Precious images and documents about the war to protect the northern border

(Dan Tri) - Lang Son Museum is preserving and displaying dozens of valuable documents and artifacts about the war to protect the northern border in 1979, helping people to visualize the hardships of their ancestors.

Lang Son Provincial Museum is located on a land area of nearly 3,000m2, located at 2 Hung Vuong Street, Chi Lang Ward, Lang Son City. The museum is an architectural complex including an exhibition house, a warehouse of artifacts,... built and inaugurated in 2003.

Lang Son Museum has a modern architecture, simulating a traditional stilt house of the Tay people in Lang Son. It is preserving and managing over 75,000 documents, artifacts,... about the historical and development periods of Lang Son province.

The museum currently displays many precious images and artifacts from the war to protect the northern border in 1979, which helps people visualize the heroic and arduous fighting process of the previous generation.

Images of our army and people fighting to protect the northern border in Lang Son province in February 1979.

Houses and headquarters of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee were destroyed by enemy troops in 1979.

Enemy helmets, baseball caps, and ammunition bags in February 1979.

In the photo from left to right are large artillery shells that the enemy fired at Ky Lua market street, Lang Son town (now Lang Son city) in March 1979; H12 shells that the enemy fired at Ky Lua market street in February 1979.

Armed police force bravely fought to protect the Fatherland's border in Dong Dang area, Lang Son in February 1979.

The Second and Third Class Military Exploit Medals that Mr. Be Chu Long was awarded by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for his outstanding achievements in the war to protect the northern border. The B40 gun used by the soldiers of Company 2, Battalion 1 in the battle destroyed 1 tank and many enemy infantry on February 27, 1979.

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