The DMZ

This one day trip consisted of many empty fields requiring ample amounts of imagination to picture them in their war time states. The Tunnels on the other hand were very reminiscent of what life underground with the B-52s constantly over head must have been like. Hundreds of craters still remain from what was once a desolate moonscape created by the dropping of thousands of bombs in an attempt to stem the flow of supplies to the South.

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The Rock Pile is one of the high points occupied by approximately ten Marines as a lookout for movement on the Ho Chi Minh Trail	The trees show that these craters are 25 years old	This blistered, barren patch is evidence of napalm's permanent damage
Although there were hundreds of these craters obvious, they were difficult to capture from a moving bus	Craters left by the B52 bombing that occurred above ground	Along the tunnel walls were small niches carved as living spaces
A few of the seventeen children born in the tunnel	Descending past the 30 meter level in the tunnel	The original builders of the tunnel
Kerry fearlessly descending into the depths of the tunnel	One of the many exits along the beach front used for transferring supplies	The communal well inside the tunnel
The original tunnel entrances were very small and well disguised	The Vinh Moc tunnesl conisted of over two kilometers in length and were as deep as 50 meters. This tunnel still exists as a testament to the determination of the resistance on the Ho Chi Minh Trail	The current memorial at the Dakrong Bridge in the DMZ
Captured U.S. weapons at the musuem on Khe Sahn hill	An overall view of the DMZ	Khe Sanh base at the peak of it's strength
The remnants of the mile long runway of Khe Sanh base	Over the hulk of a crashed plane A C-130 approaches to land at Khe Sanh while under fire	Evidence of the many aircraft that were shot down in the region

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