Historical site of collective grave of martyrs of the Golden Star Division

Historical site of collective grave of martyrs of the Golden Star Division

The relic is a mass grave in Tay Phuong Danh area, Dap Da ward, An Nhon town, the resting place of 153 soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division who died in the General campaign. offensive and uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968. Opening the 1968 Spring Mau Than campaign, in An Nhon area, from December 25, 1967 to January 17, 1968, provincial and district soldiers and guerrilla forces coordinated to attack the enemy in many places, causing them harm. much damage. Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Sao Vang Division of Military Region 5 was assigned the task of fighting the enemy in areas close to the provincial capital, attracting the enemy to the countryside so that the liberation army could attack Quy Nhon town. After attacking the Phu Cat training center on January 19, 1968, the Battalion destroyed the enemy holding the Sita - Nhon Hung bridge on Highway 1. Fearing the loss of Dap Da, the district capital of An Nhon and Quy Nhon will be threatened, the enemy has sent here a regiment of South Korean soldiers, 4 security companies, 32 tanks and armored vehicles to surround Battalion 6 and use artillery to counterattack. With superior military and weapons superiority, the enemy drove the people out, trying to surround and isolate the soldiers of Battalion 6 in the Tay Phuong Danh area to destroy them. The unit fought bravely with the enemy for 5 days and nights, from January 20, 1968 to January 24, 1968 until there were no more bullets left, the soldiers used hoes, shovels, and bayonets to attack with armor. fought with the enemy and sacrificed heroically. Admiring the tenacious fighting spirit, courage and indomitable sacrifice of the soldiers of Battalion 6, the People, despite the danger, buried 153 soldiers' bodies in a mass grave in the Tay Phuong Danh area - Smashing Rocks in infinite grief. People around the area call it Ma To. The mass grave of soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division was ranked as a provincial revolutionary relic by the Provincial People's Committee on October 20, 2003. In 2016, the collective grave of soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division was invested in many renovation items: building an incense house, carving stone tombstones, covering the entire grave with granite, and making a yard. The garden creates a clean and beautiful landscape, expressing the people's affection for the relatives of the Northern martyrs who fought and sacrificed for the South. Binh Dinh Provincial Museum is preparing a document to request the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to upgrade it to the national level to match the historical value of this relic. Source: Binh Dinh Province Electronic Information Portal

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