Recently added to a display at the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, is a punji spike with a boot impaled on it. This is a reminder of the hazards that Vietnam Veterans faced by punji spikes in the ...

"Punji traps" -- sharp spikes hidden in pits -- could easily disable an enemy soldier. Punjis were often deliberately contaminated to increase the risk of infection. In December 1965, Ho Chi Minh ...