During the vietnam war, if a us tunnel rat got injured or. We were trained at the australian armys school of military engineering, located 20. It had to be the worst job an american soldier could have in the southeast asian war. Tunnel rats ofvietnam vietnams littleknown underground war and the men and women who fought it sgt. The tunnel rats were american, australian and new zealand soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the vietnam war. Tunnel rat was the term that was quickly coined for these generally smallstature soldiers who would go down the holes. A merger of two or more big railroads would increase the combined carriers commercial breadth and scope, and broaden the services it could offer. He served in the 5th special forces group in vietnam in 196970 and subsequently in airborne infantry, longrange patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. Since there were no tunnel rat units as such, they being ad hoc teams and volunteering individuals, there are few separate studies. During the vietnam war, tunnel rat became an unofficial specialty for volunteer combat engineers and infantrymen from australia and the united states who cleared and destroyed enemy tunnel complexes. Aug 06, 2017 vietnams littleknown underground war and the men and women who fought it. Real tunnel rat patches are rarer then team worn sog patches. The largest tunnel systems in south vietnam some under us bases could be as vast as 200 kilometers 125 miles long and were built to withst.
The tunnel systems could often be huge, and would be filled with all kinds of tricks and traps, not to mention people trying to kill you. The place was quang nam province in the mountainous northern region of south vietnam. To a man, volunteers only volunteers were permitted to join tunnel rat units they would enter the tunnels network systems of the viet cong armed with nothing more than a. Our newsletter holdfast has generated an exceptional amount of positive response and has reminded many of us of exactly what we did in vietnam. Vietnam lives at the cross section of the familiar and the exotic. The vietcong used elaborate tunnel systems to store food and ammunition as well as housing medical and combat facilities. I got volunteered to be a rat because of my size, he said. In 1965, soon after the first us combat troops had arrived in vietnam, it was realized that in some areas the viet cong had developed vast tunnel complexes in which to hide from the enemy. Its rapidly modernizing cities are separated by miles of lush, dramatic countryside, where traditional vietnamese villages carry on much as they did a century ago. Is the merger notification a mandatory or voluntary process. The merger regime applies to an economic concentration which may take the form of a merger, a consolidation, an acquisition or a joint venture. What was the mortality rate of the vietnam era tunnel. Mar 30, 2015 vietnam veterans memorial 1 vietnam war 35 vietnam war biography 2 vietnam war fiction 4 vietnam war history 35 vietnam war memoir 7 vietnam war novel 7 vietnam war poetry 1 vietnam war posttraumatic stress disorder 1 vietnam war themed novel 10 world war ii novel 1 events 2 in service newsletter inside vva. Over 95% of these men were in the field troops, and thus tunnel rats.
During the vietnam war, if a us tunnel rat got injured. During the vietnam war there were hundreds of tunnels that were used by the viet cong in order to transport goods and kill american and south vietnamese soldiers. Tunnel rats motto discussion in general discussion started by hkruss, jul 22, 2008. The army division i was assigned to was the americal division. A senior official of the vietnam competition authority vca recently warned that merger enforcement was now a priority of vca. Since there were no tunnel rat units as such, they being ad hoc teams and volunteering individuals, there are few separate studies and reports other than those buried within unit records. Vietnam war tunnel rat vietnam veterans of america. Gordon l rottman entered the us army in 1967, volunteered for special forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. Jul 22, 2008 non gratum anus rodentum, not worth a rat s ass. I spent six months being trained as an infantryman thats a combat soldier, and was flown to south vietnam in january, 1970, in what was the sixth year of americas involvement in the vietnam war.
The latter two are more cursory overviews, but both drawn heavily from tunnels of cu. However, in cases involving for eign entities or individuals of seriousness or high value, provincial courts. The tunnel rats were not spies or saboteur sent to north vietnam or neutral cambodia. It was long known that such complexes existed, but it was.
Small villages dot this land, worked by peasants, who have lived there for centuries. A toolkit iii preface i am pleased to write this preface for competition law in vietnam. What we have tried to do in this toolkit is look at different. Tunnel rats motto the firearms forum the buying, selling. Feb 09, 2018 for the most part, the job of tunnel rat was a catchall name for the work that we did as combat engineers. Key sectors of interest include real estate, food and beverage, retail, and to a lesser extent, manufacturing. Like green ferrets, tunnel rats would go into the dark, forbidding tunnels and discover whatever might be there. In particular, he observed that the vca would be focused on businesses that failed to fulfill their obligations to prenotify their economic concentrations as required under the law on competition no. The life of the tunnel rat was not to be envied, unless you are the most committed of adrenaline junkies and have a death wish. The subterranean world of the tunnel rat was made up of tunnels dug through soil that was described by an engineer as being like natural, reinforced. Tunnel rat soldier entering a vietcong tunnel during the vietnam war. The vietnam tunnel rats association will form up for the march in collins street, between swanston and russell streets. It was long known that such complexes existed, but it was not realized just how extensive they were in some areas, how important they were to the viet cong, and how difficult it was to detect and. Their motto was the tongue in cheek latin phrase non gratus anus rodentum not worth a rat s arse.
Vietnams littleknown underground war and the men and women who fought it. Pete rejoruiz, a cubanborn tunnel rat, is shown popping out of a north vietnamese tunnel. The tunnel rats and millions of other books are available for instant access. Vietnam war during the vietnam war tunnel rat became a more or less official specialty for volunteer. Rats tunnel in the war of vietnam learning history. According to the chinese calendar, the year of the rat begins tomorrow. Decorated veteran billy heflin shares what it was like for him to be a tunnel rat in the vietnam war.
