Artillery Regiment 55 receives the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 23, Division 341 (Military Region 4) held a ceremony to receive the title of People's Armed Forces Hero for Artillery Regiment 55.

Attending the ceremony were leaders of the Ministry of National Defense agencies; the head of the Military Region 4 Command and more than 300 officers and soldiers of the PB55 Regiment through the periods.

At the ceremony, authorized by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Major General Tran Huu Tuat, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to Artillery Regiment 55.

More than 40 years ago, in response to the mission requirements of the Southern battlefield in the final stage of the resistance war against the US to save the country, on September 26, 1973, the 55th Artillery Regiment (Division 341) was established. During the resistance war against the US to save the country, the Regiment was honored to be present in the lightning-fast army, participating in the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign, with many major battles, achieving many resounding victories, leaving many strong marks on the battlefields and places: Xuan Loc, Long Khanh, Trang Bom, Ho Nai, Bien Hoa city, contributing with the army and people of the whole country to liberate the South and unify the country.

The Ho Chi Minh Campaign ended in victory, the 55th Artillery Regiment joined the formation of units of the 341st Division to directly fight to protect the southwestern border of the Fatherland and carry out international missions to help the revolutionary forces and people of Cambodia....

Major General Tran Huu Tuat, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, awarded the title of People's Armed Forces Hero to Artillery Group 55.

With many outstanding achievements in the resistance war against the US to save the country, the 55th Artillery Regiment was awarded by the Party and State with 2 First Class Military Exploit Orders, 1 Second Class Military Exploit Order; many collectives and individuals of the Regiment were awarded many other noble awards.

In particular, on December 16, 2014, President Truong Tan Sang issued a Decision to award the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to Artillery Regiment 55 (Division 341 - Military Region 4).

Delegates attending the reception ceremony.

This is a noble reward, a great source of pride for generations of officers and soldiers of the 55th Artillery Regiment in particular, and the 341st Division in general, continuing to promote the tradition of a heroic unit, uniting in one heart, striving to compete to successfully carry out all assigned tasks, contributing with the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people to successfully carry out the two strategic tasks of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation./.

Tran Dung

(THQK4)