Nghe An Provincial Youth Union offers incense to commemorate heroic martyrs
(Baonghean.vn) - With the tradition of "When drinking water, remember its source", the delegation of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union made a pilgrimage to the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery, Truong Bon Historical Site, to commemorate those who fell for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland.
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| Officials and members of the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union came to offer incense and flowers at the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery. Photo: Ho Phuong |
On July 23, towards the 72nd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2019), the delegation of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union led by Comrade Nguyen Thi Thom - Acting Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union came to offer incense and flowers at the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery.
The cemetery in Anh Son town contains more than 11,000 graves of officers, volunteer soldiers and military experts who died on the battlefield in Laos. In this cemetery, there are about 6,900 graves with unknown names and hometowns and 570 graves with names but unknown hometowns.
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| Officials of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union offer incense at the President Ho Chi Minh shrine at the Vietnam - Laos International Cemetery. Photo by Ho Phuong |
The Provincial Youth Union delegation respectfully offered incense at President Ho Chi Minh's church and laid wreaths and incense at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs and the martyrs' graves at the cemetery.
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| Officials and union members burn incense at the martyrs' graves. Photo: Ho Phuong |
Next, the delegation offered incense and flowers at Truong Bon National Historical Site in My Son Commune, Do Luong District.
Truong Bon is a vital traffic location, located on Highway 15A, becoming a fierce bombardment point in the US imperialists' plan to bombard the North.
To ensure the route was open and support the southern battlefield, the Youth Volunteer Force squads "braved the rain of bombs and bullets" to dig and fill bomb craters, wearing white checkered shirts to act as markers for support vehicles to pass.
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| A delegation of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union offered flowers and incense at Truong Bon National Historical Site in My Son Commune, Do Luong District. Photo: Ho Phuong |
Having failed on the battlefields, the US imperialists were forced to stop bombing the North from November 1, 1968. However, on the night of October 31, 1968, 13 Youth Volunteers (11 women, 2 men) of Squad 2 of Company 317, Team 6, Nghe An Youth Volunteers against the US fell in the enemy's last fierce bombing at Truong Bon.
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