Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang offered incense to commemorate and pay tribute to heroic martyrs at Truong Bon, Nghe An

On the afternoon of July 17, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2024), a delegation of the Ministry of Transport led by comrade Nguyen Van Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Minister, offered flowers and incense at Truong Bon National Historical Site, My Son Commune, Do Luong District, Nghe An.

The working delegation of the Ministry of Transport included comrades: Nguyen Duy Lam - Deputy Minister; Le Dinh Tho - former Deputy Minister, Head of the Advisory Group, assisting the Minister, together with comrades leading the Party Committee of the Ministry, the Transport Trade Union, the Youth Union and affiliated agencies and units.

The leaders of Nghe An province include comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and leaders of the Department of Transport.

Truong Bon, a place name in My Son commune, Do Luong district, Nghe An, has gone down in history as a legend about the sacred land soaked in the blood of heroic martyrs and a shining symbol of revolutionary heroism in the resistance war against America to save the country.

From 1964 to 1968, Truong Bon suffered nearly 19,000 bombs of all kinds and tens of thousands of missiles; from June to October 1968 alone, nearly 2,700 bombs of all kinds were dropped on this land.

During those years, despite the rain of bombs, cadres, soldiers, youth volunteers, transport workers, and militiamen stayed on the roads day and night, making efforts to defuse bombs, repair roads, clear routes, and connect the cross-Vietnam traffic artery from the great rear of the socialist North to the great frontline battlefield of the South.

At the Truong Bon fire coordinates, 1,240 officers and soldiers fought bravely and heroically sacrificed, including the tragic sacrifice of 13 youth volunteers of Company 317 on October 31, 1968, right before the US imperialists were forced to stop bombing the North at 0:00 on November 1, 1968, leaving behind an inconsolable grief that forever touched people's hearts.

For the Transport industry, Truong Bon is forever a special red address on the journey back to the source, a legendary symbol of pioneers.

In the month of gratitude in July, on the journey back to the source, with deep feelings and gratitude, Minister Nguyen Van Thang and the delegation of the Ministry of Transport, together with leaders of Nghe An province respectfully offered flowers, bowed and lit incense to express their respect and infinite gratitude to the heroic martyrs at the mass grave of 13 heroic martyrs and the Memorial House of 1,240 heroic martyrs at Truong Bon National Historical Site.