Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion 1 received the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces
(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of July 18, Military Region 4 held a ceremony to receive the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the anti-American war for the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. Attending the ceremony were Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Cuong - Commander of the Military Region; Major General Vo Van Viet - Political Commissar of the Military Region along with representatives of agencies, units and the Liaison Committee of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of Military Region 4.
In December 1964, Battalion 14, Division 312 was mobilized by the Ministry of National Defense to Military Region 4 and renamed the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of Military Region 4. In March 1968, Battalion 1 continued to be mobilized by the Ministry of National Defense to fight in the Southern battlefields. After nearly 10 years of independent combat on the fierce battlefields of Military Region 4 and Truong Son battlefield, officers and soldiers of Battalion 1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery destroyed 83 aircraft of various types of the US imperialists, including B52s, and destroyed and captured many pilots, many enemy forces and weapons.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Cuong awarded the title of People's Armed Forces Hero to the Liaison Committee of Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 1 - Military Region 4.
After the liberation of the South, according to the requirements of the revolution and the Army, the unit was dissolved. With achievements in the resistance war against the US, on April 25, 2013, the President signed a decision to confer the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces in the resistance war against the US to the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of Military Region 4.
Authorized by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Cuong awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to the Liaison Committee of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of Military Region 4.
Also on this occasion, Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Cuong also awarded Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of National Defense to 3 collectives and 2 individuals with achievements in implementing Directive 17-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee Secretariat (11th Term) and organizing activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Victory of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air" (December 1972 - December 2012)./.
Le Thang - Military Region 4 Newspaper
