JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was one of the most dangerous jobs in Vietnam. A tunnel rat. Sam Nelson, now a 75-year-old Vietnam veteran in Jacksonville, says he didn't even know what a tunnel rat was.

Tunnel Rats was released in 2008, and is a war film set during the Vietnam War. It follows the story of a squad of young American soldiers, nicknamed “tunnel rats,” who are tasked with clearing out ...

Armed with a three-and-a-half-foot-long bamboo stick with a slit cut on one end, a 14-inch World War II Japanese bayonet, and a silenced .38 Special revolver pistol, Nicholas “Nick” Sanza was deep ...

Imagine crawling your way through a seemingly never-ending series of foreign underground tunnels, armed only with a flashlight, a knife, and a small pistol. For the Vietnam War tunnel rats, these ...

For 45 years, Army veteran Nick Sanza was unable to speak about his experiences during the Vietnam War, saying his job was too dangerous and the required security clearance needed to be read in was ...

OREGON, Ohio — Wednesday is Vietnam Veterans Day. This year, it's also the 50th anniversary of when the last U.S. troops left Vietnam after serving in an unpopular war. Many veterans, most of them now ...

At 15 years old, I dropped out of high school and went to work as a bus boy and dishwasher at a local restaurant. After almost two years, I decided that the career opportunities were somewhat limited ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Tunnel Rats Tunnel Rats is a dark and intense single-player shooter for PC that depicts the horrific realities of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes ...

I had the opportunity to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which are just outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The tunnel network was started in the late 1940s and used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.