Dai Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) received the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of April 24, Dai Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district solemnly held a ceremony to receive the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces (LLVTND) during the resistance war against France.

Overview of the ceremony

At the ceremony, delegates reviewed the glorious revolutionary tradition of the Party Committee, people and armed forces of Dai Thanh commune. During the General Mobilization "All for Dien Bien Phu", Dai Thanh had 37 soldiers participating in the campaign, 35 people serving on the battlefield, 24 people serving in the Lower Laos campaign, 27 people serving in the Northwest campaign, 32 people serving in the Upper Laos campaign. During the resistance war against the US to save the country, Dai Thanh excellently completed the task of providing human and material support to the large front line in the South. Established a mobile militia platoon with 40 people, a 12.7mm anti-aircraft platoon (coordinated in shooting down 3 planes and capturing 1 pilot); Dai Thanh was the base for the main force troops to station, train and hide weapons in preparation for the battlefields; was the location of the command post and office of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command; was the place where Regiment 238 deployed missile positions to shoot down enemy planes.

Art performance to celebrate the ceremony of receiving the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces

At the end of the resistance war against America, the whole commune had 1,785 people joining the army, 102 youth volunteers, 368 frontline laborers, mobilizing more than 20,000 working days to serve in transporting support to the frontline.

Through two resistance wars, Dai Thanh has contributed to the whole country in completing the great cause of the nation. The whole commune has 60 cadres who were active before the August 1945 revolution, 03 veteran revolutionary cadres, 13 pre-uprising cadres, 57 martyrs, 119 wounded, sick soldiers and those infected with toxic chemicals, 05 people awarded the Independence Medal, 55 people awarded anti-French medals, 315 people awarded anti-American medals, 341 families with meritorious services to the country, 04 clans with meritorious services to the Fatherland and 01 Vietnamese Heroic Mother.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu _ Secretary of HYen Thanh District Party Committee spoke at the ceremony

During the renovation period, under the leadership of the Party Committee, the Government and the people of Dai Thanh commune have been quick in shifting the economic structure and applying scientific and technological advances, so people's lives have been stable and developed, the intellectual level has been increasingly improved, infrastructure has been fully invested, national defense and security have been maintained, and the political system has always been clean and strong.

Received the title of Hero of the Armed Forces

With the above outstanding achievements, on December 16, 2014, the cadres and people of Dai Thanh were honored to receive the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, signing Decision No. 3329/QD-CTN./.

Thai Hong

Yen Thanh Television Station