Close enough to Ho Chi Minh City for a half- day visit are the Cu Chi Tunnels. The original tunnels had been started by the Viet Minh in the 1940s and then extended by the Viet Cong, as the Communist forces operating in the south came to be known, who excavated a network of about 200 km of passages and amenities to serve as an underground base very near to the US Army's 25th Infantry Division camp in the district. The Americans were aware of the existence of the tunnels and made every effort to destroy them, including extensive ground bombing, but found it impossible to do so. Short sections of the complex have been opened to visitors and its characteristics are commented on in greater detail later in this paper Also making up this series of attractions is Trang Bang, where a photograph of a young girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack was taken in the American War The image captured the attention of the media was circulated around the world and is still recognized today.