The American tunnel rats were volunteer soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War.
The tunnels presented many deadly booby traps: enemy soldiers, some manned holes on the sides of tunnels through which spears could be thrust, impaling a crawling intruder. Often there were flooded U-bends in the tunnels to trap poison gas. There were also dangerous creatures, such as venomous snakes, spiders, scorpions, ants, rats, Black-Bearded Tomb Bats and Lesser Dawn Bats.
These were and are very special warriors.
The tunnels presented many deadly booby traps: enemy soldiers, some manned holes on the sides of tunnels through which spears could be thrust, impaling a crawling intruder. Often there were flooded U-bends in the tunnels to trap poison gas. There were also dangerous creatures, such as venomous snakes, spiders, scorpions, ants, rats, Black-Bearded Tomb Bats and Lesser Dawn Bats.
These were and are very special warriors.