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Emotional July days in Truong Bon

Huy Thu • DNUM_BDZAHZCACE 16:37

In July, Truong Bon Relic Site in My Son Commune (Do Luong) welcomed many domestic and foreign tourists. For former youth volunteers, Truong Bon is an unforgettable memory, a source of pride in a time of 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 Relic Site as a destination to visit and commemorate. Photo: Huy Thu
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Among the crowd visiting Truong Bon Relic Site today were many former youth volunteers - those who had 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 support 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 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 Truong Bon "fire coordinates" 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 visited Truong Bon Relic Site again - the sacred land where my comrades once 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 volunteer Nguyen Thi Tuyet (79 years old) in My Son commune (Do Luong) said: I joined the volunteer youth force from 1965 to 1968. Today, the local Volunteer Veterans Association organized for its members to visit Truong Bon relic site. We are very moved and proud of the Vietnamese volunteer youth 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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