Mar 14, 2017 decorated veteran billy heflin shares what it was like for him to be a tunnel rat in the vietnam war. The railway system in vietnam is owned and operated by the stateowned vietnam railways vietnamese. Unless you served with them in vietnam, you may wish to reconsider claiming that phrase as your motto. The principal route, the single track northsouth railway running between hanoi and ho chi minh city, accounts for 1,726 kilometres 1,072 mi of the networks total length of 2,600 kilometres 1,600 mi.
John olson stars and stripes south vietnam, november, 1967. Later, similar teams were used by the soviet army during the soviet war in afghanistan, and the israel defense forces. There are some things that go well beyond being cool. They were infantrymen who volunteered to go down the tunnels of south vi. While tracking down specific statistics on fatality rates among the tunnel rats is not easy, it is not a stretch to venture that. Their motto was the tongueincheek latin phrase non gratus anus rodentum not worth a rats arse in the early stages of the war against the french colonial. Focus on merger activity by the vietnam competition authority. Those were the guys who wriggled their way through the ridiculously narrow tunnels the viet cong used to transport personnel and weapons, set boobytraps, and all that. Unexpected changes in the countrys food chain and diet have sparked a. Further reading, i would recommend the tunnels of cu chi, which is one of the very few books to cover this topic with real depth, as well as viet cong and nva tunnels and fortifications of the vietnam war and tunnel rat in vietnam, both from osprey publishing. The tunnel rats did exist in vietnam and the vietnamese did wage war from the tunnels. The film is based on the factual duties of tunnel rats during the vietnam war. Vietnam 22 april 2010 new circular on merger, consolidation and acquisition by credit institutions on 11 february 2010, the state bank of vietnam sbv issued circular no.
No dead tunnel rats were left in a tunnel, dead or wounded they were all dragged out with commo wire, ropes, or by a comrade using a firemans crawl. Sheldon was the point man in the story i told earlier about wilson kee and our scout, the former nva soldier. Family of lost vietnam vet discovers son they didnt know he had duration. Through this trapdoor would go a tunnel rat equipped with a flashlight, handgun, knife, and bravery. Mark anthony fraser managing partner, frasers law company. Vietnam follows the twoleveljudgement system, the court of first instance and the appellate court.
Don miller of north port became scared tunnel rat in vietnam during the war by don moore. It was a very stressful, nerve racking job, pushing the rat s mental state to its limits. The lines defining this group were very clear in vietnam and only became blurred back in australia by some individuals and groups trying to label themselves tunnel rats on a spurious basis. New circular on merger, consolidation and acquisition by. Don miller of north port became scared tunnel rat in. Opinion my life as a tunnel rat the new york times. Tunnel rat patch, 25th infantry vietnam war, x rare. Key sectors of interest include real estate, food and beverage, retail, and to a. For them, thats what they do and only they will do it, normal infantry within australian rank would not go into tunnel system, and they are the only unit tagged with tunnel rat acronym.
Tunnel rat soldier entering a vietcong tunnel during the. Jun 20, 2015 men who hid in tunnels during wars viet nam. In a documentary for the film, boll revealed the film did not have a script, and instead the actors improvised their lines. First of all, those ops were certainly not off the book. This photo was taken a few days after we had arrived in vietnam, and a few days before we would be flown south, where we would join our company. Please consider giving a credit hyperlink to if you use the photos on this site using the attribution code in the below box. Tunnel rats as a unit is indeed exist for australian force in vietnam, they are the men of 3 troop, 1st field sqn, royal australian engineer. Some have said that this is all a bit elitist, but the vietnam tunnel rats association is simply an association of men who served in the field troops. Dec 20, 2007 family of lost vietnam vet discovers son they didnt know he had duration. For the most part, the job of tunnel rat was a catchall name for the work that we did as combat engineers.
Vietnam veterans memorial 1 vietnam war 35 vietnam war biography 2 vietnam war fiction 4 vietnam war history 35 vietnam war memoir 7 vietnam war novel 7 vietnam war poetry 1 vietnam war posttraumatic stress disorder 1 vietnam war themed novel 10 world war ii novel 1 events 2 in service newsletter inside vva. See more ideas about vietnam war, vietnam and vietnam war photos. The largest tunnel systems in south vietnam some under us bases could be as vast as 200 kilometers 125 miles long and were built to withstand bombings, explosions, poison gas etc. District courts are firstinstance courts, and provincial courts are appellate courts. For vietnamese, the year of the rat starts with lunch wsj. Im very fortunate enough to have visited a section of the tunnels in cu chi, even crawled through one, so having that as a base i imagine really helped me fully understand the extent of. A special american combat unit was created to fight the viet cong in these tunnels. Eightyfive percent rural, the few large cities and towns. An elite unit was needed in order to combat these tunnels. Here is another good book by osprey publishing, tunnel rat in vietnam. A common name in textbooks and news programs, the real vietnam remains a mystery for most people.
The purpose of this toolkit is to suggest ways to deal with all types of competition abuses. During the vietnam war our government never anticipated that tunnel warfare would be so prominent or important in waging ground combat. Tunnel rats, also known as 1968 tunnel rats, is a 2008 germancanadian war suspense film written and directed by uwe boll. It was long known that such complexes existed, but it was not realized just how extensive they were in some areas, how important they were to the viet cong, and how difficult it was to detect and neutralize.
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