A member of the communist guerrilla forces in Vietnam during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
From Vietnamese 'Việt Cộng,' a contraction of 'Việt Nam Cộng sản' meaning 'Vietnamese communist.' The term emerged in the 1950s as shorthand for the National Liberation Front's armed wing.
The Viet Cong were masters of tunnel warfare, creating an elaborate underground network spanning thousands of miles beneath the Vietnamese jungle—so complex that American soldiers called it 'the Cu Chi tunnels,' and it became a symbol of asymmetrical warfare that changed military strategy forever.
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