(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 15, at the Cultural and Sports Center of Thua Thien - Hue province, a meeting was held with veterans of the Tri - Thien B4-B5 battlefield to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Thua Thien Hue (March 26, 1975 - March 26, 2015), the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2015).
Attending the meeting were comrade Le Kha Phieu - former Secretary of the Party Central Committee, former leader of the Tri - Thien battlefield in the resistance war against the US to save the country; generals, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; Party Committee of Military Region 4 Command, Army Corps 2, leaders of Thua Thien - Hue province and 700 veterans of units participating in the Tri - Thien campaign in the past.
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| Cultural performance to welcome the ceremony. |
At the meeting, Major General Vo Van Chot - former Deputy Commander of Military Region 4 summarized the general fight to liberate Tri - Thien by our army and people, moving towards liberating the South and unifying the country.
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| Major General Vo Van Chot read a speech reviewing the battle to liberate Tri - Thien. |
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| Delegates and generals attending the meeting |
In addition to praising the timely, correct and creative direct leadership of the Politburo, the Central Military Commission and the General Command, Major General Vo Van Chot expressed his deep gratitude to the people and soldiers of Tri - Thien Hue who fought side by side with the main force of the 2nd Corps to achieve complete victory. At the meeting, the veterans also expressed their gratitude to the people, comrades of Tri - Thien and many comrades who fell in the campaign to liberate Tri - Thien Hue as well as liberate the South and reunify the country in the spring of 1975.
Speaking at the meeting, former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu - former leader of the Tri Thien battlefield - assessed the importance of the victory of the Tri Thien battlefield for the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising, unifying the country. The former General Secretary also hoped that the soldiers returning from the battlefield would continue to promote the spirit and bravery of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the cause of national construction.
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| Former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu speaks at the meeting |
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| The delegates were those who directly fought and served in combat at the Tri-Thien battlefield at the meeting. |
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| Tri Thien battlefield veterans visit the tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap |
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| Visiting comrades at Truong Son Martyrs Cemetery |
Previously, during the journey back to visit the old battlefield, the veterans of the B4 - B5 battlefield visited the tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap in his hometown of Quang Binh, visited the Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery in Quang Tri, visited the memorial site of General Nguyen Chi Thanh in Phong Dien (Hue) and visited a number of historical sites associated with the battle to liberate Tri - Thien.
Trung Hung
