Proud of the wives of heroic martyrs

After her husband died, Ms. Le Thi Thanh in Kim Can village, Thanh Lang commune (Thanh Ha) overcame the pain alone and raised her children to be good people.

Husband sacrificed, single-handedly raising 4 children

One afternoon at the end of April, we visited Mrs. Le Thi Thanh, born in 1935 in Kim Can village, Thanh Lang commune (Thanh Ha), wife of martyr Nguyen Cong Chinh.

In 1968, following the call of the Fatherland, Mr. Nguyen Cong Chinh left his young wife and four children to go to the battlefield in the South. Before leaving, he returned from his unit to visit his wife and children. From then on, he never returned.

Although she is 90 years old and has forgotten many things, Mrs. Thanh still remembers the day she received her husband's death notice. It was an afternoon in June 1972, when Mrs. Thanh picked up her children from kindergarten and received the news that her husband had died on the battlefield in the South in January 1970. "Holding my two children in my arms, I collapsed, my mind reeling and unable to think of anything. Tears kept flowing because I felt sorry for my husband, my children, and myself," Mrs. Thanh recalled.

From the time her husband joined the army until she received the news of his death, Mrs. Thanh only received one letter from him from the battlefield. The letter Mr. Chinh sent back made everyone cry. The entire letter was several pages long but did not mention any hardships or difficulties. He only confided about the wartime situation and the soldiers who fought and died together on the battlefield. At the end of the letter, he did not forget to tell his wife to stay home and take care of the children instead of him. As if it was a foretold fate, she alone had to work hard day and night to do everything to take care of the children instead of her husband.

Wiping away her tears, Mrs. Le Thi Thanh choked up and said that it was the pride in her husband's sacrifice to protect the Fatherland that was the strong motivation that helped her and her children have more strength to overcome difficulties and longing. Up to now, the four children of martyr Nguyen Cong Chinh and Mrs. Le Thi Thanh have all grown up. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the family are all obedient and filial.

The first news about her husband was a death notice.

During wartime, soldiers’ wives are always full of sacrifice, courage, endurance, and hard work. The wives of martyrs have it even harder, because at the same time they have to shoulder many responsibilities as a daughter-in-law, mother, and father, but they never sigh or complain.

The war is long gone, but the pain still lingers in the eyes of Mrs. Tran Thi Dot, wife of martyr Nguyen Van Thuy in Nam Sach town.

Mrs. Tran Thi Dot, born in 1939 in Don Boi village, Nam Sach town, is the wife of martyr Nguyen Van Thuy. Despite her poor health, Mrs. Dot still enthusiastically told us stories about her martyr husband.

It has been more than 50 years since her husband died in the resistance war against America to save the country, but in Mrs. Dot's eyes, there is still a deep sadness.

Mrs. Dot choked up as she recalled: In 1965, Mr. Thuy re-enlisted in the Southern battlefield, leaving her with two young children, the second of whom was only two months old. To reassure his wife, Mr. Thuy did not say he was participating in the Southern battlefield, but only said he was going to Quang Binh and told his wife to stay home and raise the children, and that he would return after a short time.

Although she did not want to leave her husband, Mrs. Dot had to hold back her tears so that he could go on his journey with peace of mind. From that day on, Mrs. Dot waited for news of her husband in vain. In 1973, the first news she received about her husband was a death notice. Mr. Thuy had died in August 1973 on the battlefield in the South.

Receiving the bad news, the pain tore the young wife's heart apart. Looking at her two young children, Mrs. Dot told herself to be strong to overcome and raise her children to adulthood in place of her husband.

However, life was not always peaceful. Her second daughter suffered from cerebral palsy since she was a child. In 1998, her eldest son also died of a brain tumor. Pain piled on pain, many long nights, Mrs. Dot and her daughter-in-law sat and cried silently, hiding their sadness deep in their hearts, wiping away tears, encouraging each other to be stronger for the sake of their children and grandchildren.

After many hardships, up to now, Mrs. Dot's grandchildren have all been successful, working in state agencies in the province.

20 days as a wife, a lifetime of worshipping her husband

In a small house, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Cach, born in 1950 in Binh De village, Gia Phuc commune (Gia Loc) sat quietly with tearful eyes looking at the only photo of herself with her husband, martyr Dang Thanh Binh, from Kim Son commune, Dong Trieu district ( Quang Ninh ).

Mrs. Cach recalled that Mr. Binh joined the army in 1972. After peace was restored, he returned home on leave. Through a matchmaker, in 1976, the two got married. After 20 days of marriage, Mr. Binh re-enlisted.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Cach in Binh De village, Gia Phuc commune (Gia Loc) has devoted her life to worshiping her martyr husband.

It was the end of October 1976, she and her relatives saw Mr. Binh off at Binh ferry (Hai Phong) to go to the South. Before the ferry left, he only told his wife: "Stay home and take care of your health, when I have completed my duty, I will come back to you."

The young wife stayed at home waiting for her husband to return. Their married life was too short, Mr. Binh joined the army before leaving Mrs. Binh with their child. Her husband's promise to return always haunted her in every sleep, in the long loneliness and emptiness of the young wife. Then one summer day in 1978, in the scorching sun, Mrs. Cach was stunned when she received a death notice from her husband's unit. Mr. Binh had sacrificed himself in July 1978 in Tay Ninh province.

In the following years, although many people wanted to start a family with her, Mrs. Cach refused. Therefore, for nearly 50 years, Mrs. Cach has remained single-handedly faithful to her steadfast love for her martyr husband.

Although not born in the same place or of the same age, Mrs. Thanh, Mrs. Dot and Mrs. Cach, along with many other Vietnamese women, have all packed up their personal worries and put their love aside so that their husbands could go and protect the Fatherland. That is the noble sacrifice of Vietnamese women in the long resistance wars to protect the Fatherland and also in peacetime.

LAN NGUYEN

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