On July 27, in an exchange with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Vu Van Tho, Team Leader of Team K72 (Dong Nai City Military Command) said that so far, Team K72 has collected 22 sets of martyrs' remains, including many artifacts such as: pipes, tents, hammocks, belts, pens, flashlights...
Team K72 also found many artifacts containing valuable information to help verify the identity of martyrs.
Specifically, among the locations being excavated in Minh Duc commune, Dong Nai city, there is a tomb, according to initial assessment, there are 6 sets of martyrs' remains. During the exhumation process, the task force discovered many artifacts, including 2 wallets still containing photos of martyrs, relatives of martyrs and personal belongings.
Currently, the artifacts are being preserved by Team K72 according to the correct procedures to serve the verification and identification work.
Previously, on July 25, the Steering Committee of Military Region 7 and the Steering Committee of Dong Nai City on searching, repatriating and identifying martyrs' remains organized a ceremony to deploy the search and repatriation of martyrs' remains in Minh Duc commune, Dong Nai city.
Minh Duc commune, Dong Nai city is a strategically important area, a transition zone between the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta.
Historically, this was an important gateway for revolutionary forces to access, deploy campaigns and supply; and at the same time, it was a key defense line that the enemy focused firepower on to prevent. In the period 1967-1975, many fierce battles of local guerrillas and key units such as: Division 7, Division 9, Regiment 201, Division 302 with the enemy took place here. Therefore, many cadres and soldiers bravely sacrificed in the resistance war against the US for national salvation on this land.
The area where martyrs' remains were discovered is located on the Northwest slope of high point 74, Dong Dau hamlet, Minh Duc commune. The North borders Minh Tam hamlet, the West borders Binh Minh hamlet, the East borders Binh Long ward, and the South borders Tan Khai ward. Historically, this area has been the place where many battles of our army ambushing enemy motorized vehicles, tanks, and armored vehicles took place and was the center of the "Search and Blockade of Minh Duc" raid by the US-Republic of Vietnam military junta in November 1969.
