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A
U.S. Army
infantryman
is lowered into a
Viet Cong
tunnel
to perform an underground
search and destroy
mission during the
Vietnam War
. These soldiers, known as
tunnel rats
, were equipped usually only with a
handgun
and
flashlight
, and besides enemy forces, faced
booby traps
and natural dangers such as
snakes
,
scorpions
,
spiders
and
insects
.
Photo credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps
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