Visit Hang Duong Cemetery - Con Dao

(Baonghean.vn) - During the journey to visit and give New Year gifts to officers and soldiers on the platforms, on the morning of January 13, the Naval Region 2 Command along with reporters and journalists went to Con Dao to visit the Hang Duong Martyrs' Cemetery.

Map of Hang Duong Cemetery

The working delegation of the Naval Region 2 Command, along with reporters and journalists, held a memorial service for heroic martyrs at Hang Duong cemetery.

Naval officers of Region 2 held an incense offering ceremony and saluted the martyrs.

Respectfully bowing to offer incense to the heroic martyrs at Hang Duong Martyrs Cemetery - Con Dao island district, the working delegation of the Command of Region 2 together with reporters and journalists reviewed the indomitable fighting tradition of previous generations.

Although the prison regime of the French colonialists and the American imperialists was harsh, with brutal imprisonment and torture, hundreds of thousands of revolutionary soldiers and patriots of many generations turned “Hell on Earth” into a revolutionary school. In Con Dao, there were over 20,000 martyrs who heroically sacrificed their lives. Currently, in Hang Duong cemetery, only 1,921 graves have been found, of which only 713 have their names and hometowns identified.

At Hang Duong cemetery, the graves of the late General Secretary Le Hong Phong, from Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An, who sacrificed his life on September 6, 1942, are solemnly restored. Comrade Le Hong Phong's example of loyalty and devotion to the country and people was followed by generations of revolutionary soldiers imprisoned in Con Dao. Although his grave was destroyed many times by the imperialists, generations of revolutionary soldiers rebuilt it... The grave of martyr Vo Thi Sau - a heroine from the red soil of Ba Ria Vung Tau, respectfully called "Miss Sau" by the islanders - is built of granite, located on the left side of the central area of ​​Hang Duong cemetery...

Visiting Le Hong Phong's grave at Hang Duong cemetery

Visiting the grave of Vo Thi Sau

Photos of the funeral at Hang Duong Cemetery - Con Dao:

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Hang Duong Martyrs Cemetery along with historical relics in Con Dao were ranked as Special National Monuments (2nd time). This is a sacred land marking the resilient and heroic struggle of heroes, revolutionary soldiers and compatriots in the two resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, a "red address" educating revolutionary traditions for young generations.

Nguyen Son