I Was Silenced for 43 Years — This Is What We Found

What I'm about to tell you has been classified for forty-three years. As a Vietnam Tunnel Rat in nineteen sixty-eight, I descended into darkness that no soldier should ever face. But beneath the Cu Chi tunnel complex, we found something that defied explanation—ancient stone stairs leading to a chamber that shouldn't exist.

This is my story. The story the Army buried in classified files. The story that's haunted me for over four decades. The story of what really waits beneath the earth in Vietnam.

In this sixty-minute account, I share my journey from a twenty-one-year-old volunteer to a Tunnel Rat facing the unknown. You'll hear about the brutal training, the three missions that prepared me for what came next, and the discovery that changed everything. This isn't just a war story. This is a warning.

Some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. Some doors aren't meant to be opened. And some voices in the dark should never be answered.

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04:00 Arrival at Cu Chi
12:00 Training with Marcus Thompson
26:00 First Mission: Phu Hoa Village
34:00 Second Mission: The Hospital
54:00 Aftermath and Marcus's Death

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