeux6905]

In Call of Duty Black Ops, the campaign has a mission where you need to go in these tunnels. My favorite.

[@Lord_Cabby]

My dad’s cousin was a tunnel rat. My dad said before he went to Vietnam he was the life of the party all the time. Funny guy who just always made the party better. When he came back, my dad said his cousin only came around the bars a few times and wouldn’t talk much. He ended up taking his own life a few months after he returned.

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@emmam.2784]

Vietnamese soldiers are incredible!!! Just been to the tunnels and I’m stunned at how resourceful and brave and intelligent these men were

[@minty8942]

Ummmm These 'Jumping jacks' Are better known As 'bouncing Bettys' to us Gamers

[@MilitantVision]

Which game? I heard that from a game but I forgot which one.

[@gustavschosinsky4944]

Entity Gamer Call of Duty Black Ops

[@Biethir]

Bouncing Betty is the nickname from allied forces but the Australian and New Zealand nicknamed them Jumping Jack. They have a few other nicknames but S-mine is the official name that is usually being referred to.

[@maamamamamamama]

When?

[@dannyyoroi1955]

When I hear a click and there’s a delay for 0.5 sec I’m praying that I can probe quick enough

[@titotims]

I just remember "Victor Charlie" campaign in Call of Duty : Black Ops where Mason and Swift infiltrated a rat tunnel.

[@mj3541]

7:29 BOWMAN!

[@Wxlfgang]

Reznov

[@bigdonk2079]

Ha reznov sneak down there

[@skeezll4671]

back when treyarch was original.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

I should be surprised that the first Tunnel Rats were Australians but judging from their badass history I'm just impressed

[@stallitite9157]

Yeah go Aussie’s! Edit: Ps I’m Australian so yeah

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

@@stallitite9157 hello from Ireland

[@breadboi1248]

@@stallitite9157 same i'm aussie

[@topkat3764]

Like losing to emus

[@thelifeofd3884]

@@stallitite9157 are you an aboriginal? If not you’re not really Australian

[@Apollyon83]

My good friend was 4th Force Recon, 68-69. He was sometimes a tunnel rat. He talked about the war in his later years with no filter. Man, the things he saw, heard, and did were insane. He would say that there was a primary tunnel rat on his team named “Garcia”. Garcia would go into the tunnel and come back out with a couple extra ears on his necklace.

[@hostilep1952]

garcia's a menace

[@hostilep1952]

sounds like an amazing guy

[@harperl2]

I would love to hear about these stories in more depth. I think people have fuzzy ideas about war. If the stories were told, even as raw as they may be, this would be an important reminder of the cost of war and the actual situation on the ground.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

That’s crazy. I’ve heard the ear story before. It was a vet on one video on here saying that at one point in the war, US Marines would cut ears off the enemy and hang them on their belt loops as a sort of trophy for how many men they killed, it was almost like a trend for a while…eerie stuff. Just shows how much the war affected these soldiers minds while they were there. It seems when some people are at war long enough, they can become a a different person…an emotionless killer.

[@bonktoryu203]

*Demn, this new "Home alone" movie seems brutal*

[@imthegoldenone]

im pretty sure its the new "Saw" movie

[@a_guy5685]

XD

[@a_guy5685]

Or new war called tunnel wars 1

[@wilburfoot9888]

I love this comment so much

[@Unclecragar]

Yea lol

[@dr.rockso2703]

Thanks for making this. My grandpa on my mother's side was a tunnel rat in the vietnam war. I still have his army issue knife, the only thing I have left of him.

[@okok-xe2bi]

im sorry for your loss

[@P8nda]

rest in peace your grandfather. thanks for his service.

[@kingoftheswamp4960]

Rip sorry for ur loss

[@chrome1018]

My condolences, but mad respect for him. He isnt dead, hes a martyr.

