Truong Bon Nghe An

Truong Bon Nghe An

Truong Bon is a steep pass with a length of 5km, an altitude of nearly 70m on the Thung Nua mountain range with the highest peak 450m above sea level, located on strategic route 15A passing through My Son commune, Do district. Luong, Nghe An province. During the resistance war against the Americans, Truong Bon's unique road had a particularly important strategic position, because it was the place connecting our traffic arteries from the great northern rear to support human and material resources for the battlefield in the region. Male. This place is considered the most fierce fire line on strategic route 15A. Grasping the strategic position of Truong Bon, the US imperialists spread destructive bombs and bullets, trying to cut off our traffic arteries. Just from 1964 to 1968, they dropped nearly 20 thousand bombs of all kinds and tens of thousands of missiles here. On average, each kilometer suffered more than 4,000 bombs. Truong Bon was originally a mountain peak 70m above sea level. After many years of fierce raiding, Truong Bon has become flat land, the height is only more than 30m above sea level. With such a terrible number of bombs and bullets, Truong Bon is considered a bomb crater in the North. In the middle of a land of bombs and bullets, when death is always close by, tens of thousands of people here have overcome bombs and bullets, struggled with hardship, and stuck to the battlefield day and night. With the iron determination "the heart can stop beating but the road cannot be clogged", we have maintained traffic arteries, excavated millions of m³ of soil and rock, transported more than 94 thousand motor vehicles, transported and cleared More than 1 million tons of goods passed through Truong Bon, closely following the troops entering the Southern battlefield. In this life and death battle, 1,240 officers and soldiers bravely fought and heroically sacrificed, typically the sacrifice of 13 youth volunteer soldiers from Company 317 on October 31, 1968. It was a special morning, the units received a secret order to ensure the road was clear for the military convoy to pass Truong Bon before dawn, everyone was excited and excited to go to the battlefield. When the work was about to be completed, suddenly, groups of planes roared and rushed to bomb Truong Bon, explosions tore through the sky, the ground shook, the squad of Squad 2 could not retreat to the shelter in time. hidden, was immediately buried under the intense bombardment. Before his teammates could respond, series of bombs continued to fall. On this road only 120m long, it suffered 170 devastating bombs. . Despite the thick smoke of bombs and the ground on fire, teammates rushed out to search, layers of soil and rocks were overturned. Luckily, Ms. Tran Thi Thong was buried deep next to the bomb crater and still had a chance to survive. , the remaining 13 soldiers' bodies had mixed into the soil, rocks, grass and trees. All that was found were parts of their bodies whose shapes were not intact. Wiping away tears, teammates gathered together pieces of flesh and bone mixed with mud. Not knowing who belonged to them, they sadly covered the sisters and brothers with a common grave. Painful not only because of that terrible and devastating bombing that took the lives of 11 girls and 2 boys when with only a few hours left, the US announced a halt to bombing throughout the North, with only a few hours left. Then they will step towards peace with many plans for the future. The 5 sisters were about to enter the lecture hall, their admission notices were still wrapped in each handkerchief; And in just 1 hour, Ms. Tam and Mr. Hoa will take each other home for their engagement ceremony. There are pains that cannot be put into words, there are sacrifices that no history books can record. They have put aside so many tears, nostalgia, and love to live and fight for the common ideals of the entire nation. took his blood, bones, and noble youth to sacrifice for the Fatherland. It is the most beautiful crystallization of patriotism, of the will to win against foreign invaders, of courage, dignity, conscience and desire for peace, to write a legend of Truong Bon in the twentieth century. . Recognizing the place name Truong Bon, recognizing the heroic dedication and sacrifice of Truong Bon soldiers, typically the heroic dedication and sacrifice of 13 TNXP soldiers "Steel Platoon", January 12 /1996, the Minister of Culture and Information recognized Truong Bon National Historical Site. On September 23, 2008, the President issued a Decision to confer the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces on a collective of 14 Truong Bon Youth Volunteer soldiers of Company 317, Team 65, Youth Volunteers Against America. to save the country, Nghe An province, - including, 11 female soldiers and 2 male soldiers who heroically sacrificed their lives. Source: People's Police Online Newspaper

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