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Aug 18
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The Worst Job in Vietnam

Ballen Studios
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The Vietnam War was defined by brutal heat, punishing rain, and impenetrable jungles full of hidden danger at every step. And that was just on the surface. Underneath it all there was an even more fearsome battleground, in the dark, claustrophobic and deadly labyrinth of Vietcong tunnels.

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