[@caine5000]

I’d rather be jobless and be homeless than be a tunnel rat

[@evrenf2116]

Meh, Not that hard tnh

[@Youtuber111-p2x]

@@evrenf2116 lol troll

[@MyZenaGaming]

@@evrenf2116 so why on you yt and not at war?

[@evrenf2116]

@@MyZenaGaming im retried, the viet kong had nothing on me

[@MyZenaGaming]

@@evrenf2116 lol hope you not lying if not nice and what was the reason they went to war in the first place?

[@arabiamcmahan5778]

I remember my grandfather telling me stories about Vietnam. He willingly volunteered to do two tours.. His name was Mr. Brad Matthew Baker Jr. & he was the first BLACK Vietnam War veteran to receive the purple 💜 in Greenville, SC 9/19/48-12/13/2010 rip Papa and thank you for your service.

[@ItsTheMunz]

I’m not claustrophobic but even just the animation of those tunnels made my man parts tingle like I was looking off the side of a 10,000 foot drop.

[@dbdouglas]

When I was about 8 or 9, the much older neighbor kids had dug a deep, "U" shaped tunnel & dared me to crawl all the way through it. I remember crawling in & at the midway point, there was a huge root blocking the way, otherwise I would have made it through. That was many years ago & now all I can do is think about how lucky I am that it didn't cave in on me, thanks to God!!

[@cade.s]

It gave me chills thinking about if you got caved in a position unable to move or scream when nobody can hear you…

[@kingwiwi4226]

Bit of an odd neighbour

[@snailcheeseyt]

if it fell down i would be so angry as the neighbor because that must’ve taken a while to dig 😡😠😡😠😡😠😡😡😠😡😠😠😡😠😡😡😠😡😡😠😠😡😠😠😡😡😠😤😤😡😡😠😤😡😤😠😤😠😤😡😤😠😤😡

[@armiehuelva9081]

Mine was when my father Pushed me tru a cave then got stuck for 5 days there no food But theres water at the Cave so thats my water source Then after that rescue had come.

[@PoleLease]

@@armiehuelva9081 thats cap

[@darkhorse2356]

They were always looking for this guy named Charlie.

[@P8nda]

his first name was Victor, right?

[@the_ultra_robot6884]

@Joseph Stalin it's a joke

[@imbrian151]

@Joseph Stalin it's from Forreat Gump, he was a tunnel rat in the movie, but it didnt show much

[@donnionnyola1685]

You mean you?

[@joachimcoonan6255]

A very scary task to infiltrate those tunnels. To be a tunnel rat would have been so intense, there are no words. I read a book about the Viet Cong fighters spending months at a time down in the tunnels, subsisting on a handful of rice per day..... The sheer courage and endurance of the tunnel fighters on both sides cannot possibly be overstated.

[@s.o.u.l2837]

My dad was a tunnel rat and seeing what he went through truly helped me appreciate for the life he gave me if he didn’t live I wouldn’t be here

[@nightgodd7865]

If your dad didnt live you wouldn't be here? Please tell me more facts nobody would have guessed

[@stupidpianoman]

"Only 12 tunnel rats survived" Yeah sure thing buddy

[@youre.right.]

My dad was a tunnel rat and seeing what he went through truly helped me appreciate the life he gave me as a lab rat.

[@KS-lv4br]

@@youre.right. 😂😂

[@johngladman4291]

The fact that the fatality rate was 33 doesn’t count the losing your limbs rate.

[@mohamed-2711]

exactly. I have so much respect for these Viet Congs. They sure possessed some alpha male energy to fight the mightiest power on earth called USA.

[@russelkilkenny6940]

My Great Uncle was one of the 12 men that came back to tell the stories of being a tunnel rat. Captain Grant F. Cleverly,

[@davidcornell390]

respect my man, respect

[@remokim5066]

Respect to him 💪🏼🇺🇸

[@248-d9w]

Did he really ‘volunteered’?

[@pirateboy6458]

He got out because he was clever?

