Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City November 27, 2002

There were large assembly rooms underground as well, all 3 to 5 meters underground.

In emergencies, there were two additional levels of tunnel, down another 3 and 5 meters, so that the lowest ones were more than 10 meters below the surface. These were mainly escape tunnels.

Bill eating spaghetti with chopsticks – not a trivial task.

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The tunnel networks were just an indication of how dedicated to the war effort the Vietnamese were. They viewed it as a means of attaining independence, while the US saw it as a concerted effort by communists to take over the entire of southeast asia. For good reference material, read Robert Macnamara’s book about his time as Secretary of Defense .

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