Vietnam: The Trick That Fooled Every Mine Detector

Every mine detector in Vietnam said the road was clear. It wasn't. The enemy had a trick no machine could catch, and American soldiers paid for it. This is how it worked, told by the men who walked those roads. Served in Vietnam? Drop your unit and year in the comments 👇 Subscribe so you don't miss the next story. Names have been changed. Events are drawn from documented accounts. #VietnamWar #VietnamVeterans #MilitaryHistory 0:00 The arithmetic of the road 1:34 Mine clearing procedures 4:08 The detector and the probe 7:48 Enemy ingenuity 9:31 Persistent danger 11:21 The dozer operator 14:35 The price of the job 17:22 Road construction methods 20:58 The importance of rock 24:41 Bridge warfare 27:44 Land clearing operations 31:21 Dogs as detectors 36:22 Engineers in combat 38:39 Reopening the highways 41:38 Tunnel destruction 46:08 Airfield maintenance 49:45 Building base camps 54:20 Monsoon survival 56:58 Divisional engineering 1:00:00 Manpower and turbulence 1:03:36 Relations with locals 1:06:08 Casualties and commitment 1:10:47 The scale of the effort 1:14:12 Assembling the morning 1:19:36 Contractors and capacity 1:24:40 The final tally 1:28:16 Handover and legacy