Missed the date... of return

College is not a bunker.nbest

"I will be ready to face all the difficulties and obstacles on my way so that tomorrow I will be steadfast in life. IfcLife at the age of 20 is full of worries and concerns, but today's life will be a lot of accumulation and experience. Today's life will be harsher than before, but I have seen a part of the"I" in the "we" of the nation".

Those are the diary entries that young soldier Le Van The (Quynh My commune - now Quynh Lam commune, Quynh Luu district) wrote for his 22nd birthday, October 2, 1972. At this time, he had been away from Hanoi for 9 months and officially joined the army. On the battlefield, between life and death, his 22nd birthday seemed to have nothing special. Perhaps he realized that he had certain "experiences" to easily overcome all hardships.

His 22 years old is the same"the age of the previous anti-American generation with so many people who entered the fight calmly with all their enthusiasm and strength"...

In the late 60s of the last century, only 3 people in The's Quynh My commune went to university, including him. When he was still in the village, student Le Van The was famous for being a good student, hard-working and ambitious.

After graduating from high school, while his friends mostly chose pedagogy, he chose the Foreign Languages ​​Department - Russian major - a rather difficult major but full of opportunities after graduation. When The entered university, his parents, family and relatives also had high expectations for him to "make them proud". After The finished school, becoming an intellectual would be the premise to help his younger siblings in the family to have a proper education, have a job, have a future, and escape the farming life like most people in the area at that time.

At the Hanoi University of Foreign Languages, student Le Van The also had dreamy days with many ideal ambitions. But could he be happy when the country was at war? The day he decided to go for the military examination, he was in his fourth year and was on the list to study abroad.

Deciding to join the army, The did not tell his parents, only confided in his younger brother who was also in the army at that time: "I will never tell my family, but I will not hide it from you. I went for my military service examination this morning. My health is B1 and I can carry B40 or B41. For me, it is fine either way, whether I go or stay. But the university is not a bunker.nbest

In The's diary, he always carries with him a collection of selected works by Maksim Gorky. Perhaps it was the story in "The Universities of Life" by writer Maksim Gorky that created a positive change in him, so that at times he felt"so profound and so ready to rush into battle"toprotect everything you love, protect your careerprevolution

Talking about his brother, Mr. Le Van Toan - the 7th brother in the family shared, "Mr. Thong was the first person to know that Mr. The had joined the army, and we were only 9 or 10 years old at home and didn't know anything. I only remember that the last Tet he came home was Tet 1972. At that time, Vinh University was evacuating to our village and there were many students in the house. During Tet, he also taught Russian to students and organized a very happy football match in the village. This was also the last time we saw him.

In the memories of his family members, martyr Le Van The was also a sporty, enthusiastic person who never made anyone sad. But in the nearly 100 pages of diary that martyr Le Van The left behind, there was another person. He was a Russian student who was dreamy, romantic but also very realistic.

Le Van The was also a very emotional son, always thinking about his family and especially loving the life of the fields and the countryside. He also had very deep thoughts and feelings about the struggle of the nation, about the ideals of youth during wartime. On January 1, 1973, the first day of the new year, he was also optimistic that:So 1973 has come. Another new year in the soldier's life full of hardships but also full of memorable events. I will be ready to go into battle as if going into the long march of life. MìI believe that in my current life I will grow up more. I will be a cadre and a steadfast soldier.