Punji Palace Teaches Viet Cong Booby Traps To Marines
In Vietnam a Marine school called Punji Palace trains more than 1,000 members of the 3rd U.S. Marine Division in Viet Cong booby traps and countermeasures. Instructors demonstrate devices like the Sete pate and Z-10 mine while warning of deadly snakes such as the bamboo viper. The program aims to prepare Marines to detect and avoid hidden dangers in jungle paths and villages.
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Punji Hee
U.S. Marine Division
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John L.saulnier
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Day They Killed The Buffaloes
A 19 year old Vietnamese soldier recalls his Highland family’s tragedy near Binh Dinh Province. The father refused to abandon land despite Viet Cong pressure. The VC killed two sons and the mother, and then shot the family’s water buffaloes, leaving the old man despaired yet rooted to his land as the boy departs with relief that the land may now forgive him.
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Tom Tiede
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