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Emotional July days in Truong Bon

Huy Thu • July 13, 2024 16:37

In the month of July, Truong Bon relic site in My Son commune (Do Luong) welcomed many groups of tourists from inside and outside the province. For former youth volunteers, Truong Bon is an unforgettable memory, a source of pride of a time of war and war...

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Towards the 74th anniversary of the Vietnam Youth Volunteer Force's Traditional Day (July 15, 1950 - July 15, 2024), tourists from all over the country have chosen Truong Bon Historical Site as a destination to visit and commemorate. Photo: Huy Thu
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Among the people visiting Truong Bon Relic Site today are many former youth volunteers - those who devoted their youth on the routes and strategic traffic hubs for the cause of liberating the South. Photo: Huy Thu
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As a key traffic point on the North-South strategic supply route during the resistance war against the US, Truong Bon was once bombed and fiercely attacked by US aircraft. Here, 1,240 cadres, soldiers, youth volunteers, militia and people sacrificed their lives. Today, Truong Bon Historical Site has been built and renovated, becoming a "red address" to educate revolutionary traditions for generations. Photo: Huy Thu
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Next to the fragrant flower-filled common grave, everyone listened attentively to the tour guide tell about the Truong Bon "fire coordinates" and the emotional moment of sacrifice of 13 youth volunteer martyrs of Squad 2 (Company 317 of Nghe An Youth Volunteers). Photo: Huy Thu
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Many tourists could not hold back their tears, their hearts filled with emotions when they came to the "fire coordinates" Truong Bon to visit and offer incense to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs who died for the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country. Photo: Huy Thu
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Former youth volunteer Nguyen Thi Kim Lien (74 years old) in Vinh city shared: I was very moved when I returned to visit Truong Bon Relic Site - the sacred land where my comrades had devoted and sacrificed for the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country. Photo: Huy Thu
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For many veterans and former youth volunteers, visiting Truong Bon means returning to the old battlefield where they once devoted themselves, and visiting their old comrades, who have forever left their youth in the painful yet heroic "coordinates of fire". Photo: Huy Thu
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Former youth volunteer Nguyen Thi Tuyet (79 years old) in My Son commune (Do Luong) said: I joined the youth volunteer force from 1965 to 1968. Today, the local Association of Former Youth Volunteers organized for members to visit Truong Bon relic site. We are very moved and proud of the Vietnamese youth volunteer force. Photo: Huy Thu
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The war has long since ended, Truong Bon - the "fire coordinates" of the past, the National Historical Relic Site today is forever a symbol of the indomitable strength and courage of our people in the struggle to protect the Fatherland. In the photo: A group of tourists from Nhu Xuan district (Thanh Hoa) took a photo to preserve memories when visiting Truong Bon. Photo: Huy Thu
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