Vinh Moc Tunnels, los tuneles de Vinh Moc

In 1966 the USA began a massive aerial and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam. Just north of the DMZ, the villagers of Vinh Moc found themselves living in one of the most heavily bombed and shelled strips of land on the planet. Small family shelters could not withstand this onslaught and villagers either fled or began tunnelling by hand into the red-clay earth. It took them 18 months. Whole families lived here and 17 babies were born in the underground. These tunnels of are a monument to the perseverance of the North Vietnamese.
En 1966 los EEUU empezaron un ataque masivo aereo y artillero a el Norte de Vietnam. Justo al norte de DMZ la aldeanos de Vinh Moc se encontraron que estaban viviendo en uno de los sitios mas bombardeados de todo el planeta. Las pequenias familias de pescadores no podian seguir con esta situacion asi que o volaron a otros sitios o empezaron a escarban tuneles con las manos en la arcilla roja. Les llevo 18 meses. Familias enteras viviendo aqui y incluso 17 bebes nacieron bajo tierra. Estos tuneles son un monumento a la perseverancia de los norvietnamitas.