Forgotten bunker provides glimpse of wartime Hanoi
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="Hollywood">Hollywood</span> <span word="starlets">starlets</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scruffy">scruffy</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="union">union</span> <span word="delegations">delegations</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unassuming">unassuming</span> <span word="reinforced">reinforced</span> <span word="concrete">concrete</span> <span word="bunker">bunker</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Hanoi">Hanoi</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="sheltered">sheltered</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="guests">guests</span>.</p><p><span word="Sealed">Sealed</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="hostilities">hostilities</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1975, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dank">dank</span> <span word="subterranean">subterranean</span> <span word="passages">passages</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="unearthed">unearthed</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="renovation">renovation</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="favored">favored</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wealthy">wealthy</span> <span word="Vietnamese">Vietnamese</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Indiana">Indiana</span> <span word="Jones">Jones</span> <span word="discovering">discovering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Temple">Temple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Doom">Doom</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="something">something</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Kai">Kai</span> <span word="Speth">Speth</span>, <span word="general">general</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Metropole">Metropole</span> <span word="Hotel">Hotel</span>, <span word="describing">describing</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seven">seven</span>-<span word="room">room</span> <span word="bunker">bunker</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="knee">knee</span>-<span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="water">water</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="rumors">rumors</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bunker">bunker</span>, <span word="no">no</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="size">size</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="swimming">swimming</span> <span word="pool">pool</span> <span word="bar">bar</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="So">So</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rebuilding">rebuilding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundations">foundations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bar">bar</span>: '<span word="Let">Let</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="deeper">deeper</span>'."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bunker">bunker</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1968 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Thong">Thong</span> <span word="Nhat">Nhat</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drab">drab</span>, <span word="government">government</span>-<span word="run">run</span> <span word="establishment">establishment</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="visiting">visiting</span> <span word="delegations">delegations</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="string">string</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prominent">prominent</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="war">war</span> <span word="activists">activists</span>.</p><p><span word="Actress">Actress</span> <span word="Jane">Jane</span> <span word="Fonda">Fonda</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="folk">folk</span> <span word="singer">singer</span> <span word="Joan">Joan</span> <span word="Baez">Baez</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span>. <span word="Baez">Baez</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="song">song</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span> <span word="bombings">bombings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span> 1972, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="some">some</span> 20,000 <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ordnance">ordnance</span> <span word="in">in</span> 11 <span word="days">days</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bunker">bunker</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Metropole">Metropole</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="preserved">preserved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="tours">tours</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="guests">guests</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span> <span word="shelters">shelters</span> <span word="dug">dug</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Hanoi">Hanoi</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>-<span word="long">long</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>.</p>
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