[@bobcrachit6049]

My great grandad got captured in Japan in WW2, he got really bad PTSD and never talked about it cause of how bad they tortured him, I can imagine that’s how Vietnam POWs were treated

[@Punk_Rocker1990]

Gotta give respect to Vietnam. They taught everyone what a real Ranger means. 🎉🎉🎉

[@apoc0110]

Moral of the story: Dont mess with the Vietnamese. They aint playin around

[@mikes5597]

😂😂 well dame

[@alexle3658]

To bad for you I’m Vietnamese

[@peterjr6954]

Nah they just had home field advantage

[@minhtran7819]

@thomas brunn how does being a vietnamese correlate to a virus?

[@sambahnisch703]

@@peterjr6954 no

[@heydiahrea]

“Have you ever seen a Vietnamese giant centipede?” Why yes, yes I have his name is Raad and he’s my pet. Not as bad as you think just don’t let one chomp down on you, it’s not pleasant!

[@FettsackmitMachete]

cute

[@iunderstanphotography2780]

hells nooooo

[@AmAxel35]

Ey Sheiky baby!

[@heydiahrea]

@@AmAxel35 intelligent wrestling fan !

[@OheKapalott]

A old man i used to help was a tunnel rat

[@chrome1018]

awh thats cool

[@minecraftkevinarbast4648]

1969

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@BeeSmokeYT]

Crazy reading all these comments and seeing everyone say a person they know was a tunnel rat and never talked about it shows how traumatizing it was for them

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@Reigninsuds]

IRL version of The Descent. Can’t fathom the PTSD these soldiers endured.

[@Cody70858]

It was bad my brothers grandpa was a tunnel rat an it took a huge toll on him. He constantly drank it cause him his legs and eventually his life. Such a great man did such a horrible job.

[@kinga9301]

@@Cody70858 dang. Rip to your grandpa if thats the case pray 🙏

[@timovangalen1589]

"I chased somebody into a tunnel, met them at a bend in the corner. I thought I was alone and then I smelled their breath. We had a wrestling match in the dark, and I got the upper hand, and I crushed this man's trachea. Held him down while he died, and then got out. I beat and strangled someone to death in a tunnel. In the dark. But that wasn't the only casualty. The other casualty was the civilized version of me." -James Gillum, tunnel rat in Vietnam

[@spinachos1868]

@@timovangalen1589 I pray we never go to war. That sounds horrible.

[@P8nda]

I watched this with my grandfather He said "Well I'm glad I went to Panama so I didn't have to do that."

[@RatChad]

If he didn’t go to Panama maybe you won't be even here writing this comment

[@blakemoreno776]

As in the Panama Invasion?

[@P8nda]

@@blakemoreno776 yeah, I think. all he says is how lucky he got not going Vietnam, considering he went in during 69'.

[@DailyClipsz1]

@@RatChad 😳

[@ricodahchico245]

Who came from the “7 foot guy going in the Vietnam tunnels” video?

[@vinayakthakur4757]

🙋😂

[@aightimmaheadout3811]

Me

[@jichuukimchii6452]

Me

[@ddyy4565]

Me

[@thatoneguy908]

me.

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

My uncle was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He still wakes up with horrible nightmares 50 years later. You didn’t have to be short though in all cases. I’m sure it helped a ton. He is 6’1 or so but at the time very skinny

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@tinalama1291]

This video is pure sweat, fear inducing for people that suffer taphephobia (getting buried alive). I can’t and don’t want to imagine what they must have gone through

[@2bor4b95]

For real, claustrophobic with a fear of snakes and crazy insects. Put me on edge just watching it.

[@Turtletapmytip]

Probably just clicked off when they started to get anxious

[@friendlyneighborhoodgramma9917]

Not just Taphephobia but also Claustrophobia

[@iunderstanphotography2780]

I don't know how I became so afraid of centipedes but jesus, I couldn't take it if one of those huge ones was on me while crawling around in the dark.

