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Vinh Moc tunnels | Vietnam

3rd December 2017 by Rob Leave a Comment

#Asia #Vietnam #Travel #Streetphoto #War #2017

Vinh Moc (Vịnh Mốc) is a tunnel complex in Quảng Trị, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War it was strategically located on the border of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The tunnels were built to shelter people from the intense bombing (…).

The American forces believed the villagers of Vinh Moc were supplying food and armaments to the North Vietnamese garrison on the island of Con Co which was in turn hindering the American bombers on their way to bomb #Hanoi. The idea was to force the villagers of Vinh Moc to leave the area.

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A peace treaty has been agreed during my stay in Vietnam between “The West” and the forces of Viet Cong: “NO MORE WAR IN VIETNAM!” 😉

 

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When the War took place in Vinh Moc from 1966 to 1972, the United States Army released over 9,000 tons of bombs in the area, with a ratio of 7 tons of bombs on average per person. But the local people didn’t want to leave or lose their motherland. So, they began to dig tunnels in 1965 and finished in 1967 with simple tools in 18,000 labor days. The total length of the tunnels is nearly 2,000 m long with six entrances to the tops of hills and seven entrances to the South China sea.

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Filed Under: Asia, Historic Sites, Travel Photography, Vietnam Tagged With: #2017, #Asia, #DMZ, #Hanoi, #Streetphoto, #Travel, #Vietnam, #War

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