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Bunker in the concrete-lined sub-basement of Vietnam's Reunification Palace

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Date: June 2008

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III

ID Number: #B5323638


  Other photographs in the "vietnam reunification palace" collection:

Tourists outside Vietnam's Reunification Palace, formerly the South Vietnamese Independence Palace, which fell to North Vietnamese troops in April 1975

vietnam-reunification-palace

The North Vietnamese Army tank that crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in 1975, ending the Vietnam War

north-vietnamese-tank

Window washer in Vietnam's Reunification Palace

window-washer

This 6-person elevator is not designed for Americans. It has a capacity of 400 kg, 880 lbs, meaning each person on average can weigh no more than 146 lbs.

elevator-not-for-americans

Presidential office in Vietnam's Reunification Palace, constructed in 1962 and used by National Leadership Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu until 1975

presidential-office-vietnam

Actual, not plastic or a replica, elephant foot. No joking.

elephant-foot

The South Vietnamese officials knew how to enjoy themselves: this was the so-called gambling room in the presidential palace

presidential-gambling-room

 

Keywords: presidential-bunker / Volume: vietnam

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Bunker in the concrete-lined sub-basement of Vietnam's Reunification Palace