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Tunnel Rats Redux

A Vietnam veteran tunnel rat has some thoughts about the battle for Gaza

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Jeff Stein
Nov 09, 2023
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Stephen “Shorty” Menendez has a piece of advice for an Israeli soldier in a unit faced with clearing out Hamas tunnels in Gaza: Don’t volunteer to go down there. You will never get over it.

Israeli soldier shows journalists a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. (Reddit photo)

Menendez, now 73, is very proud of his harrowing work crawling down guerrilla tunnels in Vietn…

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