I had the opportunity to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which are just outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The tunnel network was started in the late 1940s and used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

The commanding officer of an armored unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel.IWM/Getty Images Tunnels have been used in warfare for centuries. The first known use of the tactic dates ...

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This is part of a series of articles by Westporter Robert Stokes based on his recent return to Vietnam for the first time since he covered the war from 1966 to l968 as a freelance journalist and later ...

Robert Haldane, an Army officer who led the battalion that discovered the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam War, died of cancer March 5 at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 83. Lt. Gen.

CU CHI, Vietnam -- When U.S. troops first deployed in large numbers to Vietnam in the mid-1960s, one of the first steps of the Army's 25th Division was to build a large base in the Cu Chi District.

To the Viet Cong, a shovel is as important as a rifle. Steadily increasing pressure from American ground and air power has literally pushed the Reds underground, and in the past few years they have ...

Vietnam is a unique country in many ways. First, it’s Southeast Asia’s “skinniest” country. Second, the country is still divided over geographical, political and cultural lines. The North and South ...

Robert Haldane, 83, an Army officer who led the battalion that discovered the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam War, died of cancer March 5 at his home in Alexandria. Lt. Gen. Haldane was a ...

American bombs rained overhead as Ho Thi Giu was born in an underground tunnel on January 1, 1968, where hundreds of Vietnamese villagers carved out subterranean lives to escape the bloodshed of the ...

At the Cu Chi tunnels outside of Ho Chi Minh City, a display showcasing how the Viet Cong hid in underground bunkers during the Vietnam War. Photo Credit: TW photo by Michelle Baran Michelle Baran ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force (Operation Holly 1970 (Folder 13 of 15), sheet 182); Public Domain The Vietnam War, an infamous clash ...