The story of hero Nguyen Van Troi exposing the enemy on the execution ground

Hero Nguyen Van Troi was born on February 1, 1940 in Thanh Quyt village, now Dien Thang Trung commune, Dien Ban district, Quang Nam province, in a poor farming family with a rich revolutionary tradition. Orphaned at an early age, his childhood was very difficult.

At the age of 15, Nguyen Van Troi went to Da Nang to live with his older brother and find a job to support himself. Afraid of becoming a burden to his family, in 1962, Nguyen Van Troi escaped to Saigon to live with his cousin - Nguyen Huu Kiem in Vuon Xoai to find a way to make a living.

At first, he drove a cyclo, then studied electricity. In 1963, during the revolutionary struggle of the people of Saigon against the invaders, he was enlightened by the Party and admitted to the Youth Union, becoming a liberation soldier in the secret commando unit of Saigon.

Hero Nguyen Van Troi on the execution ground. (Photo: VNA)

When we heard that a high-ranking US military delegation led by Robert Strange McNamara - Secretary of Defense - would come to Saigon to inspect the battlefield in May 1964, our forces planned to destroy them.

With a deep patriotism and a strong will to hate the enemy, Nguyen Van Troi - even though he had only been married for more than ten days - volunteered to take on the task of planting mines at Cong Ly Bridge (now Nguyen Van Troi Bridge, Ho Chi Minh City). This was the location predicted to be the route that the high-ranking US military delegation, led by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, would pass through when traveling from Tan Son Nhat Airport to the center of Saigon.

However, when Nguyen Van Troi and his teammates had just placed an 8 kg mine next to Cong Ly bridge, they were unfortunately exposed and captured by the enemy.

To ensure the safety of his comrades and their lives, Nguyen Van Troi resolutely refused to confess, taking full responsibility for himself. After a period of detention and torture, the enemy brought Nguyen Van Troi to court and sentenced him to death. In the last days of his life, before the moment of execution by the enemy, he continued to fight the enemy, always optimistic and confident in the victory of the Vietnamese revolution.

Before the execution ground, with a dignified posture and a spirit of determination to fight and win, he took advantage of every second and every minute to expose the enemy and the traitors. Before his sacrifice, he repeatedly shouted "Long live Ho Chi Minh. Long live Vietnam". Nguyen Van Troi's shout was like a trumpet calling for battle, urging everyone to rush into a new fight to liberate the nation from slavery and misery.

His 9 minutes of heroic fighting and sacrifice at the execution ground also became a symbol of the generation of Vietnamese youth during the anti-American period.

President Ho Chi Minh once wrote on Nguyen Van Troi's photo: "For the Fatherland, for the people, martyr Nguyen Van Troi bravely fought against American imperialism until his last breath. The heroic spirit of hero Troi is a shining revolutionary example for all patriots, especially for young people to learn from."

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