Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War from a "Tunnel Rat"

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this snippet from Josh Cohen's "Eyewitness History," Vietnam War veteran & "tunnel rat" Nick Sanza discusses his experience overseas, what it's like coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this interview from the Eyewitness History podcast.

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0:00.0	The history of the Popes of Rome and Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.
0:06.4	In the history of the Papacy podcast, we step over the rope.
0:10.0	We dive into, discover more about the people events and background that define the influence
0:15.8	of the Popes of Rome and church not only on the west, but the world.
0:20.4	To start listening now, go to ParthenonPodcast.com or search for history of the Papacy on your
0:27.4	favorite podcast platform.
0:57.4	ParthenonPodcast.com or search key battles of American history on your favorite podcast
1:01.3	platform.
1:02.3	Hey everyone, Scott here.
1:03.7	You're going to hear a snippet from the ParthenonPodcast Network Show I witness history
1:08.0	in which host Josh Cohen interviews Vietnam Warvet, Nick Sansa, about performing underground
1:13.5	search and destroy missions, and they were affectionately known as tunnel rats.
1:17.5	You can find more episodes by searching for I witness history on the podcast player of
1:22.1	your choice.
1:23.1	Hope you enjoy.
1:26.2	One thing I'm very interested to talk with you about Nick and I think you went to
1:29.5	that a little bit in your last answer here.
1:32.3	I'm curious of the mindset when you're tunneling, right?
1:37.0	And I'm curious about what you're seeing, what you're smelling, what it's like to be
1:41.3	in the tunnel knowing there could be quite literally anything on the other side.
1:45.3	Because you maybe go in, obviously we talked about the lack of fear, because you maybe
1:48.7	go into some of the, I suppose, psychological preparation you have to have before going
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