Frederick Forsyth's latest "Avenger" has a pretty detailed
description of what life as a tunnel rat was like. Pretty
good book, but that part was fascinating.
-Dave Z.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Etchison"
<etchison@m...> wrote:
> The History Channel has an hour today on the tunnel
rats, 6-7pm
Central. (I
> don;t suppose Michael Connelly is
mentioned.)
>
>
> Tune In:
> Sunday, February 20 @ 7pm ET/PT
>
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http://www.historychannel.com/global/listings/images/spacer.gif>
>
>
> Here is the heroic story of an intrepid band of
infantry soldiers,
the
> "Tunnel Rats", charged with a daring mission--to
search for, find,
and
> destroy a secret subterranean network of enemy
tunnels in Vietnam.
Armed
> with only a flashlight, valor, and a .45, they faced
a determined
foe and
> overcame lethal odds, uncovering secret enemy arms
and
intelligence caches.
> Tragically, many of these volunteers died and others
were
seriously wounded
> on this terrifying suicide mission.
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
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