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A tunnel rat might therefore choose to enter the tunnels wearing a gas mask (donning one within was frequently impossible in such a confined space). According to U.S. tunnel rat veterans, however, most tunnel rats usually went without gas masks because wearing one made it even harder to see, hear, and breathe in the narrow dark passages.
Tunnel Rats, also known as 1968 Tunnel Rats, is a 2008 German-Canadian war suspense film written and directed by Uwe Boll. The film is based on the factual duties of tunnel rats during the Vietnam War. In a documentary for the film, Boll revealed the film did not have a script, and instead the actors improvised their lines. [1]
This is a high resolution and intriguing original photograph from the war itself demonstrating the lowering of a 'tunnel rat' into one of the Vietcong tunnels, a highly dangerous job. It is in the public domain as it is the work of a US Army Soldier/Employee. Articles this image appears in Tunnel rat Creator U.S. Army Signal Corps
The stories in The 'Nam, a Marvel Comics series about the Vietnam War, are about the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, part of the 25th Infantry Division. The shoulder patches that the tunnel rats in 1968: Tunnel Rats wear depict the 25th Infantry Division. The film Tropic Thunder takes its title from the 25th Infantry's nickname, "Tropic Lightning".
Tunnel Rats: Uwe Boll: U.S. "Tunnel rats" who go into Viet Cong tunnel complexes. 2009 Canada, US, Germany 21 and a Wake-Up: Chris McIntyre: The film focuses on real people McIntyre knew in the Marines, as well as experiences of Dr. Marvin Wayne, renowned and decorated physician at the 24th Evac in its final year. 2012 Australia The Sapphires ...
Cross-sectional diagram of Vietcong tunnel system used by the communist insurgents during the Vietnam War. The tunnels were expanded further after the war with the French as a base for underground operations against the Ngo Dinh Diem government and later US-backed South Vietnamese governments. Due to the threat that the base area posed to the ...
After petitioning the United States government for help, but receiving none, Colonel Rhodes brings together a disparate group of Vietnam War veterans, including some who were a part of Frank's platoon: the demolitions expert Blaster; the "tunnel rat" Wilkes who suffers from PTSD; and the machine gunner Sailor.
Entrance sign at the tunnels. Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chu, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists. The tunnels of Củ Chi (Vietnamese: Địa đạo Củ Chi) are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.