[@themountain283]

i have taphephobia and claustrophobia🙂😭

[@jphiled6554]

Some years back, I spent a summer in Hanoi, Vietnam in the early 2000’s. Life under a Communist regime wasn’t great, but the people were great, and I still the miss coffee and bun bo hué. The cultural heritage of Hanoi was something else too. Bring an American there was awkward at times, but people were kind, especially the younger generation. Looking back, I am thankful that war with Vietnam is a thing of the past, a relic of the colonial era.

[@phamtien3967]

Ha ha, glad you like my country. Hope you can pay a visit some day

[@stenning9069]

You don’t need to spell it right. Just spell “bun bo hue” and we will knew it

[@Trapo-q8w]

My grandfather ran away to Thailand during the war and I’m thankful for that everyday, would love to visit Vietnam some day

[@ドハイ-e4p]

Communism is national unity, if we follow capitalism our country will be divided. and China will invade us as soon as Vietnam is divided internally.

[@counterharambe4]

7:28 as soon as I heard bowman I immediately thought of black ops 1

[@flakk3743]

Me too, Black ops was fairly realistic

[@chrishess5526]

He could have been the inspiration for the character.

[@lucashancock3002]

"The numbers Mason, what do they mean"

[@counterharambe4]

@@chrishess5526 indeed

[@counterharambe4]

@Kam W you’re very welcome

[@duyenphanthi2228]

I couldn't think how difficult it was to live in the tunnel, the Vietnamese is so smart, I'm a vietnamese and I'm so proud

[@Ehito12]

everyone is talking about "how hard becoming a tunnel rat volunteer". but nobody talking about how hard digging, living, and moving as vietnamese soldier

[@lunaticranger6532]

Because it's a American channel.

[@Ihatethewaythatyou]

They won, so their efforts were for not.

[@angryhedgehog4266]

@@Ihatethewaythatyou debatable

[@tenzin2378]

Tunnel rat volunteers knowledge abt tunnel and that of diggers is the different.

[@notoriousbeokalypsis-beoca6896]

+1 respect

[@ouioui4136]

As scary as the tunnels must’ve been you gotta hand it to those Vietnamese for being able to survive in the jungle like that.

[@claysoggyfries]

Everybody gangsta till the ground starts speaking Panda Express

[@geometrycash0962]

@Mandala R3 he’s just trying to make a funny stereotype about Asians in general

[@dragoncum67]

Underrated comment lol

[@james-cy1nj]

😂

[@benjaminlu793]

That's Chinese you clown

[@cho2jzfe90]

Should of said start speaking PHO instead lol

[@YahyaAhmed-ei7ed]

Imagine living down there for months with all those creatures, Agent Orange, and shelling above. The vietnamese fighters were brave for going through all that

[@justRICHTOFEN]

My math teacher in middle school had be one of the people who had to clear out these tunnels. He was 18 at the time. His stories were very interesting, sometimes even funny, but a lot of the time heart breaking. I respect him and the others who had to do this and the others having to fight in this.

[@5prisoners101]

can u tell them

[@justRICHTOFEN]

@@5prisoners101 I've told him that many times before. He was my favorite teacher because he actually cares if you learned something, and would take the time to make sure I would understand what was being taught instead of being left behind.

[@5prisoners101]

@@justRICHTOFEN seems like a great teacher, what were the stories he told

[@riley42073]

Mhm for sure

[@justRICHTOFEN]

@Barry Keating indeed. One reason is because he didn't follow the rules. He would never wear his helmet, and would only carry a handgun. This made it easier for him to get in without triggering traps

[@Lord_Cabby]

I live in Vietnam now, and I’ve visited the Cu Chi tunnels. They’ve widened them out now and increased air flow, but man. There is still a horrible feeling of claustrophobia when you are down there.

[@Rurik_Luci]

When it comes to war caves are graves avoid going in them whenever it is possible because odds are you're not making it back out Edit: The reason I put this here is it was literally something told to my grandfather a Marine who served in Vietnam.

