The stele monument for Bien Hoa Commando Corps 113’s heroic martyrs is inaugurated

    The ceremony was attended by the comrades: Phan Van Trang - Secretary of Dong Nai provincial Party Committee, Le Hong Phuong – Head of Dong Nai National Assembly Delegation and Deputy Secretary of the provincial Standing Party Committee, Vo Van Mot – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Dao Van Quan – Major General and Political Commissar of the Command, Ngo Ngoc Binh – Major General and Deputy Commander of the Military Zone 7, Colonel Nguyen Thanh Long – Head of the provincial Military Command Board, the leadership of People’s Council and People’s Committee, committees, sectors and agencies in the province and Commando Corps 113’s officers and veterans.

The leadership of the province, the Command, Military Zone 7 and the Commando Corps’s officers and veterans are cutting the ribbon

    The Commando Regiment 113 was established on June 3, 1972 at Ba Hao revolutionary base (War Zone D) during the Nguyen Hue offensive. Taking on the task for attacking east into Saigon and paving the way for liberation troops to enter Saigon from the gate of Bien Hoa, the Commando Corps 113 carried out an attack on Long Binh Depot, Bien Hoa airport, Ho Ba Tuc base (Tan Phong) and American and Quisling Army Corps 3… In the process of conducting it missions, the Corps 113 cooperated with local residents and soldiers in winning a landslide victory against the enemy such as exploding Bien Hoa airport, destroying their arms depot at Hill 53 (Long Binh Depot), annihilated the enemy and took control of the Hoa An bridge and the Ghenh bridge on April 19 and 20, 1975… From its founding day to the liberation day, the Commando Regiment 113’s 147 staffs and soldiers died in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai.

Joss sticks are burnt at the inauguration ceremony  to commemorate the Commando Corps 113’s heroic martyrs

    Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the stele monument, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Standing Party Committee – Le Hong Phuong –emphasized that the monument is a historic and cultural construction, which plays an important role in educating the young generation on the glorious revolutionary tradition of Vietnam and its revolutionary armed forces, especially the glorious tradition of the heroic Commando Regiment 113. The monument construction shows the traditional morality of "When drinking water, remember its source” and the gratitude of the Party, the local authorities and Dong Nai people to those who died for the country’s independence and freedom. Thus, he suggested that it is necessary to issue clear regulations on turning this place into a place where people, especially the young, can come for study and cultural activities, thereby helping them acquire a better understanding about the commando Corps 113’s historic and heroic tradition as well as the revolutionary tradition of Dong Nai military and people during the great patriotic war.

    It is known that the stele monument started construction on March 15, 2009 in a 780-square-meter area and cost more than VND3 billion. It is located on a hill within Bien Hoa forestry center, which used to be the headquarters of the Commando Regiment 113.

(Reported by N. Le, Translated by Duy Minh)