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About this Episode
On January 8th, 1966, at 0930h Indochina Time, salvos of American artillery, napalm, and explosive ordnance from B-52s rained down on an underground Viet Cong base believed to be a political headquarters. The location was the Ho Bo Woods of the Binh Duong Province in South Vietnam, 70 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. It was about to become host to a seven-day joint mission executed by the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. But, these allies soon discovered that the assumed headquarters held a much more surprising secret: a sophisticated, underground logistical tunnel system spanning over 200km.
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1965 - Vietnam - 1 RAR Association Incorporated
The Dispatch - Google News Archive Search
Ho Bo Woods, Vietnam War, 1960s - Film 1017413 - YouTube
Ho Chi Minh City 1966 Past Weather (Vietnam) - WeatherSpark
Viet Cong Tunnels and Traps - Platoon: The True Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLE6EtrvhM
John M. Carland, Stemming the Tide, May 1965–October 1966, United States Army in Vietnam (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2000), 169–173, Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966 (army.mil).
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)
https://www.historyhit.com/tunnel-warfare-during-world-war-one/
https://www.thenmusa.org/articles/tunnel-rats-of-the-vietnam-war/
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