Talk:Củ Chi tunnels

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[edit] Name of this article

This page should probably be named "Cu chi tunnels" as this is what it's referred to mostly in Vietnam, and if you do google searches:

  • "Tunnels of Cu Chi" - 780 hits
  • "Cu chi tunnels" - 9,080 hits

Fuzheado | Talk 02:55, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I have no problems with which naming is used. I kept this article instead of "Cu chi tunnels" as it was considerably more detailed. I think it would take an admin to move it to the other name as the other article (now a redirect) would need first to be deleted.
I changed the article on the Italian wikipedia to point here, so if you move it you should probably revert my change there.
I'm surprised to note in the histories of the two articles that the two experienced Wikipedians User:172 and User:VeryVerily edited both articles without bothering to even put a merge tag on them.-gadfium 04:19, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Name of combatants

A consesus should be made on whether to use NLF or Viet Cong when refering to the anti-american/diem combatants in this article. both have drawbacks and the debate has caused considerable distress to User:172 and User:VeryVerily. not all of these combatants were NLF some were merely peasants protecting their hamlet. On the other hand VC is somewhat derrogatory (although widely used in academic and historical discourse)

As a combat infantry Vietnam veteran myself, I would also point out that the use of NLF is akin to gilding the lily. In addition, I would note that, as in any war, some of the people who were attacking American soldiers were simply criminals taking advantage of the chaos. Finally, I would respectfully suggest that words such as "weary" used to describe Americans are not accurate; we soldiers were weary of fighting not to win, and we would have preferred to go home, but we also would have preferred to have been allowed to win the war first. Had Hanoi been bombed early on, and had Haiphong been mined, and had the media not misinterpreted Tet as a U.S. loss (it was the diametrical opposite), the outcome might have been very different. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.154.103 (talk) 03:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Black echo

Was the term black echo used to describe these tunnels, if so could that page be merged and redirected to this articel?--nixie 22:57, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

I have moved this article to its present location, Cu Chi tunnels. The old redirect to Cu Chi Tunnels (which currently redirects here) that was in its place has been archived to Cu Chi tunnels/Old. It may be necessary to keep it for copyright reasons. jni 09:22, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Identification of gun photo

The image above the caption "Visitors can fire an AK-47 at the shooting range for USD$1 a round" is NOT an AK-47 -- it's an M-16/AR-15. I'm changing the caption to reflect this, but perhaps it should be removed altogether. RBM 10:09, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I am the contributor of the photo, which I took while visiting CuChi in 1997. The actual identification of the rifle has been a source of some debate (I don't pretend to know guns), so the issue is nicely sidestepped by simply identifying it as an "assault rifle." However, I think that keeping the photo is warranted, because visitors to CuChi are given the opportunity to shoot on the grounds of the park. Kevyn 18:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] there is vandalism on this page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels 198.146.89.224 01:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ben Duoc Temple

At the Ben Dinh Tunnel at Cu Chi there is also a temple called Ben Duoc Temple. Work started on May 19, 1993 and the first stage opened on December 19, 1995. The temple complex consists of a triple porch building, stele hall, nine storey tower about 40m high, and a main hall. In the main hall engraved on the wall are the names of 50,000 Vietnamese who died during the conflict and a bust of Ho Chi Minh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.158.202 (talk) 20:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)