[@chilloha6464]

Oh massive respect to your grandpa

[@arliesam948]

Indeed

[@brokenshadowpr0]

Wow

[@johnmurcott1273]

you see, Vietnam is a holiday compared to australia

[@smileyface3956]

@@johnmurcott1273 and Australia is a walk in the park compated to the USA

[@wendyv2577]

American used every tactic they could think of to destroy the tunnel, but they failed. Vietnamese are genius, they could use whatever they have to defend themselves and never give up.

[@round5soundsfetchmetheirso827]

Tall People: *Ugh, I hate that my head hits the door frame!* Short People: *this video*

[@chaosinsurgency6636]

Yeah ok have fun in the tunnels

[@toomuchcats6686]

Also I love how the Vietnamese people were drawn looks exactly how they look

[@xqudo8623]

As a vietnamese I am really offended

[@heiki8258]

@@xqudo8623 ok

[@solairethesunlightwarrior8813]

@@xqudo8623 nobody asked

[@imincollege6592]

Draost Dryer as another Vietnamese in this convo, please grow a backbone, what a snowflake

[@imincollege6592]

Also, whatcha mean? It just a 'nón' on their head and the uniform colour thst stand out the most for me

[@briarpatterson2315]

My grandfather was a 3 Purple Heart recipient - tunnel rat! You could tell he was proud of his accomplishments, but very rarely talked about it. He just passed away last year due to agent orange. RIP Patrick Lee Schneider

[@sorenp1332]

RIP

[@loop4737]

He Passed away because he was old Its 2021, stop blaming agent Orange

[@sta1RR]

Thats sad , dont use his death for your politics.

[@geekavenger]

Shout out to "Big" Al Parks of Tacoma. Worked with this badass in Federal Way and enjoyed his tunnel rat stories. Dude caught hold of a live venomous snake at the entrance to a tunnel with his bare hands. After they killed it, he started back in and his friend made his ears ring by firing next to his ear (at the 2nd venomous snake that had been left at the entrance). Al could sleep with eyes open, which freaked me out until I realized he learned how to do that because Charlie would have gotten him if had slept with eyes shut! Much respect old-timer! Hope you're still kicking it!

[@GarvinButterfield]

Only 12 Tunnel Rats made it back but somehow every one is claiming they knew one...🐂💩

[@bukanto3219]

It’s terrifying to be a tunnel rat, but it’s more terrifying to think that the Vietnamese could create, operate, design the thing to counter and set up traps at will. I mean the idea already sounds super dangerous and scary.

[@KhoiV]

And a large amount of us are farmers. Just farmers digging long holes and eat rice in there

[@damightydodo2308]

No wonder why most pranks I set up worked flawlessly. A year ago at lunch time at school I sat opposite side of someone I didn't like because he was bullying people. Because school just started after the first crazy quarantine, they install like a transparent plastic shield that separate a table into 6 seats. I then hold a small piece of rice with chopsticksand fling it around like a catapult and somehow made it to the other side and landed on his tray first try (don't worry the rice is not "contaminated")

[@vacarrowarren9946]

I swear Imy dad showed me a video of a girl killing one of us by stabbing a guy through the neck...and ending with him dying. With her..my dad was there!!!!!

[@vacarrowarren9946]

My dad got captured and him and

[@vacarrowarren9946]

My dad and him and he and 3 men shot at there own helicopter too get rescued. My dad died 4 months ago he was 74.lostm. My sin last year too diabetes

[@proudnonbss]

5:53 The song "I was only 19" by Redgum is a song about one of the three Australian survivors from a detonated jumping jack. The soldiers son visited my school and performed a brilliant presentation and showed us how horrific it was for them. Truly inspirational.

[@truthhurts837]

What was inspirational about it?

[@Trgn]

@@truthhurts837 Yep. Doing it at a school of all places. Prepping another generation for killing and war crimes of course.

