Handing over war relics to martyrs' relatives provided by the United States
On the morning of December 11, in Vinh city, the Office of National Steering Committee 515 held a ceremony to hand over war relics provided by the United States to the martyrs' relatives.
Attending the handover ceremony were Colonel Le Van Son - Head of the Department of Martyrs' Graves, Policy Department, General Department of Politics; Major Daniel Romans - Marine Corps Attaché, Office of the Defense Attaché, US Embassy; Colonel Pham Van Dong - Deputy Chief of Political Affairs of Military Region, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4; Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province; Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province; representatives of martyrs' relatives.
The returned relics include: 1 diary of martyr Nguyen Quang So, born in 1944, hometown Thanh Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province, enlisted in December 1966, died on February 26, 1969; 1 diary of martyr Ho Van Chuong, born in 1939, hometown Dien Bich commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An province, enlisted in 1963, died on February 26, 1969.
These relics were found by US veterans during the war in Vietnam and were then brought to the ASH Center of Harvard University for storage. After the Office of the National Steering Committee 515 and the Office of the US Defense Attaché in Hanoi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in searching for and collecting the remains of Vietnamese martyrs on July 29, 2021, the ASH Center of Harvard University (USA) provided a lot of information, documents, and relics to serve the search mission.collect martyrs' remainsVietnam. And the relics presented today will be important data, supporting the search and collection of the remains of Vietnamese martyrs.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Major Daniel Romans - Marine Corps Attaché, Office of the Defense Attaché, US Embassy said: The return of war relics is extremely important. The US side will send 59 sets of documents related to the martyrs' personal information, including 33 sets of information related to the martyrs and 31 sets of files related to war relics. In addition, there are many other files and documents that can help the martyrs' relatives understand more about their relatives' participation in the resistance war.
It can be said that overcoming the consequences of war is a fundamental factor in building relations between our two countries. This is an important process for us to heal wounds and bring communities and people together. In 2025, the two countries will celebrate 30 years of normalized diplomatic relations and this is an important milestone indiplomatic relations between two countries
Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the 515 Steering Committee of Nghe An province emphasized: The relics have great spiritual meaning and value to the relatives and families of the martyrs. Those relics have accompanied the martyrs in their daily activities, soaked in the blood and bones of the martyrs, veterans, wounded comrades, and sick soldiers during the years of fighting on all battlefields. The relics presented today have traveled halfway around the world, lost for decades before returning to the relatives and families of the martyrs.
By returning the martyrs' relics to their relatives, we hope that it will be like the embodiment of the martyrs returning to their relatives, partly meeting the wishes and expectations of the families, and partly easing the pain and loss of the martyrs' relatives. By returning the martyrs' relics to their families and hometowns, comrades will be closer to their loved ones; so that the relics can accompany the martyrs' relatives in their daily lives. This is the sentiment and sacred responsibility of the policy work force towards their comrades, towards the martyrs' relatives, those who have heroically fought and sacrificed for the Fatherland./.
