Head of the Provincial Military Command, leaders of the Department of Health , representative of Ben Tre City Party Committee, comrade Huynh Van Be presented a bronze statue to the family of Martyr Hoang Hanh on April 14, 2025. Photo by Dang Thach.
One of those silent heroes is Martyr Hoang Hanh, alias Hoang Tuan, former Head of the Military Medical Department, Deputy Head of the Logistics Department of Ben Tre Province (*). According to artifacts and documents left by his family, he was the son of a traditional medicine doctor from the Central region, a member of the petty bourgeoisie but early on became enlightened about the revolution. During the resistance war against the French, he operated in Thanh Ngai commune, Phuoc My Trung, Mo Cay district. After 1954, he was one of the party members assigned to stay behind to lead the local people in the political struggle against the US-Diem government.
On January 17, 1960, the Dong Khoi uprising in the three communes of Dinh Thuy, Binh Khanh, and Phuoc Hiep was a resounding victory. The provincial armed forces were re-established. Comrade Hoang Hanh was assigned by the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee to be in charge of the province's military medical and logistical work. During this period, the work of treating wounded soldiers encountered many difficulties, with a lack of medicine, medical equipment, and medical professionals.
With perseverance, patience and determination, at Thanh Phong base, Thanh Phu district, comrade Hoang Hanh proposed to open a military medical school and in more than two years he himself trained hundreds of medical staff for units and localities in the province; directly admitted and treated many wounded and sick soldiers so that they could continue fighting.
According to Colonel Huynh Van Be, Hero of the People's Armed Forces, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Commander of the Provincial Military Command, in the early days of joining the revolution, he learned nursing skills at the Provincial Military Medical School, his direct teacher was comrade Van Anh (aka Hero of the People's Armed Forces, Doctor Doan Van Thoi), and Mr. Van Anh's teacher was Mr. Hoang Hanh. During the war, many very good military and civilian medical officers and military officers were only trained in such first classes.
On June 25, 1962, on his way back from a business trip near our liberated zone, comrade Hoang Hanh was surrounded by the enemy. In the sky, helicopters were circling and pursuing him, and on the ground, infantry were chasing and shooting from behind. He was hit by a bullet and heroically sacrificed his life while in his backpack he was carrying some medical supplies and 3,000 dong that he had just received from his superiors for the unit.
Martyr Hoang Hanh sacrificed his life at the age of 35. The Military Medical Department and the provincial armed forces lost a cadre who devoted himself to the country, the people, and the cause of treating wounded soldiers. It can be said that he was the eldest brother in the military medical sector of our province.
His sacrifice and dedication as well as that of over 35,000 martyrs and nearly 18,000 wounded and sick soldiers of the province have greatly contributed to the day the homeland was liberated, the country was at peace, and everyone had a prosperous and happy life like today.
In memory and gratitude to Martyr Hoang Hanh, recently the Provincial Military Command, the Logistics - Engineering Department and the Military Medical Department cast a bronze bust of Martyr Hoang Hanh and presented it to his family. This is a practical and meaningful work towards the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification of the country by the officers and soldiers of Ben Tre Armed Forces.
Colonel Vo Thanh Son
Deputy Political Commissar of Provincial Military Command
(*) Now the Military Medical Department, Logistics - Engineering Department, Provincial Military Command.
Source: https://baodongkhoi.vn/de-co-ngay-toan-thang-20042025-a145496.html
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