K20 Tunnel

K20 Tunnel

escaping from the living room of a local house into freedom
K20 Tunnel - escaping from the living room of a local house into freedom

Location: 

K 20, Khuê Mỹ, Ngũ Hành Sơn, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam

Duration: 

Monday, June 26, 2017

Journey: 

Vietnam by train: Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

Personal highlights

  1. K20 Base: secret resistance base by the Vietnamese NLF
  2. NLF: National Liberation Front to resist the American occupation
  3. K20 Tunnel: narrow and hidden escape tunnel in a local house
  4. Mr Huỳnh Trưng: survivor of the war and owner of the K20 tunnel
  5. American War: Vietnamese name for the Vietnaminfo-icon War (obviously)

Image sources

  1. Field at the exit of the K20 tunnel
  2. Mr Huỳnh Trưng, the owner
  3. Inside the narrow K20 tunnel
  4. Temple at the K20 resistance base
  5. Fading Soviet symbol at the K20 Base

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