Visitors are overcome with emotion and shed tears before each historical site at Truong Bon.

During the war against the US, Truông Bồn was a key point on the strategic supply route to the southern front. Here, under the rain of bombs and bullets, the army and people of Nghe An, with the spirit of "our hearts may stop beating, but the road cannot be blocked"; "living clinging to the bridge and the road; dying bravely and resolutely," maintained the vital transportation artery for convoys and troops heading to the front lines. Here, 1,240 outstanding sons and daughters of the army, police, youth volunteers, and civilian laborers fell in the embrace of Mother Earth. In particular, on October 31, 1968, 13 youth volunteers from Squad 2 – the "Steel Squad" of Company 317, Team 65, Nghe An Youth Volunteer Brigade – bravely sacrificed their lives.

The Truông Bồn historical site has been recognized as a National Historical Site (in 2008) - a "red address" for educating the younger generation about revolutionary traditions today and in the future.

Commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Truông Bồn victory, many important events have taken place at the Truông Bồn Historical Site, attracting numerous visitors from both within and outside the province. (In the photo: A group of tourists from Quang Ninh visiting the Truông Bồn Historical Site.)

Former Youth Volunteers and veterans visiting Truong Bon felt a sense of nostalgia, as if they were returning to the old battlefield where they had once dedicated their youth to the country. There, many of their friends, like the martyrs of Truong Bon, perished at the young age of twenty.

In a solemn atmosphere, beside the common grave, everyone listened emotionally as the tour guide recounted the Truong Bon fire coordinates and the heroic sacrifice of the 13 Youth Volunteer martyrs on the morning of October 31, 1968.

Ms. Tran Thi Mau (68 years old), originally from Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province, shared: “I was deeply moved when I visited the Truong Bon Historical Site. Standing before the graves of the Youth Volunteers and listening to the stories of Truong Bon, I truly couldn't hold back my tears. I offer my heartfelt respects to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the Fatherland, for the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country.”

Visiting Truông Bồn in late October, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Truông Bồn victory, left in everyone's hearts a deep sense of emotion, reverence, and pride in the traditions of their homeland and country.

Truong Bon - a place marked by immense suffering and loss, but also a place that embodies the spirit of Vietnamese revolutionary heroism. The nation and homeland will forever remember and be grateful for the great contributions of generations of our ancestors.

While visiting the historical site, many tourists linger in front of the memorial plaques, carefully reading each inscription to better understand the "battleground" of the past, the fierce yet heroic years of living and fighting of our soldiers and people during the resistance war against the US.

Truong Bon - a National Historical Monument - will forever be a symbol of the indomitable strength and courage of our army and people in the struggle to defend the Fatherland.