Also attending the ceremony were former Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army: Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan and Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh; Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, former Deputy Commissar of the National Defense Academy; generals in the army, heroes of the People's Armed Forces; representatives of historical witnesses; families of heroes and martyrs; wounded and sick soldiers; and veterans of the No-Number Train.
Delegates attending the ceremony
56 years ago, right at the moment of New Year's Eve of Mau Than Spring 1968, the 125th Naval Group received orders to dispatch 4 ships C43, C56, C165, C235 to carry out a special mission to transport weapons to urgently support the fronts from the Central region to the Southwest region. In the heroic battle on the night of March 1, 1968 in the southern sea, only ship C65 returned to the North, while the 3 ships C43, C156, C235 remained forever in the sea; many officers and soldiers heroically sacrificed.
With the truth that “Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom”, our army and people, regardless of day or night, urgently and well prepared all preparations, secretly and unexpectedly simultaneously opened fire to attack and rise up throughout the South, directly attacking major cities: Hue, Da Nang, Saigon, Can Tho, along with 37 towns and hundreds of towns from Quang Tri to Ca Mau and the enemy's main military bases throughout the South.
Veterans of the No Number Ship who participated in 1968 recall memories
From then on, with successive victories in the campaigns on the battlefields, especially the victory of "Dien Bien Phu in the air" in the capital Hanoi , forcing the enemy to sign the Paris Agreement, restoring peace in Vietnam. Our Party, our army, and our people completed the goal of "Fighting to make the Americans leave", switched to the goal of "Fighting to make the puppet regime fall" and achieved complete victory in the historic spring of 1975.
The General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968 was the great crystallization of the strength of the entire nation, an immortal heroic epic written with the great courage, will, intelligence and spirit of self-sacrifice and sacrifice of comrades and compatriots in the North and South, blending the Party's will with the people's heart, with the aspiration for independence, national unification, the aspiration for peace "North and South reunited, what spring is happier" as Uncle Ho wished.
That invincible strength is the unparalleled bravery, strategy, and talent of the armed forces, the widespread participation of all classes of people... including the especially important contributions of the Navy and the Numberless Ships.
Delegates offer incense
During the preparation for the General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968, Group 125, codenamed the Ship Without Numbers, secretly sent hundreds of ships carrying weapons and goods to support the battlefield, including 4 ships on missions in this historic campaign.
With the achievements of previous victories and achievements during the special mission in the Mau Than Spring Campaign 1968, all four ships C165, C235, C43 and C56 were awarded the title of Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces by the State. Comrade Nguyen Dac Thang, Captain of Ship C43; Comrade Nguyen Chanh Tam, Captain of Ship C165 and Comrade Nguyen Phan Vinh, Captain of Ship C235 were awarded the title of Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces by the State.
Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail Traditional Association of Vietnam presented gifts to war invalids and relatives of martyrs.
Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Dao Hong Tuyen, Permanent Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail Tradition Association emphasized: We celebrate the 56th anniversary of the Mau Than Spring General Offensive and Uprising and the 4 ships of the Unnumbered Ships Fleet performing a special mission at Wharf K15, both to propagate and educate the young generation and people of the whole country about the revolutionary tradition, patriotism, national pride; about the legend of the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail..., and to express the deep gratitude of our army and people to the heroes and martyrs who sacrificed for the cause of national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland, and to show gratitude to the heroes, martyrs, officers and soldiers of the 4 ships of the Unnumbered Ships Fleet performing a special mission in the Mau Than Spring Campaign 1968.
Delegates take souvenir photos
At the ceremony, representatives of the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail Traditional Association presented gifts to express gratitude to heroes, historical witnesses, families of martyrs and wounded soldiers of the 4 ships that performed special missions during the Mau Than Spring Campaign in 1968.
News and photos: Hai Nam, Vu Huong
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