The war 'museum' of a peace-loving man

(Baonghean.vn) – For more than ten years now, Mr. Vo Van Hoan, 66 years old, living in the communeãNghi Thinh, Nghi Loc, Nghe An still diligently collects wartime relics. From stones, bomb fragments, plane wrecks, military equipment... all are carefully preserved by him with the hope that his descendants can still remember the years of the great resistance war to defend the country, remember the children who heroically fell to protect national independence.

Visiting Mr. Hoan’s house, it is not too difficult to recognize the war relics. Right in front of the house, he displays many bomb shells that the US military dropped to destroy Vietnam. The photo shows a drill bomb of the US military that he painstakingly searched for and bought.

A piece of shrapnel left after the explosion. According to Mr. Hoan, people in his generation will never forget the sight of falling bombs and exploding bullets, the pain caused by war.

The remaining wing of the Mk81 bomb used by the US during the Vietnam War.

On the wing of this bomb, viewers can still see English lines and traces of time.

A cluster bomb that the US once dropped devastated the S-shaped country.

In addition to lethal weapons, Mr. Hoan also collects many items left behind by French and American soldiers after the war. In the photo is a pith helmet used by American soldiers.

Mr. Hoan collects many types of water canteens of French expeditionary forces and American soldiers.

Not only does he preserve evidence of war crimes, Mr. Hoan also preserves the achievements of the Vietnamese army and people during the resistance war. In the photo is part of the wreckage of an American military plane shot down by our army and people at the Nghi Thinh commune medical station, next to a K54 gun.

The pieces of clams and oysters stuck to the plane's cover are like traces of time.

The rudder of the Vietnamese army's food transport ship was purchased by Mr. Hoan and brought from Phu Yen to Nghe An.

The landline telephone used by the Vietnam People's Army during the war.

A mortar

Storm lamps, guiding lights - items that are too familiar to soldiers, those who went through a bloody war of the nation.

Adler typewriters provided to Vietnam by socialist countries.

In particular, Mr. Hoan also kept a copy of "Uncle Ho's Letter to His Children" with a mourning ribbon attached when Uncle Ho passed away in 1969.

Born into a family of three martyrs who died for national independence, Mr. Hoan said that he keeps the artifacts to cherish the value of peace today.

He also wrote his own poem and inscribed it on a brick taken from the ancient citadel of Quang Tri: "Sacred bricks of the ancient citadel/ Blood is red/ Bricks also contribute/ To protect the fatherland" to record his own feelings before the vestiges of a bloody time.

His mother's shirt, which was decorated with many noble medals and orders given by the State to her two sons who died in the war for national defense, is considered a keepsake of Mr. Hoan's whole family.

The enamel bowl has two verses of poetry by poet To Huu and a drawing of a liberation soldier.

Mr. Hoan has only one wish that his collection can remind and preserve for future generations about a great national defense that cost the blood of the entire Vietnamese people.

Chu Thanh