VIETNAM WAR MILITARY PATCH " NOT WORTH A RATS ASS TUNNEL RAT "

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THIS ITEM MEASURES 3.3 IN X  3.3 IN.
During Vietnam war,
TUNNEL RAT
personnel was a special US combat unit sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Originally called "Tunnel Runners" by the 25th Infantry Division, and "Ferrets" by the Australian Army, the term "Tunnel Rat" soon became their official accepted name. The US Army soon realized that trying to destroy the tunnels was a short-sighted policy that wasn't going to work. Moreover this was also a loss as the underground networks could yield vital intelligence on the VC in the form of plans and documents. A chemical officer of the 1st Infantry Div, Capt Herbert Thornton a Southerner, was charged with setting up the first tunnel team. The kind of man that Thornton sought for his tunnel team had to be a special breed. He had to have an even temperment, an inquisitive mind, a lot of common sense (in order to know what to touch and what not to), and to be exceptionally brave. All of Thornton's men were volunteers, most (not all) were small men of slight build who could squeeze through the tight trap doors and crawl along the narrow passages with relative ease. 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 fireman's crawl. It was a very stressful, nerve racking job, pushing the rat's mental state to its limits. Crawling through narrow, pitch black tunnels, sometimes for hours looking for a heavily armed enemy who would if he got the drop on you not hesitate to kill you. Occasionally under the strain a man's nerves would break and he'd be dragged from the tunnel screaming and crying. Once this happened he would never be allowed down a tunnel again. If going down into a tunnel posed a threat, then coming up again could be just as dangerous. Upon emerging from a tunnel, a rat would often whistle "Dixie" just to let the troops on the surface know he was on their side. A little guy stripped to the waist and covered in dirt could easily be mistaken (particularly if he was oriental looking) for a VC and shot by his own side... Suicide squads of a special kind !
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