Meeting to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Armed Forces of Nghe An province

On the afternoon of August 21, the Nghe An Provincial Military Command held a meeting to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Provincial Armed Forces' Traditional Day. Attending the ceremony were Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Comrade Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

75 years ago, on August 21, 1945, under the leadership of the Nghe An Provincial Uprising Committee, tens of thousands of people armed themselves with sticks and spears, along with youth self-defense teams, suicide workers, liberation army units, and well-organized ranks marched into Vinh city to seize power. This day was later recognized as the traditional day of the People's Armed Forces of Nghe An Province.

Delegates attended the meeting on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Provincial Armed Forces' Traditional Day. Photo: Duc Anh

With the patriotic tradition of the revolutionary land, which was once considered a fence by many dynasties, a "hot copper citadel and pond", after only a short time, Nghe An Armed Forces strongly developed both the core regular force and other forces such as: self-defense forces, militia, guerrillas from the province to the district and commune to protect the young revolutionary government.

During the 9 years of resistance against French colonialism (1945 - 1954), there were 1 regiment, 8 companies and more than 80,000 officers and soldiers of Nghe An Provincial Armed Forces who provided support to the fronts and contributed to building the first main force Corps of our Army. At the end of the resistance against French colonialism, 8 officers and soldiers from Nghe An were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces.

During the resistance war against the US to save the country, Nghe An Armed Forces were proud to have coordinated with units of the Ministry and Military Regions to fight in the area, shooting down 553 planes (ranked second in the North); sinking and burning 36 warships and commando ships (ranked fourth in the North); destroying and capturing 28 commando and spy groups. Local troops and Self-Defense Militia alone shot down 112 planes, sank and burned 26 commando ships. Company 50 and Dao Mat shot down and burned 11 enemy warships... Notably, the militia of Dien Hung commune, Dien Chau district was the first unit in the North to shoot down modern American planes with rifles, opening a movement of using infantry guns to destroy American planes throughout the North.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Provincial Armed Forces' Traditional Day. Photo: Duc Anh

After 1975, when the war on the northern border, the southwestern border and the fight to protect the sovereignty of the islands in the East Sea broke out, nearly 200,000 young people from Nghe An province went to fight to support the battlefields in the country and neighboring countries of Laos, Cambodia... In addition, the Nghe An provincial armed forces also coordinated with functional forces to attack, sweep, suppress hooligans and thugs who disturbed public order, prevent and destroy organizations plotting to illegally cross the border and sea. Contributed millions of working days to build the province's irrigation works such as Vach Bac, Vuc Mau, Hiep Hoa sluice, dyke 42 and many other important works.

Colonel Pham Van Dong - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

At the meeting, Colonel Pham Van Dong - Political Commissar of Nghe An Provincial Military Command said that, promoting the heroic tradition during the war to protect the Fatherland, in the current new revolutionary period, Nghe An Provincial Military has been closely coordinating with the police, border guards and local authorities to regularly grasp the situation, promptly handle hot spots, ensure political security, social order and safety, creating a favorable environment for the province to develop socio-economy in combination with strengthening national defense and security.

After 75 years of building, fighting and growing, with outstanding achievements in two resistance wars against invaders and wars to protect the Fatherland, performing international duties, both fighting and building, the provincial armed forces were awarded the Gold Star Medal by the Party and State for the former Nghe Tinh armed forces; On November 6, 1978, Nghe An armed forces were honored by the Party and State with the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces. Up to now, the provincial armed forces have 158 collectives and 81 cadres and soldiers from Nghe An hometown who have been awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces. In November 2001, the Martyr Collection Team of the Provincial Military Command was awarded the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces in the Renewal Period" by the State. Hundreds of thousands of cadres and soldiers have been awarded Orders and Medals of all kinds./.