C.W. Bowman goes down a Viet Cong tunnel during his time in Vietnam as a tunnel rat for the Army. (C.W. Bowman) Of all the uniquely dangerous jobs soldiers had during the Vietnam War, Army veteran C.W ...
COLUMBIA — Cu Chi, Vietnam, 1967. Former Army Staff Sgt. C.W. Bowman stumbled into what appeared to him to be an underground hospital and was greeted by several Viet Cong soldiers drawing their ...
After Allied forces discovered the vast tunnel network beneath the Iron Triangle in 1966, the war in Vietnam took on a ...
Tunnel rats were American and Australian volunteers sent into Viet Cong tunnel systems to recover intelligence, disarm traps, and hunt enemies in total darkness. Chosen for their size, nerve, and ...