Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces that took place from 8 to 26 January 1967. The aim of the massive search-and-destroy operation was to
United States Army M113 and M48A3 tank deploy along a road between the jungle and rubber plantation.
An infantryman checks a tunnel entrance during Operation Cedar Falls
B Company, 65th Engineer Battalion clear vegetation from around the town of Phu Hoa Dong with a D-7 bulldozer, 26 January
Men of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade guard VC prisoners captured in the Thanh Dien Forest
The tunnels of Củ Chi are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of t
Entrance sign at the tunnels.
Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chi, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists.
A trap door on the jungle floor leads down into the Củ Chi tunnels. Closed and camouflaged, it is almost undetectable.
The camouflaged trap door, now open.