[@jaydinmoore3222]

My grandfather told me how terrifying them tunnels where going doing there with no lights its pitch black and the enemy was everywhere.

[@beeebeee249]

Lol imagine lying about being in a war

[@jaydinmoore3222]

Imagine being braindead.

[@noahkreidler9394]

@@beeebeee249 Imagine just accusing somebody of lying

[@rxse_etc.580]

@@beeebeee249 someone’s jealous they have no significance to their generation 🥶

[@nguyenhoanganh2660]

Technically the US started the war so the American soldiers were the actual enemy

[@zobair6591]

Congratulations to Vietnamese people who pulled this genius way out It's literary Awesomene

[@TheRealFoop]

11:54 "There isn't any data on how many of them died." Literally less than 10 seconds later 12:01 "Out of 100 or so, only 12 lived to tell the tale."

[@ccdman4909]

😂😂😂

[@jaslinacharya2063]

😂😂

[@gustavo.210]

😂

[@bridge2far927]

@@gustavo.210 sus name

[@gustavo.210]

@@bridge2far927 how?

[@razorfett147]

Not sure whats more anxiety inducing: Having to go down in those tunnels looking for traps and enemy soldiers Or having to actually LIVE and operate in a series of underground tunnels in the fkn jungle. Nooo thank you

[@groundloss]

Could you imagine anyone waging war on US territory? I couldnt, because too many armed civilians would be eager to shot those they consider hostile. It the same storie, just sides swapped.

[@Mmat2016]

I've actually been to Vietnam and have visited one of the tunnels and I swear. It was one of the most frightening experiences, I just can't imagine how claustrophobic it must've been there if you stay for so long. But anyways. My 'friend' at school would make an amazing tunnel rat XD

[@timothyfogarty5829]

Watching on veterans Day 2024. I want to thank every man that had the balls to do this. Thank you for your service. ❤❤❤

[@milanurbanc2765]

Kevin hart would be perfect for this job 😂

[@Calebkkk.]

Lol

[@theisgood0]

He is pretty short 😂

[@toastyloaff8665]

I agree

[@milanurbanc2765]

@Rashad Harris that's a lot of l's....

[@armandoarellano9327]

He kinda Stocky tho

[@leonardogermann5763]

props to the soldiers who did that, can't imagine how claustophrobic that is

[@AnhNgoc-dx5vs]

My uncle was a Vietcong soldier, he also has an old picture how they caught an American soldier after the war. I'm always proud of him even he is not here anymore. By the way it's really cute how the vietnamese are always drawn with that hat :)

[@mace1633]

always wondered about the Vietcongs perspective of the war

[@redsmile3404]

Could u tell me about the vietnamese perspective of the war?

[@087buihakhoa8]

@Red Smile Vietnamese always want their indepentdant, the war is meaningless and misery. We want the war to end soon so both country won't be suffer from pain and losses as soon as possible. P/S : my English is quite bad :3

[@redsmile3404]

@@087buihakhoa8 its Okay. Thank you for sharing That with me :)

[@nguyenhoanganh2660]

Straw hat soldiers are the best

[@deadpoolwrestler7179]

Dudes, whenever I’m busy doing my homework, I always listen to this and still don’t what I learned from my classes.

[@mrcrossovermark1153]

As a claustrophobe this is my worst nightmare.

[@KatyushaWarThunder]

You forgot that sometimes a Russian man pops out of nowhere and helps you

[@agresivtrading]

Imagine invading Vietnam and you hear the trees say "Dit me may". That might be the last word you will hear :)

[@tabaosiphu]

you right haha

[@DungLe-yd4xy]

=))

[@jjbb3148]

what is the meaning?

[@agresivtrading]

@@jjbb3148 that mean F**k you in vietnamese bro

[@goat5136]

More like "du ma may" in the south

[@trippen4391]

5:51 *soooooooo we gonna act like we didn’t see Bigfoot on the background?* 🤣🤣